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Andrii Nakryiko 878d8def06 libbpf: Rework feature-probing APIs
Create three extensible alternatives to inconsistently named
feature-probing APIs:

  - libbpf_probe_bpf_prog_type() instead of bpf_probe_prog_type();
  - libbpf_probe_bpf_map_type() instead of bpf_probe_map_type();
  - libbpf_probe_bpf_helper() instead of bpf_probe_helper().

Set up return values such that libbpf can report errors (e.g., if some
combination of input arguments isn't possible to validate, etc), in
addition to whether the feature is supported (return value 1) or not
supported (return value 0).

Also schedule deprecation of those three APIs. Also schedule deprecation
of bpf_probe_large_insn_limit().

Also fix all the existing detection logic for various program and map
types that never worked:

  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2;
  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING;
  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_LSM;
  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT;
  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL;
  - BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS;
  - BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS;
  - BPF_MAP_TYPE_BLOOM_FILTER.

Above prog/map types needed special setups and detection logic to work.
Subsequent patch adds selftests that will make sure that all the
detection logic keeps working for all current and future program and map
types, avoiding otherwise inevitable bit rot.

  [0] Closes: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/312

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Cc: Julia Kartseva <hex@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211217171202.3352835-2-andrii@kernel.org
2021-12-17 23:10:48 +01:00
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fs net: add netns refcount tracker to struct seq_net_private 2021-12-10 06:38:26 -08:00
include bpf: Right align verifier states in verifier logs. 2021-12-16 19:43:49 -08:00
init kbuild: Fix -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 error for GCC 5.x and 6.x 2021-11-14 18:59:49 -08:00
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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.