libbpf v0.5 was just released ([0]). There are a lot of exciting new features and APIs, so give them a try! And please report any issues and bugs we might have missed during preparation of this release. This is also the first official release with some of the upcoming libbpf 1.0 features, which can be opted in through `libbpf_set_strict_mode()` API. Please consider opting in early to make sure your BPF applications are ready for libbpf 1.0 release and will have a smooth transition. Thanks a lot to all the contributors sending fixes and new features and all the users asking and answering libbpf and BPF questions, adopting and testing libbpf, and overall improving the BPF ecosystem! ## New features and user-space APIs: - `libbpf_set_strict_mode()` allowing to opt-in into backwards incompatible libbpf-1.0 changes. See ["Libbpf: the road to 1.0"](https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf:-the-road-to-v1.0) and ["Libbpf 1.0 migration guide"](https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf-1.0-migration-guide) for more details. - streamlined error reporting for low-level APIs, high-level error-returning APIs, and pointer-returning APIs (as a libbpf-1.0 opt-in); - "Light" BPF skeleton support; - `BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL` support; - BPF perf link support for kprobe, uprobe, tracepoint, and perf_event BPF programs; - BPF cookie support for kprobe, uprobe, tracepoint, and perf_event BPF programs through `bpf_program__attach_[ku]probe_opts()` APIs; - allow to specify `ref_ctr_off` for USDT semaphores through `bpf_program__attach_uprobe_opts()` API; - `btf_custom_path` support in `bpf_object_open_opts`, allowing to specify custom BTF for CO-RE relocations; - `sk_reuseport/migrate` program type support; - `btf_dump__dump_type_data()` API, allowing to dump binary data according to BTF type description; - `btf__load_into_kernel()` and `btf__load_from_kernel_by_id()`, and split BTF variants of them; - `btf__load_vmlinux_btf()` and `btf__load_module_btf()` APIs; - `bpf_map__initial_value()` API to get initial value of mmap-ed BPF maps; - `bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem_flags()` API. ## BPF-side APIs and features: - support for weak typed `__ksym` externs; - BPF timer helpers: `bpf_timer_init()`, `bpf_timer_set_callback()`, `bpf_timer_start()`, `bpf_timer_cancel()`; - `bpf_get_attach_cookie()` helper to get BPF cookie from BPF program side; - `bpf_get_func_ip()` helper; - `bpf_sys_bpf()` helper; - `bpf_task_pt_regs()` helper; - `bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind()` helper; - usability improvements for `bpf_tracing.h` when target architecture is missing. ## Bug fixes and compatibility improvements: - improve BPF support detection on old Red Hat kernels with backported BPF patches; - improvements for LTO builds with GCC 10+; - pass NLM_F_EXCL when creating TC qdisc; - better support of BPF map reuse on old kernels; - fix the bug resulting in sometimes closing FD 0, which wasn't created and owned by libbpf itself. [0] https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/releases/tag/v0.5.0 -- Andrii
