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[PATCH bpf-next 16/17] docs/bpf: Add bpf() syscall command reference

From: Joe Stringer <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-17 01:10:14
Also in: bpf
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

From: Joe Stringer <redacted>

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

Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <redacted>
---
 Documentation/Makefile             |  2 ++
 Documentation/bpf/Makefile         | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/bpf/bpf_commands.rst |  5 +++++
 Documentation/bpf/index.rst        | 14 +++++++++++---
 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/bpf/Makefile
 create mode 100644 Documentation/bpf/bpf_commands.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 9c42dde97671..408542825cc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ loop_cmd = $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)) || exit;
 
 quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX  $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4)
       cmd_sphinx = $(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media $2 && \
+	$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/bpf $2 && \
 	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
 	BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \
 	$(PYTHON3) $(srctree)/scripts/jobserver-exec \
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ refcheckdocs:
 
 cleandocs:
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/bpf clean
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/userspace-api/media clean
 
 dochelp:
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/Makefile b/Documentation/bpf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f14db0891cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# Rules to convert a .h file to inline RST documentation
+
+SRC_DIR = $(srctree)/Documentation/bpf
+PARSER = $(srctree)/scripts/bpf_doc.py
+UAPI = $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux
+
+TARGETS = $(BUILDDIR)/bpf/bpf_syscall.rst
+
+$(BUILDDIR)/bpf/bpf_syscall.rst: $(UAPI)/bpf.h
+	$(PARSER) syscall > $@
+
+.PHONY: all html epub xml latex linkcheck clean
+
+all: $(IMGDOT) $(BUILDDIR)/bpf $(TARGETS)
+
+html: all
+epub: all
+xml: all
+latex: $(IMGPDF) all
+linkcheck:
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f -- $(TARGETS) 2>/dev/null
+
+$(BUILDDIR)/bpf:
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_commands.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_commands.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da388ffac85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_commands.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+**************************
+bpf() subcommand reference
+**************************
+
+.. kernel-include:: $BUILDDIR/bpf/bpf_syscall.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
index 4f2874b729c3..631d02d4dc49 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 +32,17 @@ 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)`_.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   bpf_commands
+
 
 Helper functions
 ================
-- 
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