Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/3] selftests/bpf: Adjust veristat stack depth parsing

On Sun Aug 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM CEST, Eduard Zingerman wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-08-02 at 01:03 +0200, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
>> The verifier changed the output format for stack depth verification
>> statistics. Adjust the parsing code.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <[email protected]>
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>
> Do we care about backwards compatibility in veristat?
> E.g. I see it packaged in my debian system.
> This won't be able to parse the output of an old kernel.
> On the other hand, I personally do not use stack metrics,
> so the change does not really affect me.
>

It is an open question, given it is packaged, my instinct now is to parse both
formats, to cause the last amount of disruption. So that's what I'll do unless
someone tells me otherwise.

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