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Ask HN: How to handle kernel struct changes (e.g. iov_ITER) in eBPF? (opens in new tab)

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I used the kernel vmlinux header file(6.10 version) from pwru to compile, but my actual kernel version was 6.6. the iov field name in iov_iter become an internal anonymous structure __iov file on kernel changing(6.10->6.6), so the led to that if I extracted and compiled according to the field name of version 6.10, I could not run in my current system, and vice versa. I would like to ask what is a more formal or official solution to deal with this change in kernel structure? My current solutio...

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