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Copilot AI commented Mar 23, 2026

In C, array fields (e.g. char command[16]) decay to a pointer when passed as function arguments, making &data.command redundant — data.command is idiomatic and what kernel/BPF code conventionally uses.

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  • Chapters 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 — replace &data.command, &data.message, &data.path etc. with the array name directly in all bpf_get_current_comm, bpf_probe_read_* calls:
// Before
bpf_get_current_comm(&data.command, sizeof(data.command));
bpf_probe_read_kernel(&data.message, sizeof(data.message), message);

// After
bpf_get_current_comm(data.command, sizeof(data.command));
bpf_probe_read_kernel(data.message, sizeof(data.message), message);
  • Chapter 5 — remove stale compiled binary (hello-buffer-config) from version control.

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix more idiomatic addressing for arrays and tidy string output Errata: more idiomatic array addressing in BPF helper calls, tidy chapter 5 string output Mar 23, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from lizrice March 23, 2026 12:34
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Seems like there are no changes so I just going to close this, and hope this first attempt at using copilot for review is OK!

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