Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 2/9] selftests/bpf: normalize SEC("classifier") usage

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:14 AM Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/23/21 1:41 AM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > Convert all SEC("classifier*") uses to strict SEC("classifier") with no
> > extra characters. In reference_tracking selftests also drop the usage of
> > broken bpf_program__load(). Along the way switch from ambiguous searching by
> > program title (section name) to non-ambiguous searching by name in some
> > selftests, getting closer to completely removing
> > bpf_object__find_program_by_title().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [...]
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_peer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_peer.c
> > index fe818cd5f010..7d0256d7db82 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_peer.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_peer.c
> > @@ -16,31 +16,31 @@ volatile const __u32 IFINDEX_DST;
> >   static const __u8 src_mac[] = {0x00, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55};
> >   static const __u8 dst_mac[] = {0x00, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55, 0x66};
> >
> > -SEC("classifier/chk_egress")
> > +SEC("classifier")
>
> Can be a follow-up, but lets just deprecate the whole "classifier" terminology
> for libbpf since tc BPF programs do significantly more than just that since long
> time and it's otherwise just a confusing UX. The whole "classifier" / "action"
> terminology is just remains from legacy tc. See also libbpf.h's 'TC related API'
> where there is no notion of "classifier". Given you have SEC("xdp"), lets name
> all these in here SEC("tc"), and for compat we can keep the old "classifier" name
> as a hidden option in libbpf if we have to.

That's a great idea. SEC("tc") makes much more sense.
Let's do it as part of this series, so the same lines don't need to be
touched twice.



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