Re: [PATCH v4] bpf: attach type BPF_LIRC_MODE2 should not depend on CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 06/19/2018 01:04 AM, Sean Young wrote:
> If the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF not enabled, it is not
> possible to attach, detach or query IR BPF programs to /dev/lircN devices,
> making them impossible to use. For embedded devices, it should be possible
> to use IR decoding without cgroups or CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF enabled.
> 
> This change requires some refactoring, since bpf_prog_{attach,detach,query}
> functions are now always compiled, but their code paths for cgroups need
> moving out. Rather than a #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF in kernel/bpf/syscall.c,
> moving them to kernel/bpf/cgroup.c and kernel/bpf/sockmap.c does not
> require #ifdefs since that is already conditionally compiled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>

Applied to bpf, thanks Sean!