From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63624C28CC6 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D2DC23C7F for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=fomichev-me.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@fomichev-me.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="vuaYM4A0" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726454AbfFDE3F (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:29:05 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-f193.google.com ([209.85.210.193]:43332 "EHLO mail-pf1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726078AbfFDE3F (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:29:05 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-f193.google.com with SMTP id c6so11865525pfa.10 for ; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:29:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fomichev-me.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=YotpcPgy/ioLN67cVEDyEBsnoXdJdPakdgz5ApLCKBw=; b=vuaYM4A0poBnYZZxP35tYSRSs5ZAwY0nZXUpR9OsgNvq7oymErrMjALZJKhL5mN7Pg suEaN+JJSRJEv2VFGHahe7uKa4LOd2Ju2/35oF7K6qmewnSQTZIY7misahhfJ2a4Umqn 4+FDmEn+Z8mk7c4YJar8nLKcyvEbUAKqdyiQxL9BGmG6e1ISstAxOFiiCVH+FFP+Hi6f Rp6ixq7zr411GGOT4BASjzgvU7Q1A1haFfH0V74DRQ+xmfjAS1/Kb7No92G3enkiWlXr 9ncfGmD04t4i/NsnvM/RbnqRf885wEcjypnJKmTyfBFLUAY9ssx3n8uUzUZLdqetqbR6 pIJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=YotpcPgy/ioLN67cVEDyEBsnoXdJdPakdgz5ApLCKBw=; b=J3YoxhsyAwmEsTfwDCVuPtTk/k+xuMslkniloZNa6nSwTljD7TBzP9ZzyMkc2awqvl 6zympVwAjmExfoS5RXQiyDCkyQ28ezmXBj47yfBsKoODiohhsUXms9aBXb9b4hdCcq4k gw6jAyITFm6D+QYHb+8qeVb3N8kWvjXoRh/VhuH6ORNH67/iMiR0WsnBjEHH0D5AzSIg iGsKCqZoy4WRds6u6/apnvgIGLdOUoxbvDTjKVNE/djV0DoGW/QqY7UGNxQavQwN0vZE +WzdKVgJJe8xoEjMpaE8j52DrpC4dqLoI5kC2OjOP6BYfefVAVOyc0673cjFYuXxDEK0 L/bw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX2liTkXcRQj2mAhBiuOT4lkHKsjTL8DH3DtExcZthjsdFaxB4j sUnwElsZVmjrQ4kv9WCDrBjZjQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxr9pbzD16CDHaDITplzgJZ0pdLe7pnp0oejXhAzlarnnMQ5G4pKa94Ngv5uU0D1h47wCh8aw== X-Received: by 2002:aa7:8248:: with SMTP id e8mr36021946pfn.155.1559622544057; Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2601:646:8f00:18d9:d0fa:7a4b:764f:de48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q20sm15305137pgq.66.2019.06.03.21.29.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:29:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 21:29:02 -0700 From: Stanislav Fomichev To: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Andrii Nakryiko , Andrii Nakryiko , Networking , bpf , Daniel Borkmann , Kernel Team Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH bpf-next 6/8] libbpf: allow specifying map definitions using BTF Message-ID: <20190604042902.GA2014@mini-arch> References: <20190531202132.379386-1-andriin@fb.com> <20190531202132.379386-7-andriin@fb.com> <20190531212835.GA31612@mini-arch> <20190603163222.GA14556@mini-arch> <20190604010254.GB14556@mini-arch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.0 (2019-05-25) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org > BTF is mandatory for _any_ new feature. If something is easy to support without asking everyone to upgrade to a bleeding edge llvm, why not do it? So much for backwards compatibility and flexibility. > It's for introspection and debuggability in the first place. > Good debugging is not optional. Once llvm 8+ is everywhere, sure, but we are not there yet (I'm talking about upstream LTS distros like ubuntu/redhat).