bpf tools: Add helper function for updating bpf maps elements

Add bpf_map_update_elem() helper function which calls the sys_bpf
syscall to update elements in bpf maps. Upcoming patches will use it to
adjust data in map through the perf command line.

Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1448372181-151723-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index a633105..5bdc6ea 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -83,3 +83,17 @@ int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, struct bpf_insn *insns,
        log_buf[0] = 0;
        return sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
 }
+
+int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, void *key, void *value,
+                       u64 flags)
+{
+       union bpf_attr attr;
+
+       bzero(&attr, sizeof(attr));
+       attr.map_fd = fd;
+       attr.key = ptr_to_u64(key);
+       attr.value = ptr_to_u64(value);
+       attr.flags = flags;
+
+       return sys_bpf(BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+}

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
index 854b736..a764655 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ int bpf_load_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, struct bpf_insn *insns,
                     u32 kern_version, char *log_buf,
                     size_t log_buf_sz);
 
+int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, void *key, void *value,
+                       u64 flags);
 #endif