Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3] libbpf: fix compatibility for kernels without need_wakeup

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 2:17 AM Magnus Karlsson
<magnus.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When the need_wakeup flag was added to AF_XDP, the format of the
> XDP_MMAP_OFFSETS getsockopt was extended. Code was added to the
> kernel to take care of compatibility issues arrising from running
> applications using any of the two formats. However, libbpf was
> not extended to take care of the case when the application/libbpf
> uses the new format but the kernel only supports the old
> format. This patch adds support in libbpf for parsing the old
> format, before the need_wakeup flag was added, and emulating a
> set of static need_wakeup flags that will always work for the
> application.
>
> v2 -> v3:
> * Incorporated code improvements suggested by Jonathan Lemon
>
> v1 -> v2:
> * Rebased to bpf-next
> * Rewrote the code as the previous version made you blind
>
> Fixes: a4500432c2587cb2a ("libbpf: add support for need_wakeup flag in AF_XDP part")
> Reported-by: Eloy Degen <degeneloy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied. Thanks



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