OpenCloudOS-Kernel/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
#
# Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Netronome Systems, Inc.
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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# In case user attempts to run with Python 2.
from __future__ import print_function
import argparse
import re
import sys, os
class NoHelperFound(BaseException):
pass
class ParsingError(BaseException):
def __init__(self, line='<line not provided>', reader=None):
if reader:
BaseException.__init__(self,
'Error at file offset %d, parsing line: %s' %
(reader.tell(), line))
else:
BaseException.__init__(self, 'Error parsing line: %s' % line)
class Helper(object):
"""
An object representing the description of an eBPF helper function.
@proto: function prototype of the helper function
@desc: textual description of the helper function
@ret: description of the return value of the helper function
"""
def __init__(self, proto='', desc='', ret=''):
self.proto = proto
self.desc = desc
self.ret = ret
def proto_break_down(self):
"""
Break down helper function protocol into smaller chunks: return type,
name, distincts arguments.
"""
arg_re = re.compile('((\w+ )*?(\w+|...))( (\**)(\w+))?$')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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res = {}
bpf: relax constraints on formatting for eBPF helper documentation The Python script used to parse and extract eBPF helpers documentation from include/uapi/linux/bpf.h expects a very specific formatting for the descriptions (single dot represents a space, '>' stands for a tab): /* ... *.int bpf_helper(list of arguments) *.> Description *.> > Start of description *.> > Another line of description *.> > And yet another line of description *.> Return *.> > 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure ... */ This is too strict, and painful for developers who wants to add documentation for new helpers. Worse, it is extremely difficult to check that the formatting is correct during reviews. Change the format expected by the script and make it more flexible. The script now works whether or not the initial space (right after the star) is present, and accepts both tabs and white spaces (or a combination of both) for indenting description sections and contents. Concretely, something like the following would now be supported: /* ... *int bpf_helper(list of arguments) *......Description *.> > Start of description... *> > Another line of description *..............And yet another line of description *> Return *.> ........0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure ... */ While at it, remove unnecessary carets from each regex used with match() in the script. They are redundant, as match() tries to match from the beginning of the string by default. v2: Remove unnecessary caret when a regex is used with match(). Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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proto_re = re.compile('(.+) (\**)(\w+)\(((([^,]+)(, )?){1,5})\)$')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = proto_re.match(self.proto)
res['ret_type'] = capture.group(1)
res['ret_star'] = capture.group(2)
res['name'] = capture.group(3)
res['args'] = []
args = capture.group(4).split(', ')
for a in args:
capture = arg_re.match(a)
res['args'].append({
'type' : capture.group(1),
'star' : capture.group(5),
'name' : capture.group(6)
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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})
return res
class HeaderParser(object):
"""
An object used to parse a file in order to extract the documentation of a
list of eBPF helper functions. All the helpers that can be retrieved are
stored as Helper object, in the self.helpers() array.
@filename: name of file to parse, usually include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in the
kernel tree
"""
def __init__(self, filename):
self.reader = open(filename, 'r')
self.line = ''
self.helpers = []
def parse_helper(self):
proto = self.parse_proto()
desc = self.parse_desc()
ret = self.parse_ret()
return Helper(proto=proto, desc=desc, ret=ret)
def parse_proto(self):
