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BPF-HELPERS(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual BPF-HELPERS(7)
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BPF-HELPERS - list of eBPF helper functionsDESCRIPTION top
The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in
programs written in a pseudo-assembly language, then attached to
one of the several kernel hooks and run in reaction of specific
events. This framework differs from the older, "classic" BPF (or
"cBPF") in several aspects, one of them being the ability to call
special functions (or "helpers") from within a program. These
functions are restricted to a white-list of helpers defined in the
kernel.
These helpers are used by eBPF programs to interact with the
system, or with the context in which they work. For instance, they
can be used to print debugging messages, to get the time since the
system was booted, to interact with eBPF maps, or to manipulate
network packets. Since there are several eBPF program types, and
that they do not run in the same context, each program type can
only call a subset of those helpers.
Due to eBPF conventions, a helper can not have more than five
arguments.
Internally, eBPF programs call directly into the compiled helper
functions without requiring any foreign-function interface. As a
result, calling helpers introduces no overhead, thus offering
excellent performance.
This document is an attempt to list and document the helpers
available to eBPF developers. They are sorted by chronological
order (the oldest helpers in the kernel at the top).HELPERS top
**void *bpf_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, const void ***_key_**)**
**Description**
Perform a lookup in _map_ for an entry associated to
_key_.
**Return** Map value associated to _key_, or **NULL** if no entry was
found.
**long bpf_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, const void ***_key_**,**
**const void ***_value_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Add or update the value of the entry associated to
_key_ in _map_ with _value_. _flags_ is one of:
**BPF_NOEXIST**
The entry for _key_ must not exist in the map.
**BPF_EXIST**
The entry for _key_ must already exist in the
map.
**BPF_ANY**
No condition on the existence of the entry
for _key_.
Flag value **BPF_NOEXIST** cannot be used for maps of
types **BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY** or
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY** (all elements always
exist), the helper would return an error.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_map_delete_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, const void ***_key_**)**
**Description**
Delete entry with _key_ from _map_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_probe_read(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void ***_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
For tracing programs, safely attempt to read _size_
bytes from kernel space address _unsafeptr_ and store
the data in _dst_.
Generally, use **bpf_probe_read_user**() or
**bpf_probe_read_kernel**() instead.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u64 bpf_ktime_get_ns(void)**
**Description**
Return the time elapsed since system boot, in
nanoseconds. Does not include time the system was
suspended. See: **clock_gettime**(**CLOCK_MONOTONIC**)
**Return** Current _ktime_.
**long bpf_trace_printk(const char ***_fmt_**, u32** _fmtsize_**, ...)**
**Description**
This helper is a "printk()-like" facility for
debugging. It prints a message defined by format _fmt_
(of size _fmtsize_) to file _/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_
from TraceFS, if available. It can take up to three
additional **u64** arguments (as an eBPF helpers, the
total number of arguments is limited to five).
Each time the helper is called, it appends a line to
the trace. Lines are discarded while
_/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_ is open, use
_/sys/kernel/tracing/tracepipe_ to avoid this. The
format of the trace is customizable, and the exact
output one will get depends on the options set in
_/sys/kernel/tracing/traceoptions_ (see also the
_README_ file under the same directory). However, it
usually defaults to something like:
telnet-470 [001] .N.. 419421.045894: 0x00000001: <formatted msg>
In the above:
• **telnet** is the name of the current task.
• **470** is the PID of the current task.
• **001** is the CPU number on which the task is
running.
• In **.N..**, each character refers to a set of
options (whether irqs are enabled, scheduling
options, whether hard/softirqs are running,
level of preempt_disabled respectively). **N**
means that **TIF_NEED_RESCHED** and
**PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED** are set.
• **419421.045894** is a timestamp.
• **0x00000001** is a fake value used by BPF for the
instruction pointer register.
• **<formatted msg>** is the message formatted with
_fmt_.
The conversion specifiers supported by _fmt_ are
similar, but more limited than for printk(). They
are **%d**, **%i**, **%u**, **%x**, **%ld**, **%li**, **%lu**, **%lx**, **%lld**, **%lli**,
**%llu**, **%llx**, **%p**, **%s**. No modifier (size of field,
padding with zeroes, etc.) is available, and the
helper will return **-EINVAL** (but print nothing) if it
encounters an unknown specifier.
Also, note that **bpf_trace_printk**() is slow, and
should only be used for debugging purposes. For this
reason, a notice block (spanning several lines) is
printed to kernel logs and states that the helper
should not be used "for production use" the first
time this helper is used (or more precisely, when
**trace_printk**() buffers are allocated). For passing
values to user space, perf events should be
preferred.
**Return** The number of bytes written to the buffer, or a
negative error in case of failure.
**u32 bpf_get_prandom_u32(void)**
**Description**
Get a pseudo-random number.
From a security point of view, this helper uses its
own pseudo-random internal state, and cannot be used
to infer the seed of other random functions in the
kernel. However, it is essential to note that the
generator used by the helper is not
cryptographically secure.
**Return** A random 32-bit unsigned value.
**u32 bpf_get_smp_processor_id(void)**
**Description**
Get the SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) processor
id. Note that all programs run with migration
disabled, which means that the SMP processor id is
stable during all the execution of the program.
**Return** The SMP id of the processor running the program.
**long bpf_skb_store_bytes(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, const**
**void ***_from_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Store _len_ bytes from address _from_ into the packet
associated to _skb_, at _offset_. _flags_ are a
combination of **BPF_F_RECOMPUTE_CSUM** (automatically
recompute the checksum for the packet after storing
the bytes) and **BPF_F_INVALIDATE_HASH** (set _skb_**->hash**,
_skb_**->swhash** and _skb_**->l4hash** to 0).
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_l3_csum_replace(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, u64**
_from_**, u64** _to_**, u64** _size_**)**
**Description**
Recompute the layer 3 (e.g. IP) checksum for the
packet associated to _skb_. Computation is
incremental, so the helper must know the former
value of the header field that was modified (_from_),
the new value of this field (_to_), and the number of
bytes (2 or 4) for this field, stored in _size_.
Alternatively, it is possible to store the
difference between the previous and the new values
of the header field in _to_, by setting _from_ and _size_
to 0. For both methods, _offset_ indicates the
location of the IP checksum within the packet.
This helper works in combination with
**bpf_csum_diff**(), which does not update the checksum
in-place, but offers more flexibility and can handle
sizes larger than 2 or 4 for the checksum to update.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_l4_csum_replace(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, u64**
_from_**, u64** _to_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Recompute the layer 4 (e.g. TCP, UDP or ICMP)
checksum for the packet associated to _skb_.
Computation is incremental, so the helper must know
the former value of the header field that was
modified (_from_), the new value of this field (_to_),
and the number of bytes (2 or 4) for this field,
stored on the lowest four bits of _flags_.
Alternatively, it is possible to store the
difference between the previous and the new values
of the header field in _to_, by setting _from_ and the
four lowest bits of _flags_ to 0. For both methods,
_offset_ indicates the location of the IP checksum
within the packet. In addition to the size of the
field, _flags_ can be added (bitwise OR) actual flags.
With **BPF_F_MARK_MANGLED_0**, a null checksum is left
untouched (unless **BPF_F_MARK_ENFORCE** is added as
well), and for updates resulting in a null checksum
the value is set to **CSUM_MANGLED_0** instead. Flag
**BPF_F_PSEUDO_HDR** indicates the checksum is to be
computed against a pseudo-header.
