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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
To: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
	Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Replace %pK output with 0
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:48:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915064811.MrdbYUsX@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DLFFP4P6CAA6.QLQ38A75G2IZ@etsalapatis.com>

On 2026-09-14 23:39:22 [+0000], Emil Tsalapatis wrote:
> On Fri Sep 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM UTC, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > Networking used to print the socket pointer with %p as output in the
> > /proc interface. This was later changed to %pK in order not to reveal
> > the actual pointer value. The output format has then been copied to bpf
> > tests which produce the same format including the %pK format modifier.
> >
> > Networking recently replaced the socket output with a plain 0 because
> > the socket pointer added no value to the output and the %pK should be
> > removed fom library handling. The format remained otherwise unchanged in
> > order not to break any tools which are parsing this information.
> >
> > This change removes the %pK modifier from bpf, following the change in
> > networking.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
> 
> The bots are being overly picky bere, the tests pass fine and these are
> selftests anyway.

I would repost it with comment updated. I am just unsure about
README.rst part. Should that pointer about llvm 10 be removed (because
outdated) or kept as I have it? 

Sebastian

      reply	other threads:[~2026-09-15  6:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-11 14:50 [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Replace %pK output with 0 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-09-11 15:41 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-14  9:22   ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-09-14 23:39 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-09-15  6:48   ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior [this message]

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