# Argument can be of shape:
# - "void"
# - "type name"
# - "type *name"
# - Same as above, with "const" and/or "struct" in front of type
# - "..." (undefined number of arguments, for bpf_trace_printk())
# There is at least one term ("void"), and at most five arguments.
bpf: relax constraints on formatting for eBPF helper documentation The Python script used to parse and extract eBPF helpers documentation from include/uapi/linux/bpf.h expects a very specific formatting for the descriptions (single dot represents a space, '>' stands for a tab): /* ... *.int bpf_helper(list of arguments) *.> Description *.> > Start of description *.> > Another line of description *.> > And yet another line of description *.> Return *.> > 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure ... */ This is too strict, and painful for developers who wants to add documentation for new helpers. Worse, it is extremely difficult to check that the formatting is correct during reviews. Change the format expected by the script and make it more flexible. The script now works whether or not the initial space (right after the star) is present, and accepts both tabs and white spaces (or a combination of both) for indenting description sections and contents. Concretely, something like the following would now be supported: /* ... *int bpf_helper(list of arguments) *......Description *.> > Start of description... *> > Another line of description *..............And yet another line of description *> Return *.> ........0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure ... */ While at it, remove unnecessary carets from each regex used with match() in the script. They are redundant, as match() tries to match from the beginning of the string by default. v2: Remove unnecessary caret when a regex is used with match(). Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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p = re.compile(' \* ?((.+) \**\w+\((((const )?(struct )?(\w+|\.\.\.)( \**\w+)?)(, )?){1,5}\))$')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = p.match(self.line)
if not capture:
raise NoHelperFound
self.line = self.reader.readline()
return capture.group(1)
def parse_desc(self):
p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Description$')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = p.match(self.line)
if not capture:
# Helper can have empty description and we might be parsing another
# attribute: return but do not consume.
return ''
# Description can be several lines, some of them possibly empty, and it
# stops when another subsection title is met.
desc = ''
while True:
self.line = self.reader.readline()
if self.line == ' *\n':
desc += '\n'
else:
p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = p.match(self.line)
if capture:
desc += capture.group(1) + '\n'
else:
break
return desc
def parse_ret(self):
p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Return$')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = p.match(self.line)
if not capture:
# Helper can have empty retval and we might be parsing another
# attribute: return but do not consume.
return ''
# Return value description can be several lines, some of them possibly
# empty, and it stops when another subsection title is met.
ret = ''
while True:
self.line = self.reader.readline()
if self.line == ' *\n':
ret += '\n'
else:
p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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capture = p.match(self.line)
if capture:
ret += capture.group(1) + '\n'
else:
break
return ret
def run(self):
# Advance to start of helper function descriptions.
offset = self.reader.read().find('* Start of BPF helper function descriptions:')
if offset == -1:
raise Exception('Could not find start of eBPF helper descriptions list')
self.reader.seek(offset)
self.reader.readline()
self.reader.readline()
self.line = self.reader.readline()
while True:
try:
helper = self.parse_helper()
self.helpers.append(helper)
except NoHelperFound:
break
self.reader.close()
###############################################################################
class Printer(object):
"""
A generic class for printers. Printers should be created with an array of
Helper objects, and implement a way to print them in the desired fashion.
@helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
"""
def __init__(self, helpers):
self.helpers = helpers
def print_header(self):
pass
def print_footer(self):
pass
def print_one(self, helper):
pass
def print_all(self):
self.print_header()
for helper in self.helpers:
self.print_one(helper)
self.print_footer()
class PrinterRST(Printer):
"""
A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as a ReStructured
Text page compatible with the rst2man program, which can be used to
generate a manual page for the helpers.
@helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
"""
def print_header(self):
header = '''\
.. Copyright (C) All BPF authors and contributors from 2014 to present.
.. See git log include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in kernel tree for details.
..
.. %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
.. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
.. manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
.. preserved on all copies.
..
.. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
.. manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
.. entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
.. permission notice identical to this one.
..
.. Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this
.. manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no
.. responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from
.. the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not
.. have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual,
.. which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working
.. professionally.
..
.. Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
.. the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
.. %%%LICENSE_END
..
.. Please do not edit this file. It was generated from the documentation
.. located in file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h of the Linux kernel sources
.. (helpers description), and from scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py in the same
.. repository (header and footer).
===========
BPF-HELPERS
===========
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
list of eBPF helper functions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:Manual section: 7
DESCRIPTION
===========
The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in programs
written in a pseudo-assembly language, then attached to one of the several
kernel hooks and run in reaction of specific events. This framework differs
from the older, "classic" BPF (or "cBPF") in several aspects, one of them being
the ability to call special functions (or "helpers") from within a program.
