Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 4/4] bpftool: support loading flow dissector

[Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>]

On 11/08, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:16:43 +0000, Quentin Monnet wrote:
> > > -	bpf_program__set_ifindex(prog, ifindex);
> > >   	if (attr.prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC) {
> > > +		if (!prog) {
> > > +			p_err("can not guess program type when loading all programs\n");
> 
> No new lines in p_err(), beaks JSON.
Thanks, I'll probably remove that altogether and do auto inference of
prog_type from the section name here.

> > > +			goto err_close_obj;
> > > +		}
> > > +
> > >   		const char *sec_name = bpf_program__title(prog, false);
> > >   
> > >   		err = libbpf_prog_type_by_name(sec_name, &attr.prog_type,
> > > @@ -936,8 +958,13 @@ static int do_load(int argc, char **argv)
> > >   			goto err_close_obj;
> > >   		}
> > >   	}
> > > -	bpf_program__set_type(prog, attr.prog_type);
> > > -	bpf_program__set_expected_attach_type(prog, expected_attach_type);
> > > +
> > > +	bpf_object__for_each_program(pos, obj) {
> > > +		bpf_program__set_ifindex(pos, ifindex);
> > > +		bpf_program__set_type(pos, attr.prog_type);
> > > +		bpf_program__set_expected_attach_type(pos,
> > > +						      expected_attach_type);
> > > +	}  
> > 
> > I still believe you can have programs of different types here, and be 
> > able to load them. I tried it and managed to have it working fine. If no 
> > type is provided from command line we can retrieve types for each 
> > program from its section name. If a type is provided on the command 
> > line, we can do the same, but I am not sure we should do it, or impose 
> > that type for all programs instead.
> 
> attr->prog_type is one per object, though.  How do we set that one?
Isn't it used only in __bpf_object__open_xattr to require/not-require kernel
version in the bpf prog?

It will probably work quite nicely for both of our options:

* type not specified: prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC, need kernel
  version (over cautious?)
* type specified (and applied to all progs): using bpf_prog_type__needs_kver
  to require/not requqire kernel version