libbpf: Add ring__consume_n / ring_buffer__consume_n

Introduce a new API to consume items from a ring buffer, limited to a
specified amount, and return to the caller the actual number of items
consumed.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240310154726.734289-1-andrea.righi@canonical.com/T
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240406092005.92399-4-andrea.righi@canonical.com

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h

@@ -1293,6 +1293,7 @@ LIBBPF_API int ring_buffer__add(struct ring_buffer *rb, int map_fd,
 				ring_buffer_sample_fn sample_cb, void *ctx);
 LIBBPF_API int ring_buffer__poll(struct ring_buffer *rb, int timeout_ms);
 LIBBPF_API int ring_buffer__consume(struct ring_buffer *rb);
+LIBBPF_API int ring_buffer__consume_n(struct ring_buffer *rb, size_t n);
 LIBBPF_API int ring_buffer__epoll_fd(const struct ring_buffer *rb);
 
 /**
@@ -1367,6 +1368,17 @@ LIBBPF_API int ring__map_fd(const struct ring *r);
  */
 LIBBPF_API int ring__consume(struct ring *r);
 
+/**
+ * @brief **ring__consume_n()** consumes up to a requested amount of items from
+ * a ringbuffer without event polling.
+ *
+ * @param r A ringbuffer object.
+ * @param n Maximum amount of items to consume.
+ * @return The number of items consumed, or a negative number if any of the
+ * callbacks return an error.
+ */
+LIBBPF_API int ring__consume_n(struct ring *r, size_t n);
+
 struct user_ring_buffer_opts {
 	size_t sz; /* size of this struct, for forward/backward compatibility */
 };

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map

@@ -418,4 +418,7 @@ LIBBPF_1.4.0 {
 } LIBBPF_1.3.0;
 
 LIBBPF_1.5.0 {
+	global:
+		ring__consume_n;
+		ring_buffer__consume_n;
 } LIBBPF_1.4.0;

tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c

@@ -277,6 +277,33 @@ static int64_t ringbuf_process_ring(struct ring *r, size_t n)
 	return cnt;
 }
 
+/* Consume available ring buffer(s) data without event polling, up to n
+ * records.
+ *
+ * Returns number of records consumed across all registered ring buffers (or
+ * n, whichever is less), or negative number if any of the callbacks return
+ * error.
+ */
+int ring_buffer__consume_n(struct ring_buffer *rb, size_t n)
+{
+	int64_t err, res = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rb->ring_cnt; i++) {
+		struct ring *ring = rb->rings[i];
+
+		err = ringbuf_process_ring(ring, n);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return libbpf_err(err);
+		res += err;
+		n -= err;
+
+		if (n == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
 /* Consume available ring buffer(s) data without event polling.
  * Returns number of records consumed across all registered ring buffers (or
  * INT_MAX, whichever is less), or negative number if any of the callbacks
@@ -376,17 +403,22 @@ int ring__map_fd(const struct ring *r)
 	return r->map_fd;
 }
 
-int ring__consume(struct ring *r)
+int ring__consume_n(struct ring *r, size_t n)
 {
-	int64_t res;
+	int res;
 
-	res = ringbuf_process_ring(r, INT_MAX);
+	res = ringbuf_process_ring(r, n);
 	if (res < 0)
 		return libbpf_err(res);
 
 	return res > INT_MAX ? INT_MAX : res;
 }
 
+int ring__consume(struct ring *r)
+{
+	return ring__consume_n(r, INT_MAX);
+}
+
 static void user_ringbuf_unmap_ring(struct user_ring_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (rb->consumer_pos) {