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From: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>,
	Kui-Feng Lee <kuifeng@meta.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, song@kernel.org,
	kernel-team@meta.com, andrii@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 4/7] libbpf: Create a bpf_link in bpf_map__attach_struct_ops().
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:59:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <68844823-bc3f-5523-c94f-e436515ee9fb@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEf4BzZ8k04R4Y0FY2k6KoSPZdiYRJxcnA1qypi=Hk-JM8ppWw@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/16/23 2:40 PM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> So this will always require a programmatic bpf_map__set_map_flags()
> call, there is currently no declarative way to do this, right?
> 
> Is there any way to avoid this BPF_F_LINK flag approach? How bad would
> it be if kernel just always created bpf_link-backed struct_ops?

It still needs to support the per-link behavior.

> Alternatively, should we think about SEC(".struct_ops.link") or
> something like that to instruct libbpf to add this BPF_F_LINK flag
> automatically?

I like this idea. Easier for users that is always link only. The users can also 
stay with SEC(".struct_ops") and decide later if BPF_F_LINK should be set 
depending on the runtime config and environment like kernel version...etc.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-16 22:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-14 22:17 [PATCH bpf-next 0/7] Transit between BPF TCP congestion controls Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/7] bpf: Create links for BPF struct_ops maps Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15  0:26   ` kernel test robot
2023-02-15  2:39   ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 18:04     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15 18:44       ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 20:24         ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15 21:28           ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-15 20:30       ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-15 20:55         ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15 22:58   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-16 17:59     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/7] net: Update an existing TCP congestion control algorithm Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15  2:43   ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 18:15     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/7] bpf: Register and unregister a struct_ops by their bpf_links Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15  2:53   ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 18:29     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16  0:37   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-16 16:42     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16 22:38       ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-17 22:17         ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/7] libbpf: Create a bpf_link in bpf_map__attach_struct_ops() Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15  2:58   ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 18:44     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-15 18:48       ` Stanislav Fomichev
2023-02-15 22:20         ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16 22:40   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-02-16 22:59     ` Martin KaFai Lau [this message]
2023-02-18  0:05     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-18  1:08       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/7] bpf: Update the struct_ops of a bpf_link Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16  1:02   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-16 19:17     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16 19:40       ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/7] libbpf: Update a bpf_link with another struct_ops Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16 22:48   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-02-18  0:22     ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-18  1:10       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-02-21 22:20         ` Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-14 22:17 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/7] selftests/bpf: Test switching TCP Congestion Control algorithms Kui-Feng Lee
2023-02-16 22:50   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2023-02-18  0:23     ` Kui-Feng Lee

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