Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] tools: Fix MSG_SPLICE_PAGES build error in trace tools | From | Paolo Abeni <> | Date | Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:53:05 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2023-06-26 at 14:59 -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 2:53 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:31:39 -0700 Namhyung Kim wrote: > > > Right, we want to keep the headers files in the tools in sync with > > > the kernel ones. And they are used to generate some tables. > > > Full explanation from Arnaldo below. > > > > > > So I'm ok for the msg_flags.c changes, but please refrain from > > > changing the header directly. We will update it later. > > > > > > With that, > > > Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> > > > > Ah, missed this email, sounds like this is preferred to Matthieu's > > fix, we'll take this one. > > Hmm.. I believe they are the same when it comes to the > changes in the .c file. > > > > > > Also I wonder if the tool needs to keep the original flag > > > (SENDPAGE_NOTLAST) for the older kernels. > > > > That's a bit unclear, because it's just a kernel-internal flag. > > Future kernels may well use that bit for something else. > > Ah, ok then. I thought it's a user-visible flag. > > > > > Better long term solution would be to use an enum so that the values > > are included in debuginfo and perf can read them at runtime :( > > Right, we also consider BTF to read the values and hopefully > get rid of the business of copying kernel headers.
I read all the above as the preferred solution is the one provided by Mat's patch (not touching socket.h, same changes as here in msg_flags.c.
As such, I'll restore Mat's patch in PW and will obsolete this one. Please raise a flag if I'm wrong ;)
Cheers,
Paolo
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