[PATCH v3 net-next 3/3] bpf: update perf event helper functions documentation
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From: Alexei Starovoitov <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-02 02:05:06
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Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Linus Torvalds
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From: Teng Qin <redacted> This commit updates documentation of the bpf_perf_event_output and bpf_perf_event_read helpers to match their implementation. Signed-off-by: Teng Qin <redacted> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> --- include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 11 +++++++---- tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 94dfa9def355..e78aece03628 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ union bpf_attr { * @flags: room for future extensions * Return: 0 on success or negative error * - * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(&map, index) - * Return: Number events read or error code + * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(map, flags) + * read perf event counter value + * @map: pointer to perf_event_array map + * @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags + * Return: value of perf event counter read or error code * * int bpf_redirect(ifindex, flags) * redirect to another netdev
@@ -328,11 +331,11 @@ union bpf_attr { * @skb: pointer to skb * Return: realm if != 0 * - * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, index, data, size) + * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, flags, data, size) * output perf raw sample * @ctx: struct pt_regs* * @map: pointer to perf_event_array map - * @index: index of event in the map + * @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags * @data: data on stack to be output as raw data * @size: size of data * Return: 0 on success or negative error
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 94dfa9def355..e78aece03628 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ union bpf_attr { * @flags: room for future extensions * Return: 0 on success or negative error * - * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(&map, index) - * Return: Number events read or error code + * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(map, flags) + * read perf event counter value + * @map: pointer to perf_event_array map + * @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags + * Return: value of perf event counter read or error code * * int bpf_redirect(ifindex, flags) * redirect to another netdev
@@ -328,11 +331,11 @@ union bpf_attr { * @skb: pointer to skb * Return: realm if != 0 * - * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, index, data, size) + * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, flags, data, size) * output perf raw sample * @ctx: struct pt_regs* * @map: pointer to perf_event_array map - * @index: index of event in the map + * @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags * @data: data on stack to be output as raw data * @size: size of data * Return: 0 on success or negative error
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