This helper works in combination with
**bpf_csum_diff**(), which does not update the checksum
in-place, but offers more flexibility and can handle
sizes larger than 2 or 4 for the checksum to update.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_tail_call(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_map ***_progarraymap_**, u32**
_index_**)**
**Description**
This special helper is used to trigger a "tail
call", or in other words, to jump into another eBPF
program. The same stack frame is used (but values on
stack and in registers for the caller are not
accessible to the callee). This mechanism allows for
program chaining, either for raising the maximum
number of available eBPF instructions, or to execute
given programs in conditional blocks. For security
reasons, there is an upper limit to the number of
successive tail calls that can be performed.
Upon call of this helper, the program attempts to
jump into a program referenced at index _index_ in
_progarraymap_, a special map of type
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY**, and passes _ctx_, a pointer
to the context.
If the call succeeds, the kernel immediately runs
the first instruction of the new program. This is
not a function call, and it never returns to the
previous program. If the call fails, then the helper
has no effect, and the caller continues to run its
subsequent instructions. A call can fail if the
destination program for the jump does not exist
(i.e. _index_ is superior to the number of entries in
_progarraymap_), or if the maximum number of tail
calls has been reached for this chain of programs.
This limit is defined in the kernel by the macro
**MAX_TAIL_CALL_CNT** (not accessible to user space),
which is currently set to 33.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_clone_redirect(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _ifindex_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Clone and redirect the packet associated to _skb_ to
another net device of index _ifindex_. Both ingress
and egress interfaces can be used for redirection.
The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value in _flags_ is used to make the
distinction (ingress path is selected if the flag is
present, egress path otherwise). This is the only
flag supported for now.
In comparison with **bpf_redirect**() helper,
**bpf_clone_redirect**() has the associated cost of
duplicating the packet buffer, but this can be
executed out of the eBPF program. Conversely,
**bpf_redirect**() is more efficient, but it is handled
through an action code where the redirection happens
only after the eBPF program has returned.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure. Positive error indicates a potential drop
or congestion in the target device. The particular
positive error codes are not defined.
**u64 bpf_get_current_pid_tgid(void)**
**Description**
Get the current pid and tgid.
**Return** A 64-bit integer containing the current tgid and
pid, and created as such: _currenttask_**->tgid << 32 |**
_currenttask_**->pid**.
**u64 bpf_get_current_uid_gid(void)**
**Description**
Get the current uid and gid.
**Return** A 64-bit integer containing the current GID and UID,
and created as such: _currentgid_ **<< 32 |**
_currentuid_.
**long bpf_get_current_comm(void ***_buf_**, u32** _sizeofbuf_**)**
**Description**
Copy the **comm** attribute of the current task into _buf_
of _sizeofbuf_. The **comm** attribute contains the name
of the executable (excluding the path) for the
current task. The _sizeofbuf_ must be strictly
positive. On success, the helper makes sure that the
_buf_ is NUL-terminated. On failure, it is filled with
zeroes.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u32 bpf_get_cgroup_classid(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve the classid for the current task, i.e. for
the net_cls cgroup to which _skb_ belongs.
This helper can be used on TC egress path, but not
on ingress.
The net_cls cgroup provides an interface to tag
network packets based on a user-provided identifier
for all traffic coming from the tasks belonging to
the related cgroup. See also the related kernel
documentation, available from the Linux sources in
file
_Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/netcls.rst_.
The Linux kernel has two versions for cgroups: there
are cgroups v1 and cgroups v2. Both are available to
users, who can use a mixture of them, but note that
the net_cls cgroup is for cgroup v1 only. This makes
it incompatible with BPF programs run on cgroups,
which is a cgroup-v2-only feature (a socket can only
hold data for one version of cgroups at a time).
This helper is only available is the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID**
configuration option set to "**y**" or to "**m**".
**Return** The classid, or 0 for the default unconfigured
classid.
**long bpf_skb_vlan_push(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, __be16** _vlanproto_**, u16**
_vlantci_**)**
**Description**
Push a _vlantci_ (VLAN tag control information) of
protocol _vlanproto_ to the packet associated to _skb_,
then update the checksum. Note that if _vlanproto_ is
different from **ETH_P_8021Q** and **ETH_P_8021AD**, it is
considered to be **ETH_P_8021Q**.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_vlan_pop(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Pop a VLAN header from the packet associated to _skb_.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, struct**
**bpf_tunnel_key ***_key_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get tunnel metadata. This helper takes a pointer _key_
to an empty **struct bpf_tunnel_key** of **size**, that will
be filled with tunnel metadata for the packet
associated to _skb_. The _flags_ can be set to
**BPF_F_TUNINFO_IPV6**, which indicates that the tunnel
is based on IPv6 protocol instead of IPv4.
The **struct bpf_tunnel_key** is an object that
generalizes the principal parameters used by various
tunneling protocols into a single struct. This way,
it can be used to easily make a decision based on
the contents of the encapsulation header,
"summarized" in this struct. In particular, it holds
the IP address of the remote end (IPv4 or IPv6,
depending on the case) in _key_**->remote_ipv4** or
_key_**->remote_ipv6**. Also, this struct exposes the
_key_**->tunnel_id**, which is generally mapped to a VNI
(Virtual Network Identifier), making it programmable
together with the **bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key**() helper.
Let's imagine that the following code is part of a
program attached to the TC ingress interface, on one
end of a GRE tunnel, and is supposed to filter out
all messages coming from remote ends with IPv4
address other than 10.0.0.1:
int ret;
struct bpf_tunnel_key key = {};
ret = bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key(skb, &key, sizeof(key), 0);
if (ret < 0)
return TC_ACT_SHOT; // drop packet
if (key.remote_ipv4 != 0x0a000001)
return TC_ACT_SHOT; // drop packet
return TC_ACT_OK; // accept packet
This interface can also be used with all
encapsulation devices that can operate in "collect
metadata" mode: instead of having one network device
per specific configuration, the "collect metadata"
mode only requires a single device where the
configuration can be extracted from this helper.
This can be used together with various tunnels such
as VXLan, Geneve, GRE or IP in IP (IPIP).
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, struct**
**bpf_tunnel_key ***_key_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Populate tunnel metadata for packet associated to
_skb._ The tunnel metadata is set to the contents of
_key_, of _size_. The _flags_ can be set to a combination
of the following values:
**BPF_F_TUNINFO_IPV6**
Indicate that the tunnel is based on IPv6
protocol instead of IPv4.
**BPF_F_ZERO_CSUM_TX**
For IPv4 packets, add a flag to tunnel
metadata indicating that checksum computation
should be skipped and checksum set to zeroes.
**BPF_F_DONT_FRAGMENT**
Add a flag to tunnel metadata indicating that
the packet should not be fragmented.
**BPF_F_SEQ_NUMBER**
Add a flag to tunnel metadata indicating that
a sequence number should be added to tunnel
header before sending the packet. This flag
was added for GRE encapsulation, but might be
used with other protocols as well in the
future.
**BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY**
Add a flag to tunnel metadata indicating that
no tunnel key should be set in the resulting
tunnel header.
Here is a typical usage on the transmit path:
struct bpf_tunnel_key key;
populate key ...
bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key(skb, &key, sizeof(key), 0);
bpf_clone_redirect(skb, vxlan_dev_ifindex, 0);
See also the description of the
**bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key**() helper for additional
information.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u64 bpf_perf_event_read(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Read the value of a perf event counter. This helper
relies on a _map_ of type
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY**. The nature of the
perf event counter is selected when _map_ is updated
with perf event file descriptors. The _map_ is an
array whose size is the number of available CPUs,
and each cell contains a value relative to one CPU.
The value to retrieve is indicated by _flags_, that
contains the index of the CPU to look up, masked
with **BPF_F_INDEX_MASK**. Alternatively, _flags_ can be
set to **BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU** to indicate that the value
for the current CPU should be retrieved.
Note that before Linux 4.13, only hardware perf
event can be retrieved.
