From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xdp: Remove unused events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:50:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <174978303251.199960.6452866597649393391.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250611155615.0c2cf61c@batman.local.home>
Hello:
This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (net)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:56:15 -0400 you wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> Each TRACE_EVENT() defined can take up around 5K of text and meta data
> regardless if they are used or not. New code is being developed that will
> warn when a tracepoint is defined but not used.
>
> The trace events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err are defined but
> not used, but there's also a comment that states these are kept around for
> backward compatibility. Which is interesting because since they are not
> used, any old BPF program that expects them to exist will get incorrect
> data (no data) when they use them. It's worse than not working, it's
> silently failing.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- xdp: Remove unused events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/a9a5f41b04dd
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-13 2:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-11 19:56 Steven Rostedt
2025-06-12 10:30 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-06-12 10:54 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2025-06-16 12:05 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2025-06-16 12:42 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-06-13 2:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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