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Commit c6b5fb86 authored by Quentin Monnet's avatar Quentin Monnet Committed by Daniel Borkmann
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bpf: add documentation for eBPF helpers (42-50)



Add documentation for eBPF helper functions to bpf.h user header file.
This documentation can be parsed with the Python script provided in
another commit of the patch series, in order to provide a RST document
that can later be converted into a man page.

The objective is to make the documentation easily understandable and
accessible to all eBPF developers, including beginners.

This patch contains descriptions for the following helper functions:

Helper from Kaixu:
- bpf_perf_event_read()

Helpers from Martin:
- bpf_skb_under_cgroup()
- bpf_xdp_adjust_head()

Helpers from Sargun:
- bpf_probe_write_user()
- bpf_current_task_under_cgroup()

Helper from Thomas:
- bpf_skb_change_head()

Helper from Gianluca:
- bpf_probe_read_str()

Helpers from Chenbo:
- bpf_get_socket_cookie()
- bpf_get_socket_uid()

v4:
- bpf_perf_event_read(): State that bpf_perf_event_read_value() should
  be preferred over this helper.
- bpf_skb_change_head(): Clarify comment about invalidated verifier
  checks.
- bpf_xdp_adjust_head(): Clarify comment about invalidated verifier
  checks.
- bpf_probe_write_user(): Add that dst must be a valid user space
  address.
- bpf_get_socket_cookie(): Improve description by making clearer that
  the cockie belongs to the socket, and state that it remains stable for
  the life of the socket.

v3:
- bpf_perf_event_read(): Fix time of selection for perf event type in
  description. Remove occurences of "cores" to avoid confusion with
  "CPU".

Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Cc: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Cc: Gianluca Borello <g.borello@gmail.com>
Cc: Chenbo Feng <fengc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarQuentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Acked-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
[for bpf_skb_under_cgroup(), bpf_xdp_adjust_head()]
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
parent fa15601a
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