Also, be aware that the newer helper
**bpf_perf_event_read_value**() is recommended over
**bpf_perf_event_read**() in general. The latter has
some ABI quirks where error and counter value are
used as a return code (which is wrong to do since
ranges may overlap). This issue is fixed with
**bpf_perf_event_read_value**(), which at the same time
provides more features over the
**bpf_perf_event_read**() interface. Please refer to the
description of **bpf_perf_event_read_value**() for
details.
**Return** The value of the perf event counter read from the
map, or a negative error code in case of failure.
**long bpf_redirect(u32** _ifindex_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Redirect the packet to another net device of index
_ifindex_. This helper is somewhat similar to
**bpf_clone_redirect**(), except that the packet is not
cloned, which provides increased performance.
Except for XDP, both ingress and egress interfaces
can be used for redirection. The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value
in _flags_ is used to make the distinction (ingress
path is selected if the flag is present, egress path
otherwise). Currently, XDP only supports redirection
to the egress interface, and accepts no flag at all.
The same effect can also be attained with the more
generic **bpf_redirect_map**(), which uses a BPF map to
store the redirect target instead of providing it
directly to the helper.
**Return** For XDP, the helper returns **XDP_REDIRECT** on success
or **XDP_ABORTED** on error. For other program types,
the values are **TC_ACT_REDIRECT** on success or
**TC_ACT_SHOT** on error.
**u32 bpf_get_route_realm(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve the realm or the route, that is to say the
**tclassid** field of the destination for the _skb_. The
identifier retrieved is a user-provided tag, similar
to the one used with the net_cls cgroup (see
description for **bpf_get_cgroup_classid**() helper),
but here this tag is held by a route (a destination
entry), not by a task.
Retrieving this identifier works with the clsact TC
egress hook (see also [tc-bpf(8)](../man8/tc-bpf.8.html)), or alternatively
on conventional classful egress qdiscs, but not on
TC ingress path. In case of clsact TC egress hook,
this has the advantage that, internally, the
destination entry has not been dropped yet in the
transmit path. Therefore, the destination entry does
not need to be artificially held via
**netif_keep_dst**() for a classful qdisc until the _skb_
is freed.
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with **CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID** configuration
option.
**Return** The realm of the route for the packet associated to
_skb_, or 0 if none was found.
**long bpf_perf_event_output(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64**
_flags_**, void ***_data_**, u64** _size_**)**
**Description**
Write raw _data_ blob into a special BPF perf event
held by _map_ of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY**.
This perf event must have the following attributes:
**PERF_SAMPLE_RAW** as **sample_type**, **PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE**
as **type**, and **PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT** as **config**.
The _flags_ are used to indicate the index in _map_ for
which the value must be put, masked with
**BPF_F_INDEX_MASK**. Alternatively, _flags_ can be set
to **BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU** to indicate that the index of
the current CPU core should be used.
The value to write, of _size_, is passed through eBPF
stack and pointed by _data_.
The context of the program _ctx_ needs also be passed
to the helper.
On user space, a program willing to read the values
needs to call **perf_event_open**() on the perf event
(either for one or for all CPUs) and to store the
file descriptor into the _map_. This must be done
before the eBPF program can send data into it. An
example is available in file
_samples/bpf/traceoutputuser.c_ in the Linux kernel
source tree (the eBPF program counterpart is in
_samples/bpf/traceoutputkern.c_).
**bpf_perf_event_output**() achieves better performance
than **bpf_trace_printk**() for sharing data with user
space, and is much better suitable for streaming
data from eBPF programs.
Note that this helper is not restricted to tracing
use cases and can be used with programs attached to
TC or XDP as well, where it allows for passing data
to user space listeners. Data can be:
• Only custom structs,
• Only the packet payload, or
• A combination of both.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_load_bytes(const void ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, void ***_to_**, u32**
_len_**)**
**Description**
This helper was provided as an easy way to load data
from a packet. It can be used to load _len_ bytes from
_offset_ from the packet associated to _skb_, into the
buffer pointed by _to_.
Since Linux 4.7, usage of this helper has mostly
been replaced by "direct packet access", enabling
packet data to be manipulated with _skb_**->data** and
_skb_**->data_end** pointing respectively to the first
byte of packet data and to the byte after the last
byte of packet data. However, it remains useful if
one wishes to read large quantities of data at once
from a packet into the eBPF stack.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_get_stackid(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Walk a user or a kernel stack and return its id. To
achieve this, the helper needs _ctx_, which is a
pointer to the context on which the tracing program
is executed, and a pointer to a _map_ of type
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK_TRACE**.
The last argument, _flags_, holds the number of stack
frames to skip (from 0 to 255), masked with
**BPF_F_SKIP_FIELD_MASK**. The next bits can be used to
set a combination of the following flags:
**BPF_F_USER_STACK**
Collect a user space stack instead of a
kernel stack.
**BPF_F_FAST_STACK_CMP**
Compare stacks by hash only.
**BPF_F_REUSE_STACKID**
If two different stacks hash into the same
_stackid_, discard the old one.
The stack id retrieved is a 32 bit long integer
handle which can be further combined with other data
(including other stack ids) and used as a key into
maps. This can be useful for generating a variety of
graphs (such as flame graphs or off-cpu graphs).
For walking a stack, this helper is an improvement
over **bpf_probe_read**(), which can be used with
unrolled loops but is not efficient and consumes a
lot of eBPF instructions. Instead,
**bpf_get_stackid**() can collect up to
**PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH** both kernel and user frames.
Note that this limit can be controlled with the
**sysctl** program, and that it should be manually
increased in order to profile long user stacks (such
as stacks for Java programs). To do so, use:
# sysctl kernel.perf_event_max_stack=<new value>
**Return** The positive or null stack id on success, or a
negative error in case of failure.
**s64 bpf_csum_diff(__be32 ***_from_**, u32** _fromsize_**, __be32 ***_to_**, u32**
_tosize_**, __wsum** _seed_**)**
**Description**
Compute a checksum difference, from the raw buffer
pointed by _from_, of length _fromsize_ (that must be a
multiple of 4), towards the raw buffer pointed by
_to_, of size _tosize_ (same remark). An optional _seed_
can be added to the value (this can be cascaded, the
seed may come from a previous call to the helper).
This is flexible enough to be used in several ways:
• With _fromsize_ == 0, _tosize_ > 0 and _seed_ set to
checksum, it can be used when pushing new data.
• With _fromsize_ > 0, _tosize_ == 0 and _seed_ set to
checksum, it can be used when removing data from a
packet.
• With _fromsize_ > 0, _tosize_ > 0 and _seed_ set to 0,
it can be used to compute a diff. Note that
_fromsize_ and _tosize_ do not need to be equal.
This helper can be used in combination with
**bpf_l3_csum_replace**() and **bpf_l4_csum_replace**(), to
which one can feed in the difference computed with
**bpf_csum_diff**().
**Return** The checksum result, or a negative error code in
case of failure.
**long bpf_skb_get_tunnel_opt(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, void ***_opt_**, u32**
_size_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve tunnel options metadata for the packet
associated to _skb_, and store the raw tunnel option
data to the buffer _opt_ of _size_.
This helper can be used with encapsulation devices
that can operate in "collect metadata" mode (please
refer to the related note in the description of
**bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key**() for more details). A
particular example where this can be used is in
combination with the Geneve encapsulation protocol,
where it allows for pushing (with
**bpf_skb_get_tunnel_opt**() helper) and retrieving
arbitrary TLVs (Type-Length-Value headers) from the
eBPF program. This allows for full customization of
these headers.
**Return** The size of the option data retrieved.
**long bpf_skb_set_tunnel_opt(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, void ***_opt_**, u32**
_size_**)**
**Description**
Set tunnel options metadata for the packet
associated to _skb_ to the option data contained in
the raw buffer _opt_ of _size_.
