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Commit bc1a8597 authored by Daniel T. Lee's avatar Daniel T. Lee Committed by Daniel Borkmann
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samples, bpf: Refactor tail call user progs with libbpf



BPF tail call uses the BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY type map for calling
into other BPF programs and this PROG_ARRAY should be filled prior to
use. Currently, samples with the PROG_ARRAY type MAP fill this program
array with bpf_load. For bpf_load to fill this map, kernel BPF program
must specify the section with specific format of <prog_type>/<array_idx>
(e.g. SEC("socket/0"))

But by using libbpf instead of bpf_load, user program can specify which
programs should be added to PROG_ARRAY. The advantage of this approach
is that you can selectively add only the programs you want, rather than
adding all of them to PROG_ARRAY, and it's much more intuitive than the
traditional approach.

This commit refactors user programs with the PROG_ARRAY type MAP with
libbpf instead of using bpf_load.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: default avatarYonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200516040608.1377876-4-danieltimlee@gmail.com
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