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2018-08-07Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-nextDavid S. Miller
Daniel Borkmann says: ==================== pull-request: bpf-next 2018-08-07 The following pull-request contains BPF updates for your *net-next* tree. The main changes are: 1) Add cgroup local storage for BPF programs, which provides a fast accessible memory for storing various per-cgroup data like number of transmitted packets, etc, from Roman. 2) Support bpf_get_socket_cookie() BPF helper in several more program types that have a full socket available, from Andrey. 3) Significantly improve the performance of perf events which are reported from BPF offload. Also convert a couple of BPF AF_XDP samples overto use libbpf, both from Jakub. 4) seg6local LWT provides the End.DT6 action, which allows to decapsulate an outer IPv6 header containing a Segment Routing Header. Adds this action now to the seg6local BPF interface, from Mathieu. 5) Do not mark dst register as unbounded in MOV64 instruction when both src and dst register are the same, from Arthur. 6) Define u_smp_rmb() and u_smp_wmb() to their respective barrier instructions on arm64 for the AF_XDP sample code, from Brian. 7) Convert the tcp_client.py and tcp_server.py BPF selftest scripts over from Python 2 to Python 3, from Jeremy. 8) Enable BTF build flags to the BPF sample code Makefile, from Taeung. 9) Remove an unnecessary rcu_read_lock() in run_lwt_bpf(), from Taehee. 10) Several improvements to the README.rst from the BPF documentation to make it more consistent with RST format, from Tobin. 11) Replace all occurrences of strerror() by calls to strerror_r() in libbpf and fix a FORTIFY_SOURCE build error along with it, from Thomas. 12) Fix a bug in bpftool's get_btf() function to correctly propagate an error via PTR_ERR(), from Yue. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-07-27docs: bpf: Capitalise document headingTobin C. Harding
The majority of files in the kernel documentation index use capitalisation for all words, especially the shorter ones. BPF docs better fit in with the rest of the documentation if the heading is all capitalised. Capitalise document heading. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-07-27docs: bpf: Add toctree to indexTobin C. Harding
Recently bpf/ docs were converted to us RST format. bp/index.rst was created out of README but toctree was not added to include files within Documentation/bpf/ Add toctree to Documentation/bpf/index.rst Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-07-27docs: bpf: Rename README.rst to index.rstTobin C. Harding
Recently bpf/ docs were converted to use RST format. 'README.rst' was created but in order to fit in with the Sphinx build system this file should be named 'index.rst'. Rename file, fixes to integrate into Sphinx build system in following patches. docs: Rename Documentation/bpf/README.rst to Documentation/bpf/index.rst Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-07-26docs: Update references to netdev-FAQTobin C. Harding
File 'Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt' has been converted to RST format. We should update all links/references to point to the new file. Update references to netdev-FAQ Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-05-14bpf, doc: howto use/run the BPF selftestsJesper Dangaard Brouer
I always forget howto run the BPF selftests. Thus, lets add that info to the QA document. Documentation was based on Cilium's documentation: http://cilium.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bpf/#verifying-the-setup Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-05-14bpf, doc: convert bpf_devel_QA.rst to use RST formattingJesper Dangaard Brouer
Same story as bpf_design_QA.rst RST format conversion. Again thanks to Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> for fixes and patches that have been squashed. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-05-14bpf, doc: convert bpf_design_QA.rst to use RST formattingJesper Dangaard Brouer
The RST formatting is done such that that when rendered or converted to different formats, an automatic index with links are created to the subsections. Thus, the questions are created as sections (or subsections), in-order to get the wanted auto-generated FAQ/QA index. Special thanks to Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> who have reviewed and corrected both RST formatting and GitHub rendering issues in this file. Those commits have been squashed. I've manually tested that this also renders nicely if included as part of the kernel 'make htmldocs'. As the end-goal is for this to become more integrated with kernel-doc project/movement. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-05-14bpf, doc: rename txt files to rst filesJesper Dangaard Brouer
This will cause them to get auto rendered, e.g. when viewing them on GitHub. Followup patches will correct the content to be RST compliant. Also adjust README.rst to point to the renamed files. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-05-14bpf, doc: add basic README.rst fileJesper Dangaard Brouer
A README.rst file in a directory have special meaning for sites like github, which auto renders the contents. Plus search engines like Google also index these README.rst files. Auto rendering allow us to use links, for (re)directing eBPF users to other places where docs live. The end-goal would be to direct users towards https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest but we haven't written the full docs yet, so we start out small and take this incrementally. This directory itself contains some useful docs, which can be linked to from the README.rst file (verified this works for github). Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-04-23bpf: Document sockmap '-target bpf' requirement for PROG_TYPE_SK_MSGJohn Fastabend
BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG programs use a 'void *' for both data and the data_end pointers. Additionally, the verifier ensures that every accesses into the values is a __u64 read. This correctly maps on to the BPF 64-bit architecture. However, to ensure that when building on 32bit architectures that clang uses correct types the '-target bpf' option _must_ be specified. To make this clear add a note to the Documentation. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-03-20bpf, doc: add description wrt native/bpf clang target and pointer sizeDaniel Borkmann
As this recently came up on netdev [0], lets add it to the BPF devel doc. [0] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg489612.html Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-02-02bpf: add documentation to compare clang "-target bpf" and default targetYonghong Song
The added documentation explains how generated codes may differ between clang bpf target and default target, and when to use each target. Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2017-12-06bpf, doc: add faq about bpf development processDaniel Borkmann
In the same spirit of netdev FAQ, start a BPF FAQ as a collection of expectations and/or workflow details in the context of BPF patch processing. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2017-11-01bpf: document answers to common questions about BPFAlexei Starovoitov
to address common misconceptions about what BPF is and what it's not add short BPF Q&A that clarifies core BPF design principles and answers some common questions. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>