Re: [PATCH 3/3] bpftool: Allow to link libbpf dynamically

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 1:49 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
> index a508756cf4cc..93566d105a64 100644
> --- a/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
> +++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libbpf.c
> @@ -3,5 +3,14 @@
>
>  int main(void)
>  {
> +#ifdef BPFTOOL
> +       /*
> +        * libbpf_netlink_open (LIBBPF_0.0.6) is the latest
> +        * we need for bpftool at the moment
> +        */
> +       libbpf_netlink_open(NULL);
> +       return 0;
> +#else
>         return bpf_object__open("test") ? 0 : -1;
> +#endif

Such hack should be a clear sign that it's not appropriate for libbpf to
be public netlink api library. Few functions that it already has are for
libbpf and bpftool internal usage only.