Re: [PATCH] xdp: Remove unused events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 22:50:12 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (net)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:56:15 -0400 you wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Each TRACE_EVENT() defined can take up around 5K of text and meta data
> regardless if they are used or not. New code is being developed that will
> warn when a tracepoint is defined but not used.
>
> The trace events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err are defined but
> not used, but there's also a comment that states these are kept around for
> backward compatibility. Which is interesting because since they are not
> used, any old BPF program that expects them to exist will get incorrect
> data (no data) when they use them. It's worse than not working, it's
> silently failing.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- xdp: Remove unused events xdp_redirect_map and xdp_redirect_map_err
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/a9a5f41b04dd

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