Re: [PATCHv5 iproute2-next 0/5] iproute2: add libbpf support

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On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 10:56 PM Hangbin Liu <haliu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This series converts iproute2 to use libbpf for loading and attaching
> BPF programs when it is available. This means that iproute2 will
> correctly process BTF information and support the new-style BTF-defined
> maps, while keeping compatibility with the old internal map definition
> syntax.
>
> This is achieved by checking for libbpf at './configure' time, and using
> it if available. By default the system libbpf will be used, but static
> linking against a custom libbpf version can be achieved by passing
> LIBBPF_DIR to configure. LIBBPF_FORCE can be set to on to force configure
> abort if no suitable libbpf is found (useful for automatic packaging
> that wants to enforce the dependency), or set off to disable libbpf check
> and build iproute2 with legacy bpf.
>
> The old iproute2 bpf code is kept and will be used if no suitable libbpf
> is available. When using libbpf, wrapper code ensures that iproute2 will
> still understand the old map definition format, including populating
> map-in-map and tail call maps before load.
>
> The examples in bpf/examples are kept, and a separate set of examples
> are added with BTF-based map definitions for those examples where this
> is possible (libbpf doesn't currently support declaratively populating
> tail call maps).
>
> At last, Thanks a lot for Toke's help on this patch set.
>
> v5:
> a) Fix LIBBPF_DIR typo and description, use libbpf DESTDIR as LIBBPF_DIR
>    dest.
> b) Fix bpf_prog_load_dev typo.
> c) rebase to latest iproute2-next.

For the reasons explained multiple times earlier:
Nacked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>



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