See also the description of the
**bpf_skb_get_tunnel_opt**() helper for additional
information.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_change_proto(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, __be16** _proto_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Change the protocol of the _skb_ to _proto_. Currently
supported are transition from IPv4 to IPv6, and from
IPv6 to IPv4. The helper takes care of the
groundwork for the transition, including resizing
the socket buffer. The eBPF program is expected to
fill the new headers, if any, via **skb_store_bytes**()
and to recompute the checksums with
**bpf_l3_csum_replace**() and **bpf_l4_csum_replace**(). The
main case for this helper is to perform NAT64
operations out of an eBPF program.
Internally, the GSO type is marked as dodgy so that
headers are checked and segments are recalculated by
the GSO/GRO engine. The size for GSO target is
adapted as well.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_change_type(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _type_**)**
**Description**
Change the packet type for the packet associated to
_skb_. This comes down to setting _skb_**->pkt_type** to
_type_, except the eBPF program does not have a write
access to _skb_**->pkt_type** beside this helper. Using a
helper here allows for graceful handling of errors.
The major use case is to change incoming _skb*s to_
_**PACKETHOST*_ in a programmatic way instead of
having to recirculate via **redirect**(...,
**BPF_F_INGRESS**), for example.
Note that _type_ only allows certain values. At this
time, they are:
**PACKET_HOST**
Packet is for us.
**PACKET_BROADCAST**
Send packet to all.
**PACKET_MULTICAST**
Send packet to group.
**PACKET_OTHERHOST**
Send packet to someone else.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_under_cgroup(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, struct bpf_map**
*****_map_**, u32** _index_**)**
**Description**
Check whether _skb_ is a descendant of the cgroup2
held by _map_ of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_ARRAY**, at
_index_.
**Return** The return value depends on the result of the test,
and can be:
• 0, if the _skb_ failed the cgroup2 descendant test.
• 1, if the _skb_ succeeded the cgroup2 descendant
test.
• A negative error code, if an error occurred.
**u32 bpf_get_hash_recalc(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve the hash of the packet, _skb_**->hash**. If it is
not set, in particular if the hash was cleared due
to mangling, recompute this hash. Later accesses to
the hash can be done directly with _skb_**->hash**.
Calling **bpf_set_hash_invalid**(), changing a packet
prototype with **bpf_skb_change_proto**(), or calling
**bpf_skb_store_bytes**() with the **BPF_F_INVALIDATE_HASH**
are actions susceptible to clear the hash and to
trigger a new computation for the next call to
**bpf_get_hash_recalc**().
**Return** The 32-bit hash.
**u64 bpf_get_current_task(void)**
**Description**
Get the current task.
**Return** A pointer to the current task struct.
**long bpf_probe_write_user(void ***_dst_**, const void ***_src_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Attempt in a safe way to write _len_ bytes from the
buffer _src_ to _dst_ in memory. It only works for
threads that are in user context, and _dst_ must be a
valid user space address.
This helper should not be used to implement any kind
of security mechanism because of TOC-TOU attacks,
but rather to debug, divert, and manipulate
execution of semi-cooperative processes.
Keep in mind that this feature is meant for
experiments, and it has a risk of crashing the
system and running programs. Therefore, when an
eBPF program using this helper is attached, a
warning including PID and process name is printed to
kernel logs.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_current_task_under_cgroup(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u32** _index_**)**
**Description**
Check whether the probe is being run is the context
of a given subset of the cgroup2 hierarchy. The
cgroup2 to test is held by _map_ of type
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_ARRAY**, at _index_.
**Return** The return value depends on the result of the test,
and can be:
• 1, if current task belongs to the cgroup2.
• 0, if current task does not belong to the cgroup2.
• A negative error code, if an error occurred.
**long bpf_skb_change_tail(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Resize (trim or grow) the packet associated to _skb_
to the new _len_. The _flags_ are reserved for future
usage, and must be left at zero.
The basic idea is that the helper performs the
needed work to change the size of the packet, then
the eBPF program rewrites the rest via helpers like
**bpf_skb_store_bytes**(), **bpf_l3_csum_replace**(),
**bpf_l3_csum_replace**() and others. This helper is a
slow path utility intended for replies with control
messages. And because it is targeted for slow path,
the helper itself can afford to be slow: it
implicitly linearizes, unclones and drops offloads
from the _skb_.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_pull_data(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Pull in non-linear data in case the _skb_ is
non-linear and not all of _len_ are part of the linear
section. Make _len_ bytes from _skb_ readable and
writable. If a zero value is passed for _len_, then
all bytes in the linear part of _skb_ will be made
readable and writable.
This helper is only needed for reading and writing
with direct packet access.
For direct packet access, testing that offsets to
access are within packet boundaries (test on
_skb_**->data_end**) is susceptible to fail if offsets are
invalid, or if the requested data is in non-linear
parts of the _skb_. On failure the program can just
bail out, or in the case of a non-linear buffer, use
a helper to make the data available. The
**bpf_skb_load_bytes**() helper is a first solution to
access the data. Another one consists in using
**bpf_skb_pull_data** to pull in once the non-linear
parts, then retesting and eventually access the
data.
At the same time, this also makes sure the _skb_ is
uncloned, which is a necessary condition for direct
write. As this needs to be an invariant for the
write part only, the verifier detects writes and
adds a prologue that is calling **bpf_skb_pull_data()**
to effectively unclone the _skb_ from the very
beginning in case it is indeed cloned.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**s64 bpf_csum_update(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, __wsum** _csum_**)**
**Description**
Add the checksum _csum_ into _skb_**->csum** in case the
driver has supplied a checksum for the entire packet
into that field. Return an error otherwise. This
helper is intended to be used in combination with
**bpf_csum_diff**(), in particular when the checksum
needs to be updated after data has been written into
the packet through direct packet access.
**Return** The checksum on success, or a negative error code in
case of failure.
**void bpf_set_hash_invalid(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Invalidate the current _skb_**->hash**. It can be used
after mangling on headers through direct packet
access, in order to indicate that the hash is
outdated and to trigger a recalculation the next
time the kernel tries to access this hash or when
the **bpf_get_hash_recalc**() helper is called.
**Return** void.
**long bpf_get_numa_node_id(void)**
**Description**
Return the id of the current NUMA node. The primary
use case for this helper is the selection of sockets
for the local NUMA node, when the program is
attached to sockets using the
**SO_ATTACH_REUSEPORT_EBPF** option (see also
[socket(7)](../man7/socket.7.html)), but the helper is also available to
other eBPF program types, similarly to
**bpf_get_smp_processor_id**().
**Return** The id of current NUMA node.
**long bpf_skb_change_head(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Grows headroom of packet associated to _skb_ and
adjusts the offset of the MAC header accordingly,
adding _len_ bytes of space. It automatically extends
and reallocates memory as required.
This helper can be used on a layer 3 _skb_ to push a
MAC header for redirection into a layer 2 device.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_xdp_adjust_head(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**, int** _delta_**)**
**Description**
Adjust (move) _xdpmd_**->data** by _delta_ bytes. Note that
it is possible to use a negative value for _delta_.
This helper can be used to prepare the packet for
pushing or popping headers.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_probe_read_str(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
Copy a NUL terminated string from an unsafe kernel
address _unsafeptr_ 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.
**Return** On success, the strictly positive length of the
string, including the trailing NUL character. On
error, a negative value.
**u64 bpf_get_socket_cookie(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
If the **struct sk_buff** pointed by _skb_ has a known
socket, retrieve the cookie (generated by the
kernel) of this socket. If no cookie has been set
yet, generate a new cookie. Once generated, the
socket cookie remains stable for the life of the
socket. This helper can be useful for monitoring per
socket networking traffic statistics as it provides
a global socket identifier that can be assumed
unique.
