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This change introduces a few helpers to wrap open coded attribute preparation in netlink.c. It also adds a libbpf_netlink_send_recv() that is useful to wrap send + recv handling in a generic way. Subsequent patch will also use this function for sending and receiving a netlink response. The libbpf_nl_get_link() helper has been removed instead, moving socket creation into the newly named libbpf_netlink_send_recv(). Every nested attribute's closure must happen using the helper nlattr_end_nested(), which sets its length properly. NLA_F_NESTED is enforced using nlattr_begin_nested() helper. Other simple attributes can be added directly. The maxsz parameter corresponds to the size of the request structure which is being filled in, so for instance with req being: struct { struct nlmsghdr nh; struct tcmsg t; char buf[4096]; } req; Then, maxsz should be sizeof(req). This change also converts the open coded attribute preparation with these helpers. Note that the only failure the internal call to nlattr_add() could result in the nested helper would be -EMSGSIZE, hence that is what we return to our caller. The libbpf_netlink_send_recv() call takes care of opening the socket, sending the netlink message, receiving the response, potentially invoking callbacks, and return errors if any, and then finally close the socket. This allows users to avoid identical socket setup code in different places. The only user of libbpf_nl_get_link() has been converted to make use of it. __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace() has also been refactored to use it. Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> [ Daniel: major patch cleanup ] Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210512103451.989420-2-memxor@gmail.com |
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README
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.