Re: [PATCH] libbpf: add support for printing BTF character arrays as strings

[Blake Jones]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If no suitable libbpf is detected then the build will error out. I
> > guess if feature-libbpf is present but not feature-libbpf-strings then
> > we'll need a perf #define so that the string feature won't cause
> > perf's build to fail.
>
> Yes. Something like this.
> It will also allow libbpf and perf patches to land in parallel.

Ah, so I could test the perf changes using this libbpf, even though
it wouldn't be present in the same source tree until they're merged?
That's great - if I have to do a bit more work to reduce the overall
merge latency I'm happy to do that.

Blake