**Return** A 8-byte long unique number on success, or 0 if the
socket field is missing inside _skb_.
**u64 bpf_get_socket_cookie(struct bpf_sock_addr ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Equivalent to bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper that
accepts _skb_, but gets socket from **struct**
**bpf_sock_addr** context.
**Return** A 8-byte long unique number.
**u64 bpf_get_socket_cookie(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Equivalent to **bpf_get_socket_cookie**() helper that
accepts _skb_, but gets socket from **struct**
**bpf_sock_ops** context.
**Return** A 8-byte long unique number.
**u64 bpf_get_socket_cookie(struct sock ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Equivalent to **bpf_get_socket_cookie**() helper that
accepts _sk_, but gets socket from a BTF **struct sock**.
This helper also works for sleepable programs.
**Return** A 8-byte long unique number or 0 if _sk_ is NULL.
**u32 bpf_get_socket_uid(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Get the owner UID of the socked associated to _skb_.
**Return** The owner UID of the socket associated to _skb_. If
the socket is **NULL**, or if it is not a full socket
(i.e. if it is a time-wait or a request socket
instead), **overflowuid** value is returned (note that
**overflowuid** might also be the actual UID value for
the socket).
**long bpf_set_hash(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _hash_**)**
**Description**
Set the full hash for _skb_ (set the field _skb_**->hash**)
to value _hash_.
**Return** 0
**long bpf_setsockopt(void ***_bpfsocket_**, int** _level_**, int** _optname_**, void**
*****_optval_**, int** _optlen_**)**
**Description**
Emulate a call to **setsockopt()** on the socket
associated to _bpfsocket_, which must be a full
socket. The _level_ at which the option resides and
the name _optname_ of the option must be specified,
see [setsockopt(2)](../man2/setsockopt.2.html) for more information. The option
value of length _optlen_ is pointed by _optval_.
_bpfsocket_ 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**,
**BPF_CGROUP_INET6_CONNECT** and
**BPF_CGROUP_UNIX_CONNECT**.
This helper actually implements a subset of
**setsockopt()**. It supports the following _level_s:
• **SOL_SOCKET**, which supports the following _optname_s:
**SO_RCVBUF**, **SO_SNDBUF**, **SO_MAX_PACING_RATE**,
**SO_PRIORITY**, **SO_RCVLOWAT**, **SO_MARK**,
**SO_BINDTODEVICE**, **SO_KEEPALIVE**, **SO_REUSEADDR**,
**SO_REUSEPORT**, **SO_BINDTOIFINDEX**, **SO_TXREHASH**.
• **IPPROTO_TCP**, which supports the following
_optname_s: **TCP_CONGESTION**, **TCP_BPF_IW**,
**TCP_BPF_SNDCWND_CLAMP**, **TCP_SAVE_SYN**, **TCP_KEEPIDLE**,
**TCP_KEEPINTVL**, **TCP_KEEPCNT**, **TCP_SYNCNT**,
**TCP_USER_TIMEOUT**, **TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT**, **TCP_NODELAY**,
**TCP_MAXSEG**, **TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP**,
**TCP_THIN_LINEAR_TIMEOUTS**, **TCP_BPF_DELACK_MAX**,
**TCP_BPF_RTO_MIN**.
• **IPPROTO_IP**, which supports _optname_ **IP_TOS**.
• **IPPROTO_IPV6**, which supports the following
_optname_s: **IPV6_TCLASS**, **IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL**.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_adjust_room(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, s32** _lendiff_**, u32**
_mode_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Grow or shrink the room for data in the packet
associated to _skb_ by _lendiff_, and according to the
selected _mode_.
By default, the helper will reset any offloaded
checksum indicator of the skb to CHECKSUM_NONE. This
can be avoided by the following flag:
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_NO_CSUM_RESET**: Do not reset
offloaded checksum data of the skb to
CHECKSUM_NONE.
There are two supported modes at this time:
• **BPF_ADJ_ROOM_MAC**: Adjust room at the mac layer
(room space is added or removed between the layer
2 and layer 3 headers).
• **BPF_ADJ_ROOM_NET**: Adjust room at the network layer
(room space is added or removed between the layer
3 and layer 4 headers).
The following flags are supported at this time:
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_FIXED_GSO**: Do not adjust gso_size.
Adjusting mss in this way is not allowed for
datagrams.
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L3_IPV4**,
**BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L3_IPV6**: Any new space is
reserved to hold a tunnel header. Configure skb
offsets and other fields accordingly.
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L4_GRE**,
**BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L4_UDP**: Use with ENCAP_L3
flags to further specify the tunnel type.
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L2**(_len_): Use with ENCAP_L3/L4
flags to further specify the tunnel type; _len_ is
the length of the inner MAC header.
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L2_ETH**: Use with
BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_ENCAP_L2 flag to further specify
the L2 type as Ethernet.
• **BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_DECAP_L3_IPV4**,
**BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_DECAP_L3_IPV6**: Indicate the new IP
header version after decapsulating the outer IP
header. Used when the inner and outer IP versions
are different.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_redirect_map(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Redirect the packet to the endpoint referenced by
_map_ at index _key_. Depending on its type, this _map_
can contain references to net devices (for
forwarding packets through other ports), or to CPUs
(for redirecting XDP frames to another CPU; but this
is only implemented for native XDP (with driver
support) as of this writing).
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. The
higher bits of _flags_ can be set to BPF_F_BROADCAST
or BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS as defined below.
With BPF_F_BROADCAST the packet will be broadcasted
to all the interfaces in the map, with
BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS the ingress interface will be
excluded when do broadcasting.
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.
**long bpf_sk_redirect_map(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**,**
**u32** _key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Redirect the packet to the socket referenced by _map_
(of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP**) at index _key_. Both
ingress and egress interfaces can be used for
redirection. The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value in _flags_ is
used to make the distinction (ingress path is
selected if the flag is present, egress path
otherwise). This is the only flag supported for now.
**Return SK_PASS** on success, or **SK_DROP** on error.
**long bpf_sock_map_update(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_skops_**, struct**
**bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Add an entry to, or update a _map_ referencing
sockets. The _skops_ is used as a new value for the
entry associated to _key_. _flags_ is one of:
**BPF_NOEXIST**
The entry for _key_ must not exist in the map.
**BPF_EXIST**
The entry for _key_ must already exist in the
map.
**BPF_ANY**
No condition on the existence of the entry
for _key_.
If the _map_ has eBPF programs (parser and verdict),
those will be inherited by the socket being added.
If the socket is already attached to eBPF programs,
this results in an error.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_xdp_adjust_meta(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**, int** _delta_**)**
**Description**
Adjust the address pointed by _xdpmd_**->data_meta** by
_delta_ (which can be positive or negative). Note that
this operation modifies the address stored in
_xdpmd_**->data**, so the latter must be loaded only
after the helper has been called.
The use of _xdpmd_**->data_meta** is optional and
programs are not required to use it. The rationale
is that when the packet is processed with XDP (e.g.
as DoS filter), it is possible to push further meta
data along with it before passing to the stack, and
to give the guarantee that an ingress eBPF program
attached as a TC classifier on the same device can
pick this up for further post-processing. Since TC
works with socket buffers, it remains possible to
set from XDP the **mark** or **priority** pointers, or other
pointers for the socket buffer. Having this scratch
space generic and programmable allows for more
flexibility as the user is free to store whatever
meta data they need.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_perf_event_read_value(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**,**
**struct bpf_perf_event_value ***_buf_**, u32** _bufsize_**)**
**Description**
Read the value of a perf event counter, and store it
into _buf_ of size _bufsize_. This helper relies on a
_map_ of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY**. The
nature of the perf event counter is selected when
_map_ is updated with perf event file descriptors. The
_map_ is an array whose size is the number of
available CPUs, and each cell contains a value
relative to one CPU. The value to retrieve is
indicated by _flags_, that contains the index of the
CPU to look up, masked with **BPF_F_INDEX_MASK**.
