From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>, ast@fb.com
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] libbpf: Add setter for initial value for internal maps
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:46:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e717cb05-8342-5fde-e468-9a58272e2c8c@iogearbox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200329132253.232541-1-toke@redhat.com>
On 3/29/20 3:22 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> For internal maps (most notably the maps backing global variables), libbpf
> uses an internal mmaped area to store the data after opening the object.
> This data is subsequently copied into the kernel map when the object is
> loaded.
>
> This adds a function to set a new value for that data, which can be used to
> before it is loaded into the kernel. This is especially relevant for RODATA
> maps, since those are frozen on load.
>
> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Both applied, thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-29 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-26 15:17 [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Add bpf_object__rodata getter function Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-26 19:20 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-27 12:24 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-27 17:49 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-27 18:39 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-27 12:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2] libbpf: Add getter for pointer to data area for internal maps Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-27 19:17 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-27 22:26 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-27 22:28 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-03-28 0:08 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-28 18:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] libbpf: Add setter for initial value " Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-28 20:01 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-29 12:17 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-29 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 " Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-29 20:06 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-29 23:46 ` Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2020-03-29 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests: Add test for overriding global data value before load Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-29 20:13 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-28 18:28 ` [PATCH v3 " Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-28 20:06 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-03-29 13:10 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-03-29 20:08 ` Andrii Nakryiko
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