bpf: introduce BPF syscall and maps
BPF syscall is a multiplexor for a range of different operations on eBPF.
This patch introduces syscall with single command to create a map.
Next patch adds commands to access maps.
'maps' is a generic storage of different types for sharing data between kernel
and userspace.
Userspace example:
/* this syscall wrapper creates a map with given type and attributes
* and returns map_fd on success.
* use close(map_fd) to delete the map
*/
int bpf_create_map(enum bpf_map_type map_type, int key_size,
int value_size, int max_entries)
{
union bpf_attr attr = {
.map_type = map_type,
.key_size = key_size,
.value_size = value_size,
.max_entries = max_entries
};
return bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, &attr, sizeof(attr));
}
'union bpf_attr' is backwards compatible with future extensions.
More details in Documentation/networking/filter.txt and in manpage
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48014a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2011-2014 PLUMgrid, http://plumgrid.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_BPF_H
+#define _LINUX_BPF_H 1
+
+#include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+struct bpf_map;
+
+/* map is generic key/value storage optionally accesible by eBPF programs */
+struct bpf_map_ops {
+ /* funcs callable from userspace (via syscall) */
+ struct bpf_map *(*map_alloc)(union bpf_attr *attr);
+ void (*map_free)(struct bpf_map *);
+};
+
+struct bpf_map {
+ atomic_t refcnt;
+ enum bpf_map_type map_type;
+ u32 key_size;
+ u32 value_size;
+ u32 max_entries;
+ struct bpf_map_ops *ops;
+ struct work_struct work;
+};
+
+struct bpf_map_type_list {
+ struct list_head list_node;
+ struct bpf_map_ops *ops;
+ enum bpf_map_type type;
+};
+
+void bpf_register_map_type(struct bpf_map_type_list *tl);
+void bpf_map_put(struct bpf_map *map);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_BPF_H */