Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf/bpf: Remove prologue generation

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Em Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 05:01:38PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko escreveu:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:24 PM Andrii Nakryiko
> <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 2:19 PM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Removing code for ebpf program prologue generation.
> > >
> > > The prologue code was used to get data for extra arguments specified
> > > in program section name, like:
> > >
> > >   SEC("lock_page=__lock_page page->flags")
> > >   int lock_page(struct pt_regs *ctx, int err, unsigned long flags)
> > >   {
> > >          return 1;
> > >   }
> > >
> > > This code is using deprecated libbpf API and blocks its removal.
> > >
> > > This feature was not documented and broken for some time without
> > > anyone complaining, also original authors are not responding,
> > > so I'm removing it.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/perf/Makefile.config     |  11 -
> > >  tools/perf/builtin-record.c    |  14 -
> > >  tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c   | 242 +---------------
> > >  tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c | 508 ---------------------------------
> > >  tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h |  37 ---
> > >  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 811 deletions(-)
> >
> > Love the stats! Thanks for taking this on!
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Was this ever applied? If not, are there any blockers? I assume this
> will go through the perf tree, right?

I'll go thru it today.
 
> > >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
> > >  delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h
> > >
> >
> > [...]

-- 

- Arnaldo



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