Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 4/6] libbpf: Introduce bpf_prog_attach_xattr

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 11:45 PM Andrey Ignatov <rdna@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Introduce a new bpf_prog_attach_xattr function that, in addition to
> program fd, target fd and attach type, accepts an extendable struct
> bpf_prog_attach_opts.
>
> bpf_prog_attach_opts relies on DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS macro to maintain
> backward and forward compatibility and has the following "optional"
> attach attributes:
>
> * existing attach_flags, since it's not required when attaching in NONE
>   mode. Even though it's quite often used in MULTI and OVERRIDE mode it
>   seems to be a good idea to reduce number of arguments to
>   bpf_prog_attach_xattr;
>
> * newly introduced attribute of BPF_PROG_ATTACH command: replace_prog_fd
>   that is fd of previously attached cgroup-bpf program to replace if
>   BPF_F_REPLACE flag is used.
>
> The new function is named to be consistent with other xattr-functions
> (bpf_prog_test_run_xattr, bpf_create_map_xattr, bpf_load_program_xattr).
>
> The struct bpf_prog_attach_opts is supposed to be used with
> DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS macro.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@xxxxxx>
> ---

Looks great, thanks!

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>

>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c      | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h      | 11 +++++++++++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

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