Commit 2eb57bb8 authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by Daniel Borkmann

tools: bpf: improve comments in libbpf.h

Fix spelling mistakes, improve and clarify the language of comments
in libbpf.h.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarQuentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
parent d0cabbb0
......@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ enum libbpf_errno {
int libbpf_strerror(int err, char *buf, size_t size);
/*
* In include/linux/compiler-gcc.h, __printf is defined. However
* it should be better if libbpf.h doesn't depend on Linux header file.
* __printf is defined in include/linux/compiler-gcc.h. However,
* it would be better if libbpf.h didn't depend on Linux header files.
* So instead of __printf, here we use gcc attribute directly.
*/
typedef int (*libbpf_print_fn_t)(const char *, ...)
......@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int bpf_object__set_priv(struct bpf_object *obj, void *priv,
bpf_object_clear_priv_t clear_priv);
void *bpf_object__priv(struct bpf_object *prog);
/* Accessors of bpf_program. */
/* Accessors of bpf_program */
struct bpf_program;
struct bpf_program *bpf_program__next(struct bpf_program *prog,
struct bpf_object *obj);
......@@ -121,28 +121,28 @@ struct bpf_insn;
/*
* Libbpf allows callers to adjust BPF programs before being loaded
* into kernel. One program in an object file can be transform into
* multiple variants to be attached to different code.
* into kernel. One program in an object file can be transformed into
* multiple variants to be attached to different hooks.
*
* bpf_program_prep_t, bpf_program__set_prep and bpf_program__nth_fd
* are APIs for this propose.
* form an API for this purpose.
*
* - bpf_program_prep_t:
* It defines 'preprocessor', which is a caller defined function
* Defines a 'preprocessor', which is a caller defined function
* passed to libbpf through bpf_program__set_prep(), and will be
* called before program is loaded. The processor should adjust
* the program one time for each instances according to the number
* the program one time for each instance according to the instance id
* passed to it.
*
* - bpf_program__set_prep:
* Attachs a preprocessor to a BPF program. The number of instances
* whould be created is also passed through this function.
* Attaches a preprocessor to a BPF program. The number of instances
* that should be created is also passed through this function.
*
* - bpf_program__nth_fd:
* After the program is loaded, get resuling fds from bpf program for
* each instances.
* After the program is loaded, get resulting FD of a given instance
* of the BPF program.
*
* If bpf_program__set_prep() is not used, the program whould be loaded
* If bpf_program__set_prep() is not used, the program would be loaded
* without adjustment during bpf_object__load(). The program has only
* one instance. In this case bpf_program__fd(prog) is equal to
* bpf_program__nth_fd(prog, 0).
......@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_prep_result {
struct bpf_insn *new_insn_ptr;
int new_insn_cnt;
/* If not NULL, result fd is set to it */
/* If not NULL, result FD is written to it. */
int *pfd;
};
......@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_prep_result {
*
* Return value:
* - Zero: pre-processing success.
* - Non-zero: pre-processing, stop loading.
* - Non-zero: pre-processing error, stop loading.
*/
typedef int (*bpf_program_prep_t)(struct bpf_program *prog, int n,
struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
......@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int bpf_program__set_prep(struct bpf_program *prog, int nr_instance,
int bpf_program__nth_fd(struct bpf_program *prog, int n);
/*
* Adjust type of bpf program. Default is kprobe.
* Adjust type of BPF program. Default is kprobe.
*/
int bpf_program__set_socket_filter(struct bpf_program *prog);
int bpf_program__set_tracepoint(struct bpf_program *prog);
......@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ bool bpf_program__is_xdp(struct bpf_program *prog);
bool bpf_program__is_perf_event(struct bpf_program *prog);
/*
* We don't need __attribute__((packed)) now since it is
* unnecessary for 'bpf_map_def' because they are all aligned.
* In addition, using it will trigger -Wpacked warning message,
* and will be treated as an error due to -Werror.
* No need for __attribute__((packed)), all members of 'bpf_map_def'
* are all aligned. In addition, using __attribute__((packed))
* would trigger a -Wpacked warning message, and lead to an error
* if -Werror is set.
*/
struct bpf_map_def {
unsigned int type;
......@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ struct bpf_map_def {
};
/*
* There is another 'struct bpf_map' in include/linux/map.h. However,
* it is not a uapi header so no need to consider name clash.
* The 'struct bpf_map' in include/linux/bpf.h is internal to the kernel,
* so no need to worry about a name clash.
*/
struct bpf_map;
struct bpf_map *
......@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ bpf_object__find_map_by_name(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *name);
/*
* Get bpf_map through the offset of corresponding struct bpf_map_def
* in the bpf object file.
* in the BPF object file.
*/
struct bpf_map *
bpf_object__find_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj, size_t offset);
......
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