Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] bpftool: Align dumped file generated header with skeletons.

From: sdf
Date: Wed Jul 13 2022 - 12:03:16 EST


On 07/13, Francis Laniel wrote:
Le mercredi 13 juillet 2022, 16:47:17 CEST Alexei Starovoitov a �crit :
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 7:45 AM Francis Laniel
>
> <flaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This commit adds the following lines to file generated by dump:
> > /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */
> > /* THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED BY BPFTOOL! */
> > Hence, the dumped file headers follows that of skeletons.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel <flaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
> > index 7e6accb9d9f7..066a0acd0ecd 100644
> > --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
> > +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
> > @@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ static int dump_btf_c(const struct btf *btf,
> >
> > if (err)
> >
> > return err;
> >
> > + printf("/* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
> > */\n");
> This was discussed earlier. It's incorrect and we cannot add just header
> to vmlinux.h

Oops sorry, I will send a v4 dropping it.
Nonetheless can you please send me a link for a discussion about this?

+1, Google only gives me the following:

https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/87czmwe26c.fsf@xxxxxxx/T/

(which is somewhat inconclusive?)