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    bpftool: Add C++-specific open/load/etc skeleton wrappers · bb8ffe61
    Andrii Nakryiko authored
    Add C++-specific static methods for code-generated BPF skeleton for each
    skeleton operation: open, open_opts, open_and_load, load, attach,
    detach, destroy, and elf_bytes. This is to facilitate easier C++
    templating on top of pure C BPF skeleton.
    
    In C, open/load/destroy/etc "methods" are of the form
    <skeleton_name>__<method>() to avoid name collision with similar
    "methods" of other skeletons withint the same application. This works
    well, but is very inconvenient for C++ applications that would like to
    write generic (templated) wrappers around BPF skeleton to fit in with
    C++ code base and take advantage of destructors and other convenient C++
    constructs.
    
    This patch makes it easier to build such generic templated wrappers by
    additionally defining C++ static methods for skeleton's struct with
    fixed names. This allows to refer to, say, open method as `T::open()`
    instead of having to somehow generate `T__open()` function call.
    
    Next patch adds an example template to test_cpp selftest to demonstrate
    how it's possible to have all the operations wrapped in a generic
    Skeleton<my_skeleton> type without explicitly passing function references.
    
    An example of generated declaration section without %1$s placeholders:
    
      #ifdef __cplusplus
          static struct test_attach_probe *open(const struct bpf_object_open_opts *opts = nullptr);
          static struct test_attach_probe *open_and_load();
          static int load(struct test_attach_probe *skel);
          static int attach(struct test_attach_probe *skel);
          static void detach(struct test_attach_probe *skel);
          static void destroy(struct test_attach_probe *skel);
          static const void *elf_bytes(size_t *sz);
      #endif /* __cplusplus */
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220212055733.539056-2-andrii@kernel.org
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