Re: [PATCH bpf] bpf: refer to struct xdp_md in user space comments
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-08-31 22:43:22
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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-08-31 22:43:22
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bpf
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:16:47 +0200 Daniel Borkmann wrote:
On 8/19/20 9:27 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:quoted
uAPI uses xdp_md, not xdp_buff. Fix comments. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> --- include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index 0480f893facd..cc3553a102d0 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ union bpf_attr {Needs also tooling header copy, but once that is done, it needs fixup for libbpf: [root@pc-9 bpf]# make GEN bpf_helper_defs.h Unrecognized type 'struct xdp_md', please add it to known types! make[1]: *** [Makefile:186: bpf_helper_defs.h] Error 1 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'bpf_helper_defs.h' make: *** [Makefile:160: all] Error 2 [root@pc-9 bpf]# Pls fix up and send v2, thanks.
FWIW upon closer inspection it appears that this is intentional (even if confusing) and bpf_helpers_doc.py swaps the types to __sk_buff and xdp_md when generating man pages and the header.