Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 0/6] Dynamic pointers

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Hello:

This series was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 23 May 2022 14:07:06 -0700 you wrote:
> This patchset implements the basics of dynamic pointers in bpf.
> 
> A dynamic pointer (struct bpf_dynptr) is a pointer that stores extra metadata
> alongside the address it points to. This abstraction is useful in bpf given
> that every memory access in a bpf program must be safe. The verifier and bpf
> helper functions can use the metadata to enforce safety guarantees for things
> such as dynamically sized strings and kernel heap allocations.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v6,1/6] bpf: Add verifier support for dynptrs
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/97e03f521050
  - [bpf-next,v6,2/6] bpf: Add bpf_dynptr_from_mem for local dynptrs
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/263ae152e962
  - [bpf-next,v6,3/6] bpf: Dynptr support for ring buffers
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/bc34dee65a65
  - [bpf-next,v6,4/6] bpf: Add bpf_dynptr_read and bpf_dynptr_write
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/13bbbfbea759
  - [bpf-next,v6,5/6] bpf: Add dynptr data slices
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/34d4ef5775f7
  - [bpf-next,v6,6/6] selftests/bpf: Dynptr tests
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/0cf7052a5512

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