Commit fb73a20e authored by Donald Hunter's avatar Donald Hunter Committed by Alexei Starovoitov

bpf, docs: Reformat BPF maps page to be more readable

Add a more complete introduction, with links to man pages.
Move toctree of map types above usage notes.
Format usage notes to improve readability.
Signed-off-by: default avatarDonald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221012152715.25073-1-donald.hunter@gmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
parent 04a8f9d7
=========
eBPF maps
========
BPF maps
========
BPF 'maps' provide generic storage of different types for sharing data between
kernel and user space. There are several storage types available, including
hash, array, bloom filter and radix-tree. Several of the map types exist to
support specific BPF helpers that perform actions based on the map contents. The
maps are accessed from BPF programs via BPF helpers which are documented in the
`man-pages`_ for `bpf-helpers(7)`_.
BPF maps are accessed from user space via the ``bpf`` syscall, which provides
commands to create maps, lookup elements, update elements and delete
elements. More details of the BPF syscall are available in
:doc:`/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall` and in the `man-pages`_ for `bpf(2)`_.
Map Types
=========
'maps' is a generic storage of different types for sharing data between kernel
and userspace.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:glob:
The maps are accessed from user space via BPF syscall, which has commands:
map_*
- create a map with given type and attributes
``map_fd = bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
using attr->map_type, attr->key_size, attr->value_size, attr->max_entries
returns process-local file descriptor or negative error
Usage Notes
===========
- lookup key in a given map
``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
using attr->map_fd, attr->key, attr->value
returns zero and stores found elem into value or negative error
.. c:function::
int bpf(int command, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)
- create or update key/value pair in a given map
``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
using attr->map_fd, attr->key, attr->value
returns zero or negative error
Use the ``bpf()`` system call to perform the operation specified by
``command``. The operation takes parameters provided in ``attr``. The ``size``
argument is the size of the ``union bpf_attr`` in ``attr``.
- find and delete element by key in a given map
``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_DELETE_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
using attr->map_fd, attr->key
**BPF_MAP_CREATE**
- to delete map: close(fd)
Exiting process will delete maps automatically
Create a map with the desired type and attributes in ``attr``:
userspace programs use this syscall to create/access maps that eBPF programs
are concurrently updating.
.. code-block:: c
maps can have different types: hash, array, bloom filter, radix-tree, etc.
int fd;
union bpf_attr attr = {
.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY; /* mandatory */
.key_size = sizeof(__u32); /* mandatory */
.value_size = sizeof(__u32); /* mandatory */
.max_entries = 256; /* mandatory */
.map_flags = BPF_F_MMAPABLE;
.map_name = "example_array";
};
The map is defined by:
fd = bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, &attr, sizeof(attr));
- type
- max number of elements
- key size in bytes
- value size in bytes
Returns a process-local file descriptor on success, or negative error in case of
failure. The map can be deleted by calling ``close(fd)``. Maps held by open
file descriptors will be deleted automatically when a process exits.
Map Types
=========
.. note:: Valid characters for ``map_name`` are ``A-Z``, ``a-z``, ``0-9``,
``'_'`` and ``'.'``.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
:glob:
**BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM**
map_*
\ No newline at end of file
Lookup key in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``, ``attr->key``,
``attr->value``. Returns zero and stores found elem into ``attr->value`` on
success, or negative error on failure.
**BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM**
Create or update key/value pair in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``, ``attr->key``,
``attr->value``. Returns zero on success or negative error on failure.
**BPF_MAP_DELETE_ELEM**
Find and delete element by key in a given map using ``attr->map_fd``,
``attr->key``. Returns zero on success or negative error on failure.
.. Links:
.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html
.. _bpf-helpers(7): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/bpf-helpers.7.html
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