Re: [PATCH bpf-next] samples: bpf: fix conflicting types in fds_example

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
Date: Wed Dec 01 2021 - 15:59:47 EST


Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Fix the following samples/bpf build error appeared after the
> introduction of bpf_map_create() in libbpf:
>
> CC samples/bpf/fds_example.o
> samples/bpf/fds_example.c:49:12: error: static declaration of 'bpf_map_create' follows non-static declaration
> static int bpf_map_create(void)
> ^
> samples/bpf/libbpf/include/bpf/bpf.h:55:16: note: previous declaration is here
> LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_create(enum bpf_map_type map_type,
> ^
> samples/bpf/fds_example.c:82:23: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 6, have 0
> fd = bpf_map_create();
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
> samples/bpf/libbpf/include/bpf/bpf.h:55:16: note: 'bpf_map_create' declared here
> LIBBPF_API int bpf_map_create(enum bpf_map_type map_type,
> ^
> 2 errors generated.
>
> fds_example by accident has a static function with the same name.
> It's not worth it to separate a single call into its own function,
> so just embed it.
>
> Fixes: 992c4225419a ("libbpf: Unify low-level map creation APIs w/ new bpf_map_create()")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx>

I just ran into this today as well - thanks for the fix!

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>