Re: [PATCH bpf 1/3] bpf: Report BPF_F_PREORDER in cgroup program queries

From: Alexei Starovoitov

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 13:54:50 EST


On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 02:24 AM Hui Su <sh_def@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As a result, user space tools and query callers cannot distinguish
> pre-ordered programs from standard multi-prog attachments via
> BPF_PROG_QUERY.

[...]

> Fixes: 4b82b181a26c ("bpf: Allow pre-ordering for bpf cgroup progs")

That's not a fix. Nothing is broken.
The patch changes what BPF_PROG_QUERY returns to user space and
existing bpftool will start printing "unknown(42)" for such progs.
That shouldn't go to stable.
Drop the Fixes tag and resend the series for bpf-next.

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