Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] perf tools: Fix prologue generation

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On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 11:22 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Em Wed, May 11, 2022 at 09:35:34AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 04:48:55PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 12:47 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hi,
> > > > sending change we discussed some time ago [1] to get rid of
> > > > some deprecated functions we use in perf prologue code.
> > > >
> > > > Despite the gloomy discussion I think the final code does
> > > > not look that bad ;-)
> > > >
> > > > This patchset removes following libbpf functions from perf:
> > > >   bpf_program__set_prep
> > > >   bpf_program__nth_fd
> > > >   struct bpf_prog_prep_result
> > > >
> > > > v2 changes:
> > > >   - use fallback section prog handler, so we don't need to
> > > >     use section prefix [Andrii]
> > > >   - realloc prog->insns array in bpf_program__set_insns [Andrii]
> > > >   - squash patch 1 from previous version with
> > > >     bpf_program__set_insns change [Daniel]
> > > >   - patch 3 already merged [Arnaldo]
> > > >   - added more comments
> > > >
> > > >   meanwhile.. perf/core and bpf-next diverged, so:
> > > >     - libbpf bpf_program__set_insns change is based on bpf-next/master
> > > >     - perf changes do not apply on bpf-next/master so they are based on
> > > >       perf/core ... however they can be merged only after we release
> > > >       libbpf 0.8.0 with bpf_program__set_insns change, so we don't break
> > > >       the dynamic linking
> > > >       I'm sending perf changes now just for review, I'll resend them
> > > >       once libbpf 0.8.0 is released
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > jirka
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzaiBO3_617kkXZdYJ8hS8YF--ZLgapNbgeeEJ-pY0H88g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > > ---
> > > > Jiri Olsa (1):
> > > >       libbpf: Add bpf_program__set_insns function
> > > >
> > >
> > > The first patch looks good to me. The rest I can't really review and
> > > test properly, so I'll leave it up to Arnaldo.
> > >
> > > Arnaldo, how do we coordinate these patches? Should they go through
> > > bpf-next (after you Ack them) or you want them in your tree?
> > >
> > > I'd like to get the bpf_program__set_insns() patch into bpf-next so
> > > that I can do libbpf v0.8 release, having it in a separate tree is
> > > extremely inconvenient. Please let me know how you think we should
> > > proceed?
> >
> > we need to wait with perf changes after the libbpf is merged and
> > libbpf 0.8.0 is released.. so we don't break dynamic linking for
> > perf
> >
> > at the moment please just take libbpf change and I'll resend the
> > perf change later if needed
>
> Ok.
>

Jiri, libbpf v0.8 is out, can you please re-send your perf patches?


> - Arnaldo



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