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| author | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2023-03-02 20:14:41 -0800 |
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| committer | Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> | 2023-03-03 17:42:20 +0100 |
| commit | 03b77e17aeb22a5935ea20d585ca6a1f2947e62b (patch) | |
| tree | 05dc31ff00b9fb0aabb5709080a5d72eb06d0d66 /tools/lib/bpf | |
| parent | 944459e88b4f5c71683b56710f96e39756afae31 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-03b77e17aeb22a5935ea20d585ca6a1f2947e62b.tar.gz lwn-03b77e17aeb22a5935ea20d585ca6a1f2947e62b.zip | |
bpf: Rename __kptr_ref -> __kptr and __kptr -> __kptr_untrusted.
__kptr meant to store PTR_UNTRUSTED kernel pointers inside bpf maps.
The concept felt useful, but didn't get much traction,
since bpf_rdonly_cast() was added soon after and bpf programs received
a simpler way to access PTR_UNTRUSTED kernel pointers
without going through restrictive __kptr usage.
Rename __kptr_ref -> __kptr and __kptr -> __kptr_untrusted to indicate
its intended usage.
The main goal of __kptr_untrusted was to read/write such pointers
directly while bpf_kptr_xchg was a mechanism to access refcnted
kernel pointers. The next patch will allow RCU protected __kptr access
with direct read. At that point __kptr_untrusted will be deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230303041446.3630-2-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib/bpf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h index 5ec1871acb2f..7d12d3e620cc 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ enum libbpf_tristate { #define __kconfig __attribute__((section(".kconfig"))) #define __ksym __attribute__((section(".ksyms"))) +#define __kptr_untrusted __attribute__((btf_type_tag("kptr_untrusted"))) #define __kptr __attribute__((btf_type_tag("kptr"))) -#define __kptr_ref __attribute__((btf_type_tag("kptr_ref"))) #ifndef ___bpf_concat #define ___bpf_concat(a, b) a ## b |