Re: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader

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Subject: Re: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:44:59 +0000
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Thread-topic: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader

On 2/25/19 9:37 PM, Yonghong Song wrote:
> I am not 100% sure whether pahole dwarf/btf parity is considered
> as a strong reason to add floating point type support in BTF or not.

I wouldn't add floating point to BTF yet.
BTF is not trying to replace dwarf.
Let's make it working well for BPF use cases first.

References:
- [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- Re: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- Re: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Andrii Nakryiko
- Re: encoding BTF on glibc was: Re: [PATCH pahole 0/3] fix handling of bitfields in btf_loader
  - From: Yonghong Song

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