Alternatively, _flags_ can be set to **BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU**
to indicate that the value for the current CPU
should be retrieved.
This helper behaves in a way close to
**bpf_perf_event_read**() helper, save that instead of
just returning the value observed, it fills the _buf_
structure. This allows for additional data to be
retrieved: in particular, the enabled and running
times (in _buf_**->enabled** and _buf_**->running**,
respectively) are copied. In general,
**bpf_perf_event_read_value**() is recommended over
**bpf_perf_event_read**(), which has some ABI issues and
provides fewer functionalities.
These values are interesting, because hardware PMU
(Performance Monitoring Unit) counters are limited
resources. When there are more PMU based perf events
opened than available counters, kernel will
multiplex these events so each event gets certain
percentage (but not all) of the PMU time. In case
that multiplexing happens, the number of samples or
counter value will not reflect the case compared to
when no multiplexing occurs. This makes comparison
between different runs difficult. Typically, the
counter value should be normalized before comparing
to other experiments. The usual normalization is
done as follows.
normalized_counter = counter * t_enabled / t_running
Where t_enabled is the time enabled for event and
t_running is 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 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** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_perf_prog_read_value(struct bpf_perf_event_data ***_ctx_**,**
**struct bpf_perf_event_value ***_buf_**, u32** _bufsize_**)**
**Description**
For an eBPF program attached to a perf event,
retrieve the value of the event counter associated
to _ctx_ and store it in the structure pointed by _buf_
and of size _bufsize_. Enabled and running times are
also stored in the structure (see description of
helper **bpf_perf_event_read_value**() for more
details).
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_getsockopt(void ***_bpfsocket_**, int** _level_**, int** _optname_**, void**
*****_optval_**, int** _optlen_**)**
**Description**
Emulate a call to **getsockopt()** on the socket
associated to _bpfsocket_, which must be a full
socket. The _level_ at which the option resides and
the name _optname_ of the option must be specified,
see [getsockopt(2)](../man2/getsockopt.2.html) for more information. The
retrieved value is stored in the structure pointed
by _opval_ and of length _optlen_.
_bpfsocket_ 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**,
**BPF_CGROUP_INET6_CONNECT** and
**BPF_CGROUP_UNIX_CONNECT**.
This helper actually implements a subset of
**getsockopt()**. It supports the same set of _optname_s
that is supported by the **bpf_setsockopt**() helper.
The exceptions are **TCP_BPF_*** is **bpf_setsockopt**()
only and **TCP_SAVED_SYN** is **bpf_getsockopt**() only.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_override_return(struct pt_regs ***_regs_**, u64** _rc_**)**
**Description**
Used for error injection, this helper uses kprobes
to override the return value of the probed function,
and to set it to _rc_. The first argument is the
context _regs_ on which the kprobe works.
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
value.
This helper has security implications, and thus is
subject to restrictions. It is only available if the
kernel was compiled with the
**CONFIG_BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE** configuration option, and
in this case it only works on functions tagged with
**ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION** in the kernel code.
Also, the helper is only available for the
architectures having the
CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION option. As of this
writing, x86 architecture is the only one to support
this feature.
**Return** 0
**long bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags_set(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_bpfsock_**, int**
_argval_**)**
**Description**
Attempt to set the value of the
**bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags** field for the full TCP socket
associated to _bpfsockops_ to _argval_.
The primary use of this field is to determine if
there should be calls to eBPF programs of type
**BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS** at various points in the TCP
code. A program of the same type can change its
value, per connection and as necessary, when the
connection is established. This field is directly
accessible for reading, but this helper must be used
for updates in order to return an error if an eBPF
program tries to set a callback that is not
supported in the current kernel.
_argval_ is a flag array which can combine these
flags:
• **BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTO_CB_FLAG** (retransmission time out)
• **BPF_SOCK_OPS_RETRANS_CB_FLAG** (retransmission)
• **BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB_FLAG** (TCP state change)
• **BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTT_CB_FLAG** (every RTT)
Therefore, this function can be used to clear a
callback flag by setting the appropriate bit to
zero. e.g. to disable the RTO callback:
**bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags_set(bpf_sock,**
**bpf_sock->bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags &**
**~BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTO_CB_FLAG)**
Here are some examples of where one could call such
eBPF program:
• When RTO fires.
• When a packet is retransmitted.
• When the connection terminates.
• When a packet is sent.
• When a packet is received.
**Return** Code **-EINVAL** if the socket is not a full TCP socket;
otherwise, a positive number containing the bits
that could not be set is returned (which comes down
to 0 if all bits were set as required).
**long bpf_msg_redirect_map(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, struct bpf_map**
*****_map_**, u32** _key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing
policies at the socket level. If the message _msg_ is
allowed to pass (i.e. if the verdict eBPF program
returns **SK_PASS**), redirect it to the socket
referenced by _map_ (of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP**) at
index _key_. Both ingress and egress interfaces can be
used for redirection. The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value in
_flags_ is used to make the distinction (ingress path
is selected if the flag is present, egress path
otherwise). This is the only flag supported for now.
**Return SK_PASS** on success, or **SK_DROP** on error.
**long bpf_msg_apply_bytes(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, u32** _bytes_**)**
**Description**
For socket policies, apply the verdict of the eBPF
program to the next _bytes_ (number of bytes) of
message _msg_.
For example, this helper can be used in the
following cases:
• A single **sendmsg**() or **sendfile**() system call
contains multiple logical messages that the eBPF
program is supposed to read and for which it
should apply a verdict.
• An eBPF program only cares to read the first _bytes_
of a _msg_. If the message has a large payload, then
setting up and calling the eBPF program repeatedly
for all bytes, even though the verdict is already
known, would create unnecessary overhead.
When called from within an eBPF program, the helper
sets a counter internal to the BPF infrastructure,
that is used to apply the last verdict to the next
_bytes_. If _bytes_ is smaller than the current data
being processed from a **sendmsg**() or **sendfile**()
system call, the first _bytes_ will be sent and the
eBPF program will be re-run with the pointer for
start of data pointing to byte number _bytes_ **+ 1**. If
_bytes_ is larger than the current data being
processed, then the eBPF verdict will be applied to
multiple **sendmsg**() or **sendfile**() calls until _bytes_
are consumed.
Note that if a socket closes with the internal
counter holding a non-zero value, this is not a
problem because data is not being buffered for _bytes_
and is sent as it is received.
**Return** 0
**long bpf_msg_cork_bytes(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, u32** _bytes_**)**
**Description**
For socket policies, prevent the execution of the
verdict eBPF program for message _msg_ until _bytes_
(byte number) have been accumulated.
This can be used when one needs a specific number of
bytes before a verdict can be assigned, even if the
data spans multiple **sendmsg**() or **sendfile**() calls.
The extreme case would be a user calling **sendmsg**()
repeatedly with 1-byte long message segments.
Obviously, this is bad for performance, but it is
still valid. If the eBPF program needs _bytes_ bytes
to validate a header, this helper can be used to
prevent the eBPF program to be called again until
_bytes_ have been accumulated.
**Return** 0
**long bpf_msg_pull_data(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, u32** _start_**, u32**
_end_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
For socket policies, pull in non-linear data from
user space for _msg_ and set pointers _msg_**->data** and
_msg_**->data_end** to _start_ and _end_ bytes offsets into
_msg_, respectively.
