Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 3 authors, 2021-07-21

Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] libbpf: rename btf__load() as btf__load_into_kernel()

From: Andrii Nakryiko <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-16 04:32:45
Also in: bpf

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:15 AM Quentin Monnet [off-list ref] wrote:
As part of the effort to move towards a v1.0 for libbpf, rename
btf__load() function, used to "upload" BTF information into the kernel,
and rename it instead as btf__load_into_kernel().

This new name better reflects what the function does, and should be less
confusing.

References:

- https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/278
- https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/wiki/Libbpf:-the-road-to-v1.0#btfh-apis

Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <redacted>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c      | 3 ++-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      | 1 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c   | 2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map | 5 +++++
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
[...]
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 944c99d1ded3..d42f20b0e9e4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -375,3 +375,8 @@ LIBBPF_0.5.0 {
                bpf_object__gen_loader;
                libbpf_set_strict_mode;
 } LIBBPF_0.4.0;
+
+LIBBPF_0.6.0 {
we haven't released v0.5 yet, so this will go into 0.5, probably
+       global:
+               btf__load_into_kernel;
+} LIBBPF_0.5.0;
--
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