Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 2/5] libbpf: Add "map_extra" as a per-map-type extra flag

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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 4:45 PM Joanne Koong <joannekoong@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch adds the libbpf infrastructure for supporting a
> per-map-type "map_extra" field, whose definition will be
> idiosyncratic depending on map type.
>
> For example, for the bloom filter map, the lower 4 bits of
> map_extra is used to denote the number of hash functions.
>
> Please note that until libbpf 1.0 is here, the
> "bpf_create_map_params" struct is used as a temporary
> means for propagating the map_extra field to the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannekoong@xxxxxx>
> ---

LGTM.

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c              | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h |  2 +-
>  tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c       |  3 ++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c           | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h           |  3 +++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map         |  2 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h  | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  7 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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