These functions are restricted to a white-list of helpers defined in the
kernel.
These helpers are used by eBPF programs to interact with the system, or with
the context in which they work. For instance, they can be used to print
debugging messages, to get the time since the system was booted, to interact
with eBPF maps, or to manipulate network packets. Since there are several eBPF
program types, and that they do not run in the same context, each program type
can only call a subset of those helpers.
Due to eBPF conventions, a helper can not have more than five arguments.
Internally, eBPF programs call directly into the compiled helper functions
without requiring any foreign-function interface. As a result, calling helpers
introduces no overhead, thus offering excellent performance.
This document is an attempt to list and document the helpers available to eBPF
developers. They are sorted by chronological order (the oldest helpers in the
kernel at the top).
HELPERS
=======
'''
print(header)
def print_footer(self):
footer = '''
EXAMPLES
========
Example usage for most of the eBPF helpers listed in this manual page are
available within the Linux kernel sources, at the following locations:
* *samples/bpf/*
* *tools/testing/selftests/bpf/*
LICENSE
=======
eBPF programs can have an associated license, passed along with the bytecode
instructions to the kernel when the programs are loaded. The format for that
string is identical to the one in use for kernel modules (Dual licenses, such
as "Dual BSD/GPL", may be used). Some helper functions are only accessible to
programs that are compatible with the GNU Privacy License (GPL).
In order to use such helpers, the eBPF program must be loaded with the correct
license string passed (via **attr**) to the **bpf**\ () system call, and this
generally translates into the C source code of the program containing a line
similar to the following:
::
char ____license[] __attribute__((section("license"), used)) = "GPL";
IMPLEMENTATION
==============
This manual page is an effort to document the existing eBPF helper functions.
But as of this writing, the BPF sub-system is under heavy development. New eBPF
program or map types are added, along with new helper functions. Some helpers
are occasionally made available for additional program types. So in spite of
the efforts of the community, this page might not be up-to-date. If you want to
check by yourself what helper functions exist in your kernel, or what types of
programs they can support, here are some files among the kernel tree that you
may be interested in:
* *include/uapi/linux/bpf.h* is the main BPF header. It contains the full list
of all helper functions, as well as many other BPF definitions including most
of the flags, structs or constants used by the helpers.
* *net/core/filter.c* contains the definition of most network-related helper
functions, and the list of program types from which they can be used.
* *kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c* is the equivalent for most tracing program-related
helpers.
* *kernel/bpf/verifier.c* contains the functions used to check that valid types
of eBPF maps are used with a given helper function.
* *kernel/bpf/* directory contains other files in which additional helpers are
defined (for cgroups, sockmaps, etc.).
* The bpftool utility can be used to probe the availability of helper functions
on the system (as well as supported program and map types, and a number of
other parameters). To do so, run **bpftool feature probe** (see
**bpftool-feature**\ (8) for details). Add the **unprivileged** keyword to
list features available to unprivileged users.
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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Compatibility between helper functions and program types can generally be found
in the files where helper functions are defined. Look for the **struct
bpf_func_proto** objects and for functions returning them: these functions
contain a list of helpers that a given program type can call. Note that the
**default:** label of the **switch ... case** used to filter helpers can call
other functions, themselves allowing access to additional helpers. The
requirement for GPL license is also in those **struct bpf_func_proto**.
Compatibility between helper functions and map types can be found in the
**check_map_func_compatibility**\ () function in file *kernel/bpf/verifier.c*.
Helper functions that invalidate the checks on **data** and **data_end**
pointers for network processing are listed in function
**bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data**\ () in file *net/core/filter.c*.
SEE ALSO
========
**bpf**\ (2),
**bpftool**\ (8),
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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**cgroups**\ (7),
**ip**\ (8),
**perf_event_open**\ (2),
**sendmsg**\ (2),
**socket**\ (7),
**tc-bpf**\ (8)'''
print(footer)
def print_proto(self, helper):
"""
Format function protocol with bold and italics markers. This makes RST
file less readable, but gives nice results in the manual page.
