Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/5] libbpf: Expose bpf_find_kernel_btf to libbpf_internal.h

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 05:43:58PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:44 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This patch exposes bpf_find_kernel_btf() to libbpf_internal.h.
> > It will be used in 'bpftool map dump' in a following patch
> > to dump a map with btf_vmlinux_value_type_id set.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> This function comes up not a first time, I guess it makes sense to
> finally make it a public API. We should also try to minimize number of
> internal APIs used by bpftool.
> 
> So if no one objects to expose it, should we call it a bit more
> precisely and according to libbpf naming guidelines:
> libbpf_load_kernel_btf? libbpf_find_kernel_btf is acceptable, but it
> does more than just finding, thus "load". It should also probably live
> in btf.c+btf.h? WDYT?
Sure, I will add it as LIBBPF_API in btf.h

> 
> 
> >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c          | 3 +--
> >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> [...]




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