History log of /linux-master/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
Revision Date Author Comments
# 2f383041 13-Sep-2021 Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>

libbpf: Make libbpf_version.h non-auto-generated

Turn previously auto-generated libbpf_version.h header into a normal
header file. This prevents various tricky Makefile integration issues,
simplifies the overall build process, but also allows to further extend
it with some more versioning-related APIs in the future.

To prevent accidental out-of-sync versions as defined by libbpf.map and
libbpf_version.h, Makefile checks their consistency at build time.

Simultaneously with this change bump libbpf.map to v0.6.

Also undo adding libbpf's output directory into include path for
kernel/bpf/preload, bpftool, and resolve_btfids, which is not necessary
because libbpf_version.h is just a normal header like any other.

Fixes: 0b46b7550560 ("libbpf: Add LIBBPF_DEPRECATED_SINCE macro for scheduling API deprecations")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210913222309.3220849-1-andrii@kernel.org


# 5f10c1aa 03-Feb-2021 Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>

libbpf: Stop using feature-detection Makefiles

Libbpf's Makefile relies on Linux tools infrastructure's feature detection
framework, but libbpf's needs are very modest: it detects the presence of
libelf and libz, both of which are mandatory. So it doesn't benefit much from
the framework, but pays significant costs in terms of maintainability and
debugging experience, when something goes wrong. The other feature detector,
testing for the presernce of minimal BPF API in system headers is long
obsolete as well, providing no value.

So stop using feature detection and just assume the presence of libelf and
libz during build time. Worst case, user will get a clear and actionable
linker error, e.g.:

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lelf

On the other hand, we completely bypass recurring issues various users
reported over time with false negatives of feature detection (libelf or libz
not being detected, while they are actually present in the system).

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210203203445.3356114-1-andrii@kernel.org


# d198b34f 03-Mar-2020 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

.gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier

Add SPDX License Identifier to all .gitignore files.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 6bf6affe 02-Dec-2019 Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>

selftests/bpf: Bring back c++ include/link test

Commit 5c26f9a78358 ("libbpf: Don't use cxx to test_libpf target")
converted existing c++ test to c. We still want to include and
link against libbpf from c++ code, so reinstate this test back,
this time in a form of a selftest with a clear comment about
its purpose.

v2:
* -lelf -> $(LDLIBS) (Andrii Nakryiko)

Fixes: 5c26f9a78358 ("libbpf: Don't use cxx to test_libpf target")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191202215931.248178-1-sdf@google.com


# e01a75c1 08-Oct-2019 Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>

libbpf: Move bpf_{helpers, helper_defs, endian, tracing}.h into libbpf

Move bpf_helpers.h, bpf_tracing.h, and bpf_endian.h into libbpf. Move
bpf_helper_defs.h generation into libbpf's Makefile. Ensure all those
headers are installed along the other libbpf headers. Also, adjust
selftests and samples include path to include libbpf now.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191008175942.1769476-6-andriin@fb.com


# a9eb048d 04-Oct-2019 Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>

libbpf: Add cscope and tags targets to Makefile

Using cscope and/or TAGS files for navigating the source code is useful.
Add simple targets to the Makefile to generate the index files for both
tools.

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191004153444.1711278-1-toke@redhat.com


# 39391377 12-Apr-2019 Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com>

libbpf: add binary to gitignore

Some binaries are generated when building libbpf from tools/lib/bpf/,
namely libbpf.so.0.0.2 and libbpf.so.0.
Add them to the local .gitignore.

Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>


# dd399ac9 28-Mar-2019 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

tools/bpf: generate pkg-config file for libbpf

Generate a libbpf.pc file at build time so that users can rely
on pkg-config to find the library, its CFLAGS and LDFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Acked-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>


# e3ca63de 08-Jan-2019 Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>

selftests/bpf: add missing executables to .gitignore

We build test_libbpf with CXX to make sure linking against C++ works.

$ make -s -C tools/lib/bpf
$ git status -sb
? tools/lib/bpf/test_libbpf
$ make -s -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf
$ git status -sb
? tools/lib/bpf/test_libbpf
? tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_libbpf

Fixes: 8c4905b995c6 ("libbpf: make sure bpf headers are c++ include-able")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>


# 0c77c04a 04-Nov-2015 Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com>

tools lib bpf: Change FEATURE-DUMP to FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf

Commit ed63f34c026e9a60d17fa750ecdfe3f600d49393 ("perf tools: Make perf
depend on libbpf") triggers the build of libbpf when building the perf
tools, dynamically creating FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf.

It failed to update the tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore file to have that
prefix, fix it.

Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Fixes: 65f041bee783 ("tools lib bpf: Use FEATURE_USER to allow building in the same dir as perf")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446706594-4142-1-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>


# 1b76c13e 30-Jun-2015 Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>

bpf tools: Introduce 'bpf' library and add bpf feature check

This is the first patch of libbpf. The goal of libbpf is to create a
standard way for accessing eBPF object files. This patch creates
'Makefile' and 'Build' for it, allows 'make' to build libbpf.a and
libbpf.so, 'make install' to put them into proper directories.
Most part of Makefile is borrowed from traceevent.

Before building, it checks the existence of libelf in Makefile, and deny
to build if not found. Instead of throwing an error if libelf not found,
the error raises in a phony target "elfdep". This design is to ensure
'make clean' still workable even if libelf is not found.

Because libbpf requires 'kern_version' field set for 'union bpf_attr'
(bpfdep" is used for that dependency), Kernel BPF API is also checked
by intruducing a new feature check 'bpf' into tools/build/feature,
which checks the existence and version of linux/bpf.h. When building
libbpf, it searches that file from include/uapi/linux in kernel source
tree (controlled by FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-bpf). Since it searches kernel
source tree it reside, installing of newest kernel headers is not
required, except we are trying to port these files to an old kernel.

To avoid checking that file when perf building, the newly introduced
'bpf' feature check doesn't added into FEATURE_TESTS and
FEATURE_DISPLAY by default in tools/build/Makefile.feature, but added
into libbpf's specific.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Bcc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1435716878-189507-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>