"""
proto = helper.proto_break_down()
print('**%s %s%s(' % (proto['ret_type'],
proto['ret_star'].replace('*', '\\*'),
proto['name']),
end='')
comma = ''
for a in proto['args']:
one_arg = '{}{}'.format(comma, a['type'])
if a['name']:
if a['star']:
one_arg += ' {}**\ '.format(a['star'].replace('*', '\\*'))
else:
one_arg += '** '
one_arg += '*{}*\\ **'.format(a['name'])
comma = ', '
print(one_arg, end='')
print(')**')
def print_one(self, helper):
self.print_proto(helper)
if (helper.desc):
print('\tDescription')
# Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of
# a section must be followed by a blank line.
for line in re.sub('\n$', '', helper.desc, count=1).split('\n'):
print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
if (helper.ret):
print('\tReturn')
for line in helper.ret.rstrip().split('\n'):
print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
print('')
class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
"""
A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as C header to
be included from BPF program.
@helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
"""
type_fwds = [
'struct bpf_fib_lookup',
'struct bpf_sk_lookup',
'struct bpf_perf_event_data',
'struct bpf_perf_event_value',
'struct bpf_pidns_info',
'struct bpf_redir_neigh',
'struct bpf_sock',
'struct bpf_sock_addr',
'struct bpf_sock_ops',
'struct bpf_sock_tuple',
'struct bpf_spin_lock',
'struct bpf_sysctl',
'struct bpf_tcp_sock',
'struct bpf_tunnel_key',
'struct bpf_xfrm_state',
'struct pt_regs',
'struct sk_reuseport_md',
'struct sockaddr',
'struct tcphdr',
'struct seq_file',
'struct tcp6_sock',
'struct tcp_sock',
'struct tcp_timewait_sock',
'struct tcp_request_sock',
'struct udp6_sock',
'struct task_struct',
'struct __sk_buff',
'struct sk_msg_md',
'struct xdp_md',
'struct path',
'struct btf_ptr',
'struct bpf_timer',
]
