Thread (31 messages) 31 messages, 4 authors, 2021-04-10

[PATCHv2 bpf-next 14/15] docs/bpf: Add bpf() syscall command reference

From: Joe Stringer <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-03 03:56:13
Also in: bpf, linux-doc
Subsystem: bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

Generate the syscall command reference from the UAPI header file and
include it in the main bpf docs page.

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <redacted>
---
CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/bpf/index.rst                  |  9 +++++---
 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst   | 17 ++++++++++++++
 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst        |  1 +
 MAINTAINERS                                  |  1 +
 5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst
 create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
index 4f2874b729c3..a702f67dd45f 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ BPF instruction-set.
 The Cilium project also maintains a `BPF and XDP Reference Guide`_
 that goes into great technical depth about the BPF Architecture.
 
-The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_
-for `bpf(2)`_.
-
 BPF Type Format (BTF)
 =====================
 
@@ -35,6 +32,12 @@ Two sets of Questions and Answers (Q&A) are maintained.
    bpf_design_QA
    bpf_devel_QA
 
+Syscall API
+===========
+
+The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_
+for `bpf(2)`_. For more information about the userspace API, see
+Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst.
 
 Helper functions
 ================
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..473dfba78116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+eBPF Userspace API
+==================
+
+eBPF is a kernel mechanism to provide a sandboxed runtime environment in the
+Linux kernel for runtime extension and instrumentation without changing kernel
+source code or loading kernel modules. eBPF programs can be attached to various
+kernel subsystems, including networking, tracing and Linux security modules
+(LSM).
+
+For internal kernel documentation on eBPF, see Documentation/bpf/index.rst.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   syscall
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea9918084221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+eBPF Syscall
+------------
+
+:Authors: - Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
+          - Joe Stringer <joe@wand.net.nz>
+          - Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+
+The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_
+for `bpf(2)`_.
+
+bpf() subcommand reference
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+   :doc: eBPF Syscall Preamble
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+   :doc: eBPF Syscall Commands
+
+.. Links:
+.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
+.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
index d29b020e5622..1e2438b7afa0 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ place where this information is gathered.
    unshare
    spec_ctrl
    accelerators/ocxl
+   ebpf/index
    ioctl/index
    iommu
    media/index
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 8d56c7044067..4446d1455354 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3209,6 +3209,7 @@ T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git
 F:	Documentation/bpf/
 F:	Documentation/networking/filter.rst
+F:	Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/
 F:	arch/*/net/*
 F:	include/linux/bpf*
 F:	include/linux/filter.h
-- 
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