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Commit 583c1f42 authored by David Vernet's avatar David Vernet Committed by Andrii Nakryiko
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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: default avatarDavid Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220920000100.477320-2-void@manifault.com
parent 3a74904c
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