On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 08:38:55PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> This patch set's main goal is to teach bpf_object__open() (and its variants)
> to automatically derive BPF program type/expected attach type from section
> names, similarly to how bpf_prog_load() was doing it. This significantly
> improves user experience by eliminating yet another
> obvious-only-in-the-hindsight surprise, when using libbpf APIs.
>
> There are a bunch of auxiliary clean-ups and improvements. E.g.,
> bpf_program__get_type() and bpf_program__get_expected_attach_type() are added
> for completeness and symmetry with corresponding setter APIs. Some clean up
> and fixes in selftests/bpf are done as well.
>
> Andrii Nakryiko (7):
> tools: sync if_link.h
> libbpf: add bpf_program__get_{type, expected_attach_type) APIs
> libbpf: add uprobe/uretprobe and tp/raw_tp section suffixes
> libbpf: teach bpf_object__open to guess program types
> selftests/bpf: make a copy of subtest name
> selftests/bpf: make reference_tracking test use subtests
> selftest/bpf: get rid of a bunch of explicit BPF program type setting
Looks good, applied, thanks!
