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Andrii Nakryiko authored
Fix regression in libbpf, introduced by XDP link change, which causes XDP
programs to fail to be loaded into kernel due to specified BPF_XDP
expected_attach_type. While kernel doesn't enforce expected_attach_type for
BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, some old kernels already support XDP program, but they
don't yet recognize expected_attach_type field in bpf_attr, so setting it to
non-zero value causes program load to fail.

Luckily, libbpf already has a mechanism to deal with such cases, so just make
expected_attach_type optional for XDP programs.

Fixes: dc8698ca ("libbpf: Add support for BPF XDP link")
Reported-by: default avatarNikita Shirokov <tehnerd@tehnerd.com>
Reported-by: default avatarUdip Pant <udippant@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200924171705.3803628-1-andriin@fb.com
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