Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] Fix bpf_perf_event_data ABI breakage

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On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 6:54 AM Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> libbpf CI noticed that my recent changes broke bpf_perf_event_data ABI
> on s390 [1]. Testing shows that they introduced a similar breakage on
> arm64. The problem is that we are not allowed to extend user_pt_regs,
> since it's used by bpf_perf_event_data.
>
> This series fixes these problems by removing the new members and
> introducing user_pt_regs_v2 instead.
>
> [1] https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/runs/5079938810
>
> Ilya Leoshkevich (2):
>   s390/bpf: Introduce user_pt_regs_v2
>   arm64/bpf: Introduce struct user_pt_regs_v2

Given it is bpf_perf_event_data and thus bpf_user_pt_regs_t
definitions that are set in stone now, wouldn't it be better to
instead just change

typedef user_pt_regs bpf_user_pt_regs_t; (s390x)
typedef struct user_pt_regs bpf_user_pt_regs_t; (arm64)

to just define that fixed layout instead of reusing user_ptr_regs?

This whole v2 business looks really ugly.


>
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h      |  1 +
>  arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h |  7 +++++++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h       |  1 +
>  arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h  | 10 ++++++++--
>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf_tracing.h          | 10 ++++++----
>  5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>



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