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SubjectRe: [PATCH] libbpf: fix BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY auto-pinning
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On 24/02/2022 01:15, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 6:37 PM Song Liu <song@kernel.org> wrote:
>> 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?
> Keeping special logic for PERF_EVENT_ARRAY in one place is
> preferrable. With this, the changes in map_is_reuse_compat() shouldn't
> be necessary at all. Stijn, can you please send v2 with Song's
> proposed changes?
>
Will do!

Thanks,
Stijn

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