Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/8] selftests/bpf: Use bpf_link attachments in test_sockmap

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On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 21:36 +0200, Jakub Sitnicki wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 10:12 AM -07, John Fastabend wrote:
> > Geliang Tang wrote:
> > > From: Geliang Tang <tanggeliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Switch attachments to bpf_link using
> > > bpf_program__attach_sockmap() instead
> > > of bpf_prog_attach().
> > 
> > Sorry it took me a few days to get to this.
> > 
> > Is there a reason to push this to links vs just leave it as is? I
> > had
> > a plan to port all the test_sockmap tests into prog_tests anyways.
> > I'll
> > try to push some initial patch next week.

Great, I strongly agree with porting them into prog_tests. I am also
willing to participate in implementing this plan together.

> > 
> > The one advantage of test_sockmap is we can have it run for longer
> > runs by pushing different options through so might be worth keeping
> > just for that.
> > 
> > If you really want links here I'm OK with that I guess just asking.
> 
> It was me who suggested the switch to bpf_link in reaction to a
> series
> of cleanups to prog_type and prog_attach_type submitted by Geliang.

Yes, patches 3-5 address Jakub's suggestion: switching attachments to
bpf_link.

> Relevant threads:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/9c10d9f974f07fcb354a43a8eca67acb2fafc587.1715926605.git.tanggeliang@xxxxxxxxxx
> https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240522080936.2475833-1-jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/e27d7d0c1e0e79b0acd22ac6ad5d8f9f00225303.1716372485.git.tanggeliang@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> I thought bpf_links added more value than cleaning up "old style"
> attachments.

Other patches 1-2, 6-8 are small fixes which I found while trying to
solve the NONBLOCK issue [1]. Yes, I haven't given up on solving this
issue yet. I think it must be solved, since there is a bug somewhere.
WDYT?

[1]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/b67101632c6858d281f105b5d4e1bc62dd6b7d27.1712133039.git.tanggeliang@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks,
-Geliang




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