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SubjectRe: [PATCH] libbpf: fix BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY auto-pinning
On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:51 PM Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be> wrote:
>
> When a BPF map of type BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY doesn't have the
> max_entries parameter set, this parameter will be set to the number of
> possible CPUs. Due to this, the map_is_reuse_compat function will return
> false, causing the following error when trying to reuse the map:
>
> libbpf: couldn't reuse pinned map at '/sys/fs/bpf/m_logging': parameter mismatch
>
> Fix this by checking against the number of possible CPUs if the
> max_entries parameter is not set in the map definition.
>
> Fixes: 57a00f41644f ("libbpf: Add auto-pinning of maps when loading BPF objects")
> Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>

I think the following fix would be more future proof, but the patch
as-is is better for
stable backport? How about we add a follow up patch on top of current
patch to fix
def->max_entries once for all?

Thanks,
Song

diff --git i/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c w/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index ad43b6ce825e..a1bc1c80bc69 100644
--- i/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ w/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4881,10 +4881,9 @@ static int bpf_object__create_map(struct
bpf_object *obj, struct bpf_map *map, b
return nr_cpus;
}
pr_debug("map '%s': setting size to %d\n", map->name, nr_cpus);
- max_entries = nr_cpus;
- } else {
- max_entries = def->max_entries;
+ def->max_entries = nr_cpus;
}
+ max_entries = def->max_entries;

if (bpf_map__is_struct_ops(map))
create_attr.btf_vmlinux_value_type_id =
map->btf_vmlinux_value_type_id;
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