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* [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] bpf: Light skeleton for the kernel.
@ 2022-02-04 23:17 Alexei Starovoitov
  2022-02-04 23:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] bpf: Extend sys_bpf commands for bpf_syscall programs Alexei Starovoitov
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From: Alexei Starovoitov @ 2022-02-04 23:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem; +Cc: daniel, andrii, bpf, kernel-team

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

The libbpf performs a set of complex operations to load BPF programs.
With "loader program" and "CO-RE in the kernel" the loading job of
libbpf was diminished. The light skeleton became lean enough to perform
program loading and map creation tasks without libbpf.
It's now possible to tweak it further to make light skeleton usable
out of user space and out of kernel module.
This allows bpf_preload.ko to drop user-mode-driver usage,
drop host compiler dependency, allow cross compilation and simplify the code.
It's a building block toward safe and portable kernel modules.

Alexei Starovoitov (5):
  bpf: Extend sys_bpf commands for bpf_syscall programs.
  libbpf: Prepare light skeleton for the kernel.
  bpftool: Generalize light skeleton generation.
  bpf: Update iterators.lskel.h.
  bpf: Convert bpf_preload.ko to use light skeleton.

 kernel/bpf/inode.c                            |  39 ++--
 kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig                    |   9 +-
 kernel/bpf/preload/Makefile                   |  14 +-
 kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload.h              |   8 +-
 kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c         | 119 +++++--------
 kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_umd_blob.S     |   7 -
 .../preload/iterators/bpf_preload_common.h    |  13 --
 kernel/bpf/preload/iterators/iterators.c      | 108 -----------
 .../bpf/preload/iterators/iterators.lskel.h   |  28 ++-
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c                          |  40 ++++-
 tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c                       |  45 +++--
 tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h                 | 168 ++++++++++++++++--
 12 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 302 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_umd_blob.S
 delete mode 100644 kernel/bpf/preload/iterators/bpf_preload_common.h
 delete mode 100644 kernel/bpf/preload/iterators/iterators.c

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2.30.2


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