Extend the bpf hashmap docs to include a brief description of the
internals of the LRU map type (setting appropriate API expectations),
including the original commit message from Martin and a variant on the
graph that I had presented during my Linux Plumbers Conference 2022
talk on "Pressure feedback for LRU map types"[0].
The node names in the dot file correspond roughly to the functions
where the logic for those decisions or steps is defined, to help
curious developers to cross-reference and update this logic if the
details of the LRU implementation ever differ from this description.
[0] https://lpc.events/event/16/contributions/1368/
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230422172054.3355436-2-joe@isovalent.com
Depending on the map type and flags for LRU, different properties are
global or percpu. Add a table to describe these.
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230422172054.3355436-1-joe@isovalent.com
Add documentation for BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH including kernel version
introduced, usage and examples. Document BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH and BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_PERCPU_HASH variations.
Note that this file is included in the BPF documentation by the glob in
Documentation/bpf/maps.rst
v3:
Fix typos reported by Stanislav Fomichev and Yonghong Song.
Add note about iteration and deletion as requested by Yonghong Song.
v2:
Describe memory allocation semantics as suggested by Stanislav Fomichev.
Fix u64 typo reported by Stanislav Fomichev.
Cut down usage examples to only show usage in context.
Updated patch description to follow style recommendation, reported by
Bagas Sanjaya.
Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220718125847.1390-1-donald.hunter@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Joe Stringer