If a program of type **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG** is run on
a _msg_ it can only parse data that the (**data**,
**data_end**) pointers have already consumed. For
**sendmsg**() hooks this is likely the first scatterlist
element. But for calls relying on the **sendpage**
handler (e.g. **sendfile**()) this will be the range (**0**,
**0**) because the data is shared with user space and by
default the objective is to avoid allowing user
space to modify data while (or after) eBPF verdict
is being decided. This helper can be used to pull in
data and to set the start and end pointer to given
values. Data will be copied if necessary (i.e. if
data was not linear and if start and end pointers do
not point to the same chunk).
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_bind(struct bpf_sock_addr ***_ctx_**, struct sockaddr ***_addr_**,**
**int** _addrlen_**)**
**Description**
Bind the socket associated to _ctx_ to the address
pointed by _addr_, of length _addrlen_. This allows for
making outgoing connection from the desired IP
address, which can be useful for example when all
processes inside a cgroup should use one single IP
address on a host that has multiple IP configured.
This helper works for IPv4 and IPv6, TCP and UDP
sockets. The domain (_addr_**->sa_family**) must be
**AF_INET** (or **AF_INET6**). It's advised to pass zero
port (**sin_port** or **sin6_port**) which triggers
IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT-like behavior and lets the
kernel efficiently pick up an unused port as long as
4-tuple is unique. Passing non-zero port might lead
to degraded performance.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_xdp_adjust_tail(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**, int** _delta_**)**
**Description**
Adjust (move) _xdpmd_**->data_end** by _delta_ bytes. It is
possible to both shrink and grow the packet tail.
Shrink done via _delta_ being a negative integer.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_get_xfrm_state(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _index_**, struct**
**bpf_xfrm_state ***_xfrmstate_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve the XFRM state (IP transform framework, see
also [ip-xfrm(8)](../man8/ip-xfrm.8.html)) at _index_ in XFRM "security path"
for _skb_.
The retrieved value is stored in the **struct**
**bpf_xfrm_state** pointed by _xfrmstate_ and of length
_size_.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with **CONFIG_XFRM** configuration option.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_get_stack(void ***_ctx_**, void ***_buf_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Return a user or a kernel stack in bpf program
provided buffer. To achieve this, the helper needs
_ctx_, which is a pointer to the context on which the
tracing program is executed. To store the
stacktrace, the bpf program provides _buf_ with a
nonnegative _size_.
The last argument, _flags_, holds the number of stack
frames to skip (from 0 to 255), masked with
**BPF_F_SKIP_FIELD_MASK**. The next bits can be used to
set the following flags:
**BPF_F_USER_STACK**
Collect a user space stack instead of a
kernel stack.
**BPF_F_USER_BUILD_ID**
Collect (build_id, file_offset) instead of
ips for user stack, only valid if
**BPF_F_USER_STACK** is also specified.
_fileoffset_ is an offset relative to the
beginning of the executable or shared object
file backing the vma which the _ip_ falls in.
It is _not_ an offset relative to that object's
base address. Accordingly, it must be
adjusted by adding (sh_addr - sh_offset),
where sh_{addr,offset} correspond to the
executable section containing _fileoffset_ in
the object, for comparisons to symbols'
st_value to be valid.
**bpf_get_stack**() can collect up to
**PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH** both kernel and user frames,
subject to sufficient large buffer size. Note that
this limit can be controlled with the **sysctl**
program, and that it should be manually increased in
order to profile long user stacks (such as stacks
for Java programs). To do so, use:
# sysctl kernel.perf_event_max_stack=<new value>
**Return** The non-negative copied _buf_ length equal to or less
than _size_ on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_skb_load_bytes_relative(const void ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, void**
*****_to_**, u32** _len_**, u32** _startheader_**)**
**Description**
This helper is similar to **bpf_skb_load_bytes**() in
that it provides an easy way to load _len_ bytes from
_offset_ from the packet associated to _skb_, into the
buffer pointed by _to_. The difference to
**bpf_skb_load_bytes**() is that a fifth argument
_startheader_ exists in order to select a base offset
to start from. _startheader_ can be one of:
**BPF_HDR_START_MAC**
Base offset to load data from is _skb_'s mac
header.
**BPF_HDR_START_NET**
Base offset to load data from is _skb_'s
network header.
In general, "direct packet access" is the preferred
method to access packet data, however, this helper
is in particular useful in socket filters where
_skb_**->data** does not always point to the start of the
mac header and where "direct packet access" is not
available.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_fib_lookup(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_fib_lookup ***_params_**, int**
_plen_**, u32** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Do FIB lookup in kernel tables using parameters in
_params_. If lookup is successful and result shows
packet is to be forwarded, the neighbor tables are
searched for the nexthop. If successful (ie., FIB
lookup shows forwarding and nexthop is resolved),
the nexthop address is returned in ipv4_dst or
ipv6_dst based on family, smac is set to mac address
of egress device, dmac is set to nexthop mac
address, rt_metric is set to metric from route
(IPv4/IPv6 only), and ifindex is set to the device
index of the nexthop from the FIB lookup.
_plen_ argument is the size of the passed in struct.
_flags_ argument can be a combination of one or more
of the following values:
**BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_DIRECT**
Do a direct table lookup vs full lookup using
FIB rules.
**BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_TBID**
Used with BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_DIRECT. Use the
routing table ID present in _params_->tbid for
the fib lookup.
**BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_OUTPUT**
Perform lookup from an egress perspective
(default is ingress).
**BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_SKIP_NEIGH**
Skip the neighbour table lookup. _params_->dmac
and _params_->smac will not be set as output. A
common use case is to call
**bpf_redirect_neigh**() after doing
**bpf_fib_lookup**().
**BPF_FIB_LOOKUP_SRC**
Derive and set source IP addr in
_params_->ipv{4,6}_src for the nexthop. If the
src addr cannot be derived,
**BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_NO_SRC_ADDR** is returned. In
this case, _params_->dmac and _params_->smac are
not set either.
_ctx_ is either **struct xdp_md** for XDP programs or
**struct sk_buff** tc cls_act programs.
**Return**
• < 0 if any input argument is invalid
• 0 on success (packet is forwarded, nexthop
neighbor exists)
• > 0 one of **BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_** codes explaining why
the packet is not forwarded or needs assist from
full stack
If lookup fails with BPF_FIB_LKUP_RET_FRAG_NEEDED,
then the MTU was exceeded and output
params->mtu_result contains the MTU.
**long bpf_sock_hash_update(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_skops_**, struct**
**bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Add an entry to, or update a sockhash _map_
referencing sockets. The _skops_ is used as a new
value for the entry associated to _key_. _flags_ is one
of:
**BPF_NOEXIST**
The entry for _key_ must not exist in the map.
**BPF_EXIST**
The entry for _key_ must already exist in the
map.
**BPF_ANY**
No condition on the existence of the entry
for _key_.
If the _map_ has eBPF programs (parser and verdict),
those will be inherited by the socket being added.
If the socket is already attached to eBPF programs,
this results in an error.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_msg_redirect_hash(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, struct bpf_map**
*****_map_**, void ***_key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing
policies at the socket level. If the message _msg_ is
allowed to pass (i.e. if the verdict eBPF program
returns **SK_PASS**), redirect it to the socket
referenced by _map_ (of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH**)
using hash _key_. Both ingress and egress interfaces
can be used for redirection. The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value
in _flags_ is used to make the distinction (ingress
path is selected if the flag is present, egress path
otherwise). This is the only flag supported for now.
**Return SK_PASS** on success, or **SK_DROP** on error.
**long bpf_sk_redirect_hash(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, struct bpf_map**
*****_map_**, void ***_key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing
policies at the skb socket level. If the sk_buff _skb_
is allowed to pass (i.e. if the verdict eBPF
program returns **SK_PASS**), redirect it to the socket
referenced by _map_ (of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH**)
using hash _key_. Both ingress and egress interfaces
can be used for redirection. The **BPF_F_INGRESS** value
in _flags_ is used to make the distinction (ingress
path is selected if the flag is present, egress
otherwise). This is the only flag supported for now.
