* For tracing programs, safely attempt to read *size* bytes from
* kernel space address *unsafe_ptr* and store the data in *dst*.
*
- * Generally, use bpf_probe_read_user() or bpf_probe_read_kernel()
- * instead.
+ * Generally, use **bpf_probe_read_user**\ () or
+ * **bpf_probe_read_kernel**\ () instead.
* Return
* 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
*
* Description
* Return the time elapsed since system boot, in nanoseconds.
* Does not include time the system was suspended.
- * See: clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+ * See: **clock_gettime**\ (**CLOCK_MONOTONIC**)
* Return
* Current *ktime*.
*
* int bpf_probe_read_str(void *dst, u32 size, const void *unsafe_ptr)
* Description
* Copy a NUL terminated string from an unsafe kernel address
- * *unsafe_ptr* to *dst*. See bpf_probe_read_kernel_str() for
+ * *unsafe_ptr* to *dst*. See **bpf_probe_read_kernel_str**\ () for
* more details.
*
- * Generally, use bpf_probe_read_user_str() or bpf_probe_read_kernel_str()
- * instead.
+ * Generally, use **bpf_probe_read_user_str**\ () or
+ * **bpf_probe_read_kernel_str**\ () instead.
* Return
* On success, the strictly positive length of the string,
* including the trailing NUL character. On error, a negative
*
* u64 bpf_get_socket_cookie(struct bpf_sock_ops *ctx)
* Description
- * Equivalent to bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper that accepts
+ * Equivalent to **bpf_get_socket_cookie**\ () helper that accepts
* *skb*, but gets socket from **struct bpf_sock_ops** context.
* Return
* A 8-byte long non-decreasing number.
* The option value of length *optlen* is pointed by *optval*.
*
* *bpf_socket* should be one of the following:
+ *
* * **struct bpf_sock_ops** for **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS**.
* * **struct bpf_sock_addr** for **BPF_CGROUP_INET4_CONNECT**
* and **BPF_CGROUP_INET6_CONNECT**.
*
* The lower two bits of *flags* are used as the return code if
* the map lookup fails. This is so that the return value can be
- * one of the XDP program return codes up to XDP_TX, as chosen by
- * the caller. Any higher bits in the *flags* argument must be
+ * one of the XDP program return codes up to **XDP_TX**, as chosen
+ * by the caller. Any higher bits in the *flags* argument must be
* unset.
*
- * See also bpf_redirect(), which only supports redirecting to an
- * ifindex, but doesn't require a map to do so.
+ * See also **bpf_redirect**\ (), which only supports redirecting
+ * to an ifindex, but doesn't require a map to do so.
* Return
* **XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or the value of the two lower bits
* of the *flags* argument on error.
* the time running for event since last normalization. The
* enabled and running times are accumulated since the perf event
* open. To achieve scaling factor between two invocations of an
- * eBPF program, users can can use CPU id as the key (which is
+ * eBPF program, users can use CPU id as the key (which is
* typical for perf array usage model) to remember the previous
* value and do the calculation inside the eBPF program.
* Return
* *opval* and of length *optlen*.
*
* *bpf_socket* should be one of the following:
+ *
* * **struct bpf_sock_ops** for **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS**.
* * **struct bpf_sock_addr** for **BPF_CGROUP_INET4_CONNECT**
* and **BPF_CGROUP_INET6_CONNECT**.
* The first argument is the context *regs* on which the kprobe
* works.
*
- * This helper works by setting setting the PC (program counter)
+ * This helper works by setting the PC (program counter)
* to an override function which is run in place of the original
* probed function. This means the probed function is not run at
* all. The replacement function just returns with the required
* **bpf_rc_keydown**\ () again with the same values, or calling
* **bpf_rc_repeat**\ ().
*
- * Some protocols include a toggle bit, in case the button was
+ * Some protocols include a toggle bit, in case the button was
* released and pressed again between consecutive scancodes.
*
* The *ctx* should point to the lirc sample as passed into
*
* *th* points to the start of the TCP header, while *th_len*
* contains **sizeof**\ (**struct tcphdr**).
- *
* Return
* 0 if *iph* and *th* are a valid SYN cookie ACK, or a negative
* error otherwise.
*
* *th* points to the start of the TCP header, while *th_len*
* contains the length of the TCP header.
- *
* Return
* On success, lower 32 bits hold the generated SYN cookie in
* followed by 16 bits which hold the MSS value for that cookie,
* // size, after checking its boundaries.
* }
*
- * In comparison, using **bpf_probe_read_user()** helper here
+ * In comparison, using **bpf_probe_read_user**\ () helper here
* instead to read the string would require to estimate the length
* at compile time, and would often result in copying more memory
* than necessary.
* int bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(void *dst, u32 size, const void *unsafe_ptr)
* Description
* Copy a NUL terminated string from an unsafe kernel address *unsafe_ptr*
- * to *dst*. Same semantics as with bpf_probe_read_user_str() apply.
+ * to *dst*. Same semantics as with **bpf_probe_read_user_str**\ () apply.
* Return
- * On success, the strictly positive length of the string, including
+ * On success, the strictly positive length of the string, including
* the trailing NUL character. On error, a negative value.
*
* int bpf_tcp_send_ack(void *tp, u32 rcv_nxt)
* Description
- * Send out a tcp-ack. *tp* is the in-kernel struct tcp_sock.
+ * Send out a tcp-ack. *tp* is the in-kernel struct **tcp_sock**.
* *rcv_nxt* is the ack_seq to be sent out.
