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authorDavid Vernet <void@manifault.com>2022-09-20 03:00:57 +0300
committerAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>2022-09-22 02:24:17 +0300
commit583c1f420173f7d84413a1a1fbf5109d798b4faa (patch)
tree7c2afbcc69ba4b64cca3e34719837e2fa518c826 /tools/bpf
parent3a74904ceff3ecdb9d6cc0844ed67df417968eb6 (diff)
downloadlinux-583c1f420173f7d84413a1a1fbf5109d798b4faa.tar.xz
bpf: Define new BPF_MAP_TYPE_USER_RINGBUF map type
We want to support a ringbuf map type where samples are published from user-space, to be consumed by BPF programs. BPF currently supports a kernel -> user-space circular ring buffer via the BPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF map type. We'll need to define a new map type for user-space -> kernel, as none of the helpers exported for BPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF will apply to a user-space producer ring buffer, and we'll want to add one or more helper functions that would not apply for a kernel-producer ring buffer. This patch therefore adds a new BPF_MAP_TYPE_USER_RINGBUF map type definition. The map type is useless in its current form, as there is no way to access or use it for anything until we one or more BPF helpers. A follow-on patch will therefore add a new helper function that allows BPF programs to run callbacks on samples that are published to the ring buffer. Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220920000100.477320-2-void@manifault.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/bpf')
-rw-r--r--tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst2
-rw-r--r--tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c2
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
index 7c188a598444..7f3b67a8b48f 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ MAP COMMANDS
| | **devmap** | **devmap_hash** | **sockmap** | **cpumap** | **xskmap** | **sockhash**
| | **cgroup_storage** | **reuseport_sockarray** | **percpu_cgroup_storage**
| | **queue** | **stack** | **sk_storage** | **struct_ops** | **ringbuf** | **inode_storage**
-| | **task_storage** | **bloom_filter** }
+| | **task_storage** | **bloom_filter** | **user_ringbuf** }
DESCRIPTION
===========
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
index 38b6bc9c26c3..9a6ca9f31133 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map.c
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
" devmap | devmap_hash | sockmap | cpumap | xskmap | sockhash |\n"
" cgroup_storage | reuseport_sockarray | percpu_cgroup_storage |\n"
" queue | stack | sk_storage | struct_ops | ringbuf | inode_storage |\n"
- " task_storage | bloom_filter }\n"
+ " task_storage | bloom_filter | user_ringbuf }\n"
" " HELP_SPEC_OPTIONS " |\n"
" {-f|--bpffs} | {-n|--nomount} }\n"
"",