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Andrii Nakryiko
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BPF_CORE_READ(), in addition to handling CO-RE relocations, also allows much nicer way to read data structures with nested pointers. Instead of writing a sequence of bpf_probe_read() calls to follow links, one can just write BPF_CORE_READ(a, b, c, d) to effectively do a->b->c->d read. This is a welcome ability when porting BCC code, which (in most cases) allows exactly the intuitive a->b->c->d variant. This patch adds non-CO-RE variants of BPF_CORE_READ() family of macros for cases where CO-RE is not supported (e.g., old kernels). In such cases, the property of shortening a sequence of bpf_probe_read()s to a simple BPF_PROBE_READ(a, b, c, d) invocation is still desirable, especially when porting BCC code to libbpf. Yet, no CO-RE relocation is going to be emitted. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20201218235614.2284956-3-andrii@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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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.