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Andrii Nakryiko 0d13bfce02 libbpf: Don't require root for bpf_object__open()
Reorganize bpf_object__open and bpf_object__load steps such that
bpf_object__open doesn't need root access. This was previously done for
feature probing and BTF sanitization. This doesn't have to happen on open,
though, so move all those steps into the load phase.

This is important, because it makes it possible for tools like bpftool, to
just open BPF object file and inspect their contents: programs, maps, BTF,
etc. For such operations it is prohibitive to require root access. On the
other hand, there is a lot of custom libbpf logic in those steps, so its best
avoided for tools to reimplement all that on their own.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191214014341.3442258-2-andriin@fb.com
2019-12-15 15:58:04 -08:00
arch bpf, x86: Align dispatcher branch targets to 16B 2019-12-13 13:09:32 -08:00
block block: fix memleak of bio integrity data 2019-12-05 11:38:36 -07:00
certs certs: Add wrapper function to check blacklisted binary hash 2019-11-12 12:25:50 +11:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2019-11-25 19:49:58 -08:00
Documentation nfp: add support for TLV device stats 2019-12-10 17:34:43 -08:00
drivers cxgb4: add support for high priority filters 2019-12-10 17:52:41 -08:00
fs 9 cifs/smb3 fixes: two timestamp fixes, one oops fix (during oplock break) for stable, two fixes found in multichannel testing, two fixes for file create when using modeforsid mount parm 2019-12-08 12:12:18 -08:00
include bpf, x86: Align dispatcher branch targets to 16B 2019-12-13 13:09:32 -08:00
init bpf, x86, arm64: Enable jit by default when not built as always-on 2019-12-11 16:16:01 -08:00
ipc y2038: remove CONFIG_64BIT_TIME 2019-11-15 14:38:27 +01:00
kernel bpf, xdp: Start using the BPF dispatcher for XDP 2019-12-13 13:09:32 -08:00
lib lib/: fix Kconfig indentation 2019-12-07 11:00:19 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-12-05 09:46:26 -08:00
net bpf: Expose __sk_buff wire_len/gso_segs to BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN 2019-12-13 15:26:53 -08:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix broken xdp_rxq_info due to map order assumptions 2019-12-04 17:54:15 -08:00
scripts Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-12-08 13:28:11 -08:00
security + Features 2019-12-03 12:51:35 -08:00
sound sound updates #2 for 5.5-rc1 2019-12-06 13:06:14 -08:00
tools libbpf: Don't require root for bpf_object__open() 2019-12-15 15:58:04 -08:00
usr arch: sembuf.h: make uapi asm/sembuf.h self-contained 2019-12-04 19:44:14 -08:00
virt KVM: Fix jump label out_free_* in kvm_init() 2019-11-23 11:29:17 +01:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore modpost: dump missing namespaces into a single modules.nsdeps file 2019-11-11 20:10:01 +09:00
.mailmap Merge mainline/master into arm/fixes 2019-12-05 13:18:54 -08:00
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CREDITS Linux 5.4-rc4 2019-10-29 04:43:29 -06:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS net: WireGuard secure network tunnel 2019-12-08 17:48:42 -08:00
Makefile Linux 5.5-rc1 2019-12-08 14:57:55 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.