* Alexei Starovoitov <a...@plumgrid.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/15 5:03 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >So the bpf_perf_event_read() returns the count value, does this not also
> >mean that returning -EINVAL here is also 'wrong'?
> >
> >I mean, sure an actual count value that high is unlikely, but its still
> >a broken interface.
>
> Agree. that's not pretty interface. I wish I looked at it more carefully
> when it was introduced. Now it's too late to change.
So I really, really think eBPF needs to have an easy to use mechanism to phase
out
old ABI components and introducing new (better) ones!
Then old crap can be de-emphasised and eventually removed, instead of having to
live with crap forever ...
Thanks,
Ingo
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