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From: Joe Stringer <joe@cilium.io>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, ast@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
	"Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>,
	"Quentin Monnet" <quentin@isovalent.com>
Subject: [PATCHv2 bpf-next 03/15] bpf: Document BPF_F_LOCK in syscall commands
Date: Tue,  2 Mar 2021 09:19:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210302171947.2268128-4-joe@cilium.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210302171947.2268128-1-joe@cilium.io>

Document the meaning of the BPF_F_LOCK flag for the map lookup/update
descriptions. Based on commit 96049f3afd50 ("bpf: introduce BPF_F_LOCK
flag").

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@cilium.io>
---
CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 052bbfe65f77..eb9f059f0569 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ union bpf_iter_link_info {
  *		Look up an element with a given *key* in the map referred to
  *		by the file descriptor *map_fd*.
  *
+ *		The *flags* argument may be specified as one of the
+ *		following:
+ *
+ *		**BPF_F_LOCK**
+ *			Look up the value of a spin-locked map without
+ *			returning the lock. This must be specified if the
+ *			elements contain a spinlock.
+ *
  *	Return
  *		Returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned and *errno*
  *		is set appropriately.
@@ -140,6 +148,8 @@ union bpf_iter_link_info {
  *			Create a new element only if it did not exist.
  *		**BPF_EXIST**
  *			Update an existing element.
+ *		**BPF_F_LOCK**
+ *			Update a spin_lock-ed map element.
  *
  *	Return
  *		Returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned and *errno*
-- 
2.27.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-03  3:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-02 17:19 [PATCHv2 bpf-next 00/15] Improve BPF syscall command documentation Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 01/15] bpf: Import syscall arg documentation Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 19:38   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-03 20:20     ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 02/15] bpf: Add minimal bpf() command documentation Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 19:44   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` Joe Stringer [this message]
2021-03-03 20:16   ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 03/15] bpf: Document BPF_F_LOCK in syscall commands Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 04/15] bpf: Document BPF_PROG_PIN syscall command Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 20:21   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 05/15] bpf: Document BPF_PROG_ATTACH " Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 20:23   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 06/15] bpf: Document BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN " Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 20:29   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-03 23:53     ` Joe Stringer
2021-04-10 18:12       ` Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 07/15] bpf: Document BPF_PROG_QUERY " Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 20:31   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 08/15] bpf: Document BPF_MAP_*_BATCH syscall commands Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 17:38   ` Brian Vazquez
2021-03-03 20:44   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 09/15] scripts/bpf: Abstract eBPF API target parameter Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 10/15] scripts/bpf: Add syscall commands printer Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 11/15] tools/bpf: Remove bpf-helpers from bpftool docs Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 12/15] selftests/bpf: Templatize man page generation Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 13/15] selftests/bpf: Test syscall command parsing Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 22:23   ` Yonghong Song
2021-03-03 23:50     ` Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 14/15] docs/bpf: Add bpf() syscall command reference Joe Stringer
2021-03-02 17:19 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 15/15] tools: Sync uapi bpf.h header with latest changes Joe Stringer
2021-03-03 17:25 ` [PATCHv2 bpf-next 00/15] Improve BPF syscall command documentation Jonathan Corbet
2021-03-03 18:50   ` Joe Stringer
2021-03-05  2:51 ` Alexei Starovoitov

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