Re: [PATCH bpf-next 4/7] libbpf: allow skipping attach_func_name in bpf_program__set_attach_target()

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On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 9:17 PM Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 9/15/21 6:58 PM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > Allow to use bpf_program__set_attach_target to only set target attach
> > program FD, while letting libbpf to use target attach function name from
> > SEC() definition. This might be useful for some scenarios where
> > bpf_object contains multiple related freplace BPF programs intended to
> > replace different sub-programs in target BPF program. In such case all
> > programs will have the same attach_prog_fd, but different
> > attach_func_name. It's conveninent to specify such target function names
>
> typo: conveninent => convenient
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> > declaratively in SEC() definitions, but attach_prog_fd is a dynamic
> > runtime setting.
> >
> > To simplify such scenario, allow bpf_program__set_attach_target() to
> > delay BTF ID resolution till the BPF program load time by providing NULL
> > attach_func_name. In that case the behavior will be similar to using
> > bpf_object_open_opts.attach_prog_fd (which is marked deprecated since
> > v0.7), but has the benefit of allowing more control by user in what is
> > attached to what. Such setup allows having BPF programs attached to
> > different target attach_prog_fd with target funtions still declaratively

Applied with "conveninent" and "funtions" typos fixed.



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