known_types = {
'...',
'void',
'const void',
'char',
'const char',
'int',
'long',
'unsigned long',
'__be16',
'__be32',
'__wsum',
'struct bpf_fib_lookup',
'struct bpf_perf_event_data',
'struct bpf_perf_event_value',
'struct bpf_pidns_info',
'struct bpf_redir_neigh',
'struct bpf_sk_lookup',
'struct bpf_sock',
'struct bpf_sock_addr',
'struct bpf_sock_ops',
'struct bpf_sock_tuple',
'struct bpf_spin_lock',
'struct bpf_sysctl',
'struct bpf_tcp_sock',
'struct bpf_tunnel_key',
'struct bpf_xfrm_state',
'struct pt_regs',
'struct sk_reuseport_md',
'struct sockaddr',
'struct tcphdr',
'struct seq_file',
'struct tcp6_sock',
'struct tcp_sock',
'struct tcp_timewait_sock',
'struct tcp_request_sock',
'struct udp6_sock',
'struct task_struct',
'struct path',
'struct btf_ptr',
'struct bpf_timer',
}
mapped_types = {
'u8': '__u8',
'u16': '__u16',
'u32': '__u32',
'u64': '__u64',
's8': '__s8',
's16': '__s16',
's32': '__s32',
's64': '__s64',
'size_t': 'unsigned long',
'struct bpf_map': 'void',
'struct sk_buff': 'struct __sk_buff',
'const struct sk_buff': 'const struct __sk_buff',
'struct sk_msg_buff': 'struct sk_msg_md',
'struct xdp_buff': 'struct xdp_md',
'struct bpf_sock_ops_kern': 'struct bpf_sock_ops',
}
# Helpers overloaded for different context types.
overloaded_helpers = [
'bpf_get_socket_cookie',
'bpf_sk_assign',
]
def print_header(self):
header = '''\
/* This is auto-generated file. See bpf_helpers_doc.py for details. */
/* Forward declarations of BPF structs */'''
print(header)
for fwd in self.type_fwds:
print('%s;' % fwd)
print('')
def print_footer(self):
footer = ''
print(footer)
def map_type(self, t):
if t in self.known_types:
return t
if t in self.mapped_types:
return self.mapped_types[t]
print("Unrecognized type '%s', please add it to known types!" % t,
file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
seen_helpers = set()
def print_one(self, helper):
proto = helper.proto_break_down()
if proto['name'] in self.seen_helpers:
return
self.seen_helpers.add(proto['name'])
print('/*')
print(" * %s" % proto['name'])
print(" *")
if (helper.desc):
# Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of
# a section must be followed by a blank line.
for line in re.sub('\n$', '', helper.desc, count=1).split('\n'):
print(' *{}{}'.format(' \t' if line else '', line))
if (helper.ret):
print(' *')
print(' * Returns')
for line in helper.ret.rstrip().split('\n'):
print(' *{}{}'.format(' \t' if line else '', line))
print(' */')
print('static %s %s(*%s)(' % (self.map_type(proto['ret_type']),
proto['ret_star'], proto['name']), end='')
comma = ''
for i, a in enumerate(proto['args']):
t = a['type']
n = a['name']
if proto['name'] in self.overloaded_helpers and i == 0:
t = 'void'
n = 'ctx'
one_arg = '{}{}'.format(comma, self.map_type(t))
if n:
if a['star']:
one_arg += ' {}'.format(a['star'])
else:
one_arg += ' '
one_arg += '{}'.format(n)
comma = ', '
print(one_arg, end='')
print(') = (void *) %d;' % len(self.seen_helpers))
print('')
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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###############################################################################
# If script is launched from scripts/ from kernel tree and can access
# ../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h, use it as a default name for the file to parse,
# otherwise the --filename argument will be required from the command line.
script = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])
linuxRoot = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(script))
bpfh = os.path.join(linuxRoot, 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""
Parse eBPF header file and generate documentation for eBPF helper functions.
The RST-formatted output produced can be turned into a manual page with the
rst2man utility.
""")
argParser.add_argument('--header', action='store_true',
help='generate C header file')
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if (os.path.isfile(bpfh)):
argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h',
default=bpfh)
else:
argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
args = argParser.parse_args()
# Parse file.
headerParser = HeaderParser(args.filename)
headerParser.run()
# Print formatted output to standard output.
if args.header:
printer = PrinterHelpers(headerParser.helpers)
else:
printer = PrinterRST(headerParser.helpers)
bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation Remove previous "overview" of eBPF helpers from user bpf.h header. Replace it by a comment explaining how to process the new documentation (to come in following patches) with a Python script to produce RST, then man page documentation. Also add the aforementioned Python script under scripts/. It is used to process include/uapi/linux/bpf.h and to extract helper descriptions, to turn it into a RST document that can further be processed with rst2man to produce a man page. The script takes one "--filename <path/to/file>" option. If the script is launched from scripts/ in the kernel root directory, it should be able to find the location of the header to parse, and "--filename <path/to/file>" is then optional. If it cannot find the file, then the option becomes mandatory. RST-formatted documentation is printed to standard output. Typical workflow for producing the final man page would be: $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \ --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7 Note that the tool kernel-doc cannot be used to document eBPF helpers, whose signatures are not available directly in the header files (pre-processor directives are used to produce them at the beginning of the compilation process). v4: - Also remove overviews for newly added bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(). - Remove vague statement about what helpers are restricted to GPL programs in "LICENSE" section for man page footer. - Replace license boilerplate with SPDX tag for Python script. v3: - Change license for man page. - Remove "for safety reasons" from man page header text. - Change "packets metadata" to "packets" in man page header text. - Move and fix comment on helpers introducing no overhead. - Remove "NOTES" section from man page footer. - Add "LICENSE" section to man page footer. - Edit description of file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in man page footer. Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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printer.print_all()