* Return
* 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
* int bpf_read_branch_records(struct bpf_perf_event_data *ctx, void *buf, u32 size, u64 flags)
* Description
* For an eBPF program attached to a perf event, retrieve the
- * branch records (struct perf_branch_entry) associated to *ctx*
- * and store it in the buffer pointed by *buf* up to size
+ * branch records (**struct perf_branch_entry**) associated to *ctx*
+ * and store it in the buffer pointed by *buf* up to size
* *size* bytes.
* Return
* On success, number of bytes written to *buf*. On error, a
* negative value.
*
* The *flags* can be set to **BPF_F_GET_BRANCH_RECORDS_SIZE** to
- * instead return the number of bytes required to store all the
+ * instead return the number of bytes required to store all the
* branch entries. If this flag is set, *buf* may be NULL.
*
* **-EINVAL** if arguments invalid or **size** not a multiple
- * of sizeof(struct perf_branch_entry).
+ * of **sizeof**\ (**struct perf_branch_entry**\ ).
*
* **-ENOENT** if architecture does not support branch records.
*
* Description
* Returns 0 on success, values for *pid* and *tgid* as seen from the current
* *namespace* will be returned in *nsdata*.
- *
- * On failure, the returned value is one of the following:
+ * Return
+ * 0 on success, or one of the following in case of failure:
*
* **-EINVAL** if dev and inum supplied don't match dev_t and inode number
* with nsfs of current task, or if dev conversion to dev_t lost high bits.
* a global identifier that can be assumed unique. If *ctx* is
* NULL, then the helper returns the cookie for the initial
* network namespace. The cookie itself is very similar to that
- * of bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper, but for network namespaces
- * instead of sockets.
+ * of **bpf_get_socket_cookie**\ () helper, but for network
+ * namespaces instead of sockets.
* Return
* A 8-byte long opaque number.
*
*
* The *flags* argument must be zero.
* Return
- * 0 on success, or a negative errno in case of failure.
+ * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure:
*
- * * **-EINVAL** Unsupported flags specified.
- * * **-ENOENT** Socket is unavailable for assignment.
- * * **-ENETUNREACH** Socket is unreachable (wrong netns).
- * * **-EOPNOTSUPP** Unsupported operation, for example a
- * call from outside of TC ingress.
- * * **-ESOCKTNOSUPPORT** Socket type not supported (reuseport).
+ * **-EINVAL** if specified *flags* are not supported.
+ *
+ * **-ENOENT** if the socket is unavailable for assignment.
+ *
+ * **-ENETUNREACH** if the socket is unreachable (wrong netns).
+ *
+ * **-EOPNOTSUPP** if the operation is not supported, for example
+ * a call from outside of TC ingress.
+ *
+ * **-ESOCKTNOSUPPORT** if the socket type is not supported
+ * (reuseport).
*
* u64 bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns(void)
* Description
* Return the time elapsed since system boot, in nanoseconds.
* Does include the time the system was suspended.
- * See: clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME)
+ * See: **clock_gettime**\ (**CLOCK_BOOTTIME**)
* Return
* Current *ktime*.
*
* int bpf_seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const void *data, u32 data_len)
* Description
- * seq_printf uses seq_file seq_printf() to print out the format string.
+ * **bpf_seq_printf**\ () uses seq_file **seq_printf**\ () to print
+ * out the format string.
* The *m* represents the seq_file. The *fmt* and *fmt_size* are for
* the format string itself. The *data* and *data_len* are format string
- * arguments. The *data* are a u64 array and corresponding format string
+ * arguments. The *data* are a **u64** array and corresponding format string
* values are stored in the array. For strings and pointers where pointees
* are accessed, only the pointer values are stored in the *data* array.
- * The *data_len* is the *data* size in term of bytes.
+ * The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes.
*
* Formats **%s**, **%p{i,I}{4,6}** requires to read kernel memory.
* Reading kernel memory may fail due to either invalid address or
* valid address but requiring a major memory fault. If reading kernel memory
* fails, the string for **%s** will be an empty string, and the ip
* address for **%p{i,I}{4,6}** will be 0. Not returning error to
- * bpf program is consistent with what bpf_trace_printk() does for now.
+ * bpf program is consistent with what **bpf_trace_printk**\ () does for now.
* Return
- * 0 on success, or a negative errno in case of failure.
+ * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure:
+ *
+ * **-EBUSY** if per-CPU memory copy buffer is busy, can try again
+ * by returning 1 from bpf program.
+ *
+ * **-EINVAL** if arguments are invalid, or if *fmt* is invalid/unsupported.
+ *
+ * **-E2BIG** if *fmt* contains too many format specifiers.
*
- * * **-EBUSY** Percpu memory copy buffer is busy, can try again
- * by returning 1 from bpf program.
- * * **-EINVAL** Invalid arguments, or invalid/unsupported formats.
- * * **-E2BIG** Too many format specifiers.
- * * **-EOVERFLOW** Overflow happens, the same object will be tried again.
+ * **-EOVERFLOW** if an overflow happened: The same object will be tried again.
*
* int bpf_seq_write(struct seq_file *m, const void *data, u32 len)
* Description
- * seq_write uses seq_file seq_write() to write the data.
+ * **bpf_seq_write**\ () uses seq_file **seq_write**\ () to write the data.
* The *m* represents the seq_file. The *data* and *len* represent the
- * data to write in bytes.
+ * data to write in bytes.
* Return
- * 0 on success, or a negative errno in case of failure.
+ * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure:
*
- * * **-EOVERFLOW** Overflow happens, the same object will be tried again.
+ * **-EOVERFLOW** if an overflow happened: The same object will be tried again.
*/
#define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
FN(unspec), \
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