**Return SK_PASS** on success, or **SK_DROP** on error.
**long bpf_lwt_push_encap(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _type_**, void ***_hdr_**,**
**u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Encapsulate the packet associated to _skb_ within a
Layer 3 protocol header. This header is provided in
the buffer at address _hdr_, with _len_ its size in
bytes. _type_ indicates the protocol of the header and
can be one of:
**BPF_LWT_ENCAP_SEG6**
IPv6 encapsulation with Segment Routing
Header (**struct ipv6_sr_hdr**). _hdr_ only
contains the SRH, the IPv6 header is computed
by the kernel.
**BPF_LWT_ENCAP_SEG6_INLINE**
Only works if _skb_ contains an IPv6 packet.
Insert a Segment Routing Header (**struct**
**ipv6_sr_hdr**) inside the IPv6 header.
**BPF_LWT_ENCAP_IP**
IP encapsulation (GRE/GUE/IPIP/etc). The
outer header must be IPv4 or IPv6, followed
by zero or more additional headers, up to
**LWT_BPF_MAX_HEADROOM** total bytes in all
prepended headers. Please note that if
**skb_is_gso**(_skb_) is true, no more than two
headers can be prepended, and the inner
header, if present, should be either GRE or
UDP/GUE.
**BPF_LWT_ENCAP_SEG6*** types can be called by BPF
programs of type **BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_IN**;
**BPF_LWT_ENCAP_IP** type can be called by bpf programs
of types **BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_IN** and
**BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_XMIT**.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_lwt_seg6_store_bytes(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**,**
**const void ***_from_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Store _len_ bytes from address _from_ into the packet
associated to _skb_, at _offset_. Only the flags, tag
and TLVs inside the outermost IPv6 Segment Routing
Header can be modified through this helper.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_lwt_seg6_adjust_srh(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _offset_**, s32**
_delta_**)**
**Description**
Adjust the size allocated to TLVs in the outermost
IPv6 Segment Routing Header contained in the packet
associated to _skb_, at position _offset_ by _delta_
bytes. Only offsets after the segments are accepted.
_delta_ can be as well positive (growing) as negative
(shrinking).
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_lwt_seg6_action(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u32** _action_**, void**
*****_param_**, u32** _paramlen_**)**
**Description**
Apply an IPv6 Segment Routing action of type _action_
to the packet associated to _skb_. Each action takes a
parameter contained at address _param_, and of length
_paramlen_ bytes. _action_ can be one of:
**SEG6_LOCAL_ACTION_END_X**
End.X action: Endpoint with Layer-3
cross-connect. Type of _param_: **struct**
**in6_addr**.
**SEG6_LOCAL_ACTION_END_T**
End.T action: Endpoint with specific IPv6
table lookup. Type of _param_: **int**.
**SEG6_LOCAL_ACTION_END_B6**
End.B6 action: Endpoint bound to an SRv6
policy. Type of _param_: **struct ipv6_sr_hdr**.
**SEG6_LOCAL_ACTION_END_B6_ENCAP**
End.B6.Encap action: Endpoint bound to an
SRv6 encapsulation policy. Type of _param_:
**struct ipv6_sr_hdr**.
A call to this helper is susceptible to change the
underlying packet buffer. Therefore, at load time,
all checks on pointers previously done by the
verifier are invalidated and must be performed
again, if the helper is used in combination with
direct packet access.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_rc_repeat(void ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing IR
decoding, to report a successfully decoded repeat
key message. This delays the generation of a key up
event for previously generated key down event.
Some IR protocols like NEC have a special IR message
for repeating last button, for when a button is held
down.
The _ctx_ should point to the lirc sample as passed
into the program.
This helper is only available is the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_BPF_LIRC_MODE2**
configuration option set to "**y**".
**Return** 0
**long bpf_rc_keydown(void ***_ctx_**, u32** _protocol_**, u64** _scancode_**, u32**
_toggle_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing IR
decoding, to report a successfully decoded key press
with _scancode_, _toggle_ value in the given _protocol_.
The scancode will be translated to a keycode using
the rc keymap, and reported as an input key down
event. After a period a key up event is generated.
This period can be extended by calling either
**bpf_rc_keydown**() again with the same values, or
calling **bpf_rc_repeat**().
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 the program.
The _protocol_ is the decoded protocol number (see
**enum rc_proto** for some predefined values).
This helper is only available is the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_BPF_LIRC_MODE2**
configuration option set to "**y**".
**Return** 0
**u64 bpf_skb_cgroup_id(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Return the cgroup v2 id of the socket associated
with the _skb_. This is roughly similar to the
**bpf_get_cgroup_classid**() helper for cgroup v1 by
providing a tag resp. identifier that can be matched
on or used for map lookups e.g. to implement policy.
The cgroup v2 id of a given path in the hierarchy is
exposed in user space through the f_handle API in
order to get to the same 64-bit id.
This helper can be used on TC egress path, but not
on ingress, and is available only if the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_SOCK_CGROUP_DATA**
configuration option.
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**u64 bpf_get_current_cgroup_id(void)**
**Description**
Get the current cgroup id based on the cgroup within
which the current task is running.
**Return** A 64-bit integer containing the current cgroup id
based on the cgroup within which the current task is
running.
**void *bpf_get_local_storage(void ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get the pointer to the local storage area. The type
and the size of the local storage is defined by the
_map_ argument. The _flags_ meaning is specific for
each map type, and has to be 0 for cgroup local
storage.
Depending on the BPF program type, a local storage
area can be shared between multiple instances of the
BPF program, running simultaneously.
A user should care about the synchronization by
himself. For example, by using the **BPF_ATOMIC**
instructions to alter the shared data.
**Return** A pointer to the local storage area.
**long bpf_sk_select_reuseport(struct sk_reuseport_md ***_reuse_**, struct**
**bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_key_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Select a **SO_REUSEPORT** socket from a
**BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY** _map_. It checks the
selected socket is matching the incoming request in
the socket buffer.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u64 bpf_skb_ancestor_cgroup_id(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, int**
_ancestorlevel_**)**
**Description**
Return id of cgroup v2 that is ancestor of cgroup
associated with the _skb_ at the _ancestorlevel_. The
root cgroup is at _ancestorlevel_ zero and each step
down the hierarchy increments the level. If
_ancestorlevel_ == level of cgroup associated with
_skb_, then return value will be same as that of
**bpf_skb_cgroup_id**().
The helper is useful to implement policies based on
cgroups that are upper in hierarchy than immediate
cgroup associated with _skb_.
The format of returned id and helper limitations are
same as in **bpf_skb_cgroup_id**().
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**struct bpf_sock *bpf_sk_lookup_tcp(void ***_ctx_**, struct**
**bpf_sock_tuple ***_tuple_**, u32** _tuplesize_**, u64** _netns_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Look for TCP socket matching _tuple_, optionally in a
child network namespace _netns_. The return value must
be checked, and if non-**NULL**, released via
**bpf_sk_release**().
The _ctx_ should point to the context of the program,
such as the skb or socket (depending on the hook in
use). This is used to determine the base network
namespace for the lookup.
_tuplesize_ must be one of:
**sizeof(**_tuple_**->ipv4)**
Look for an IPv4 socket.
**sizeof(**_tuple_**->ipv6)**
Look for an IPv6 socket.
If the _netns_ is a negative signed 32-bit integer,
then the socket lookup table in the netns associated
with the _ctx_ will be used. For the TC hooks, this is
the netns of the device in the skb. For socket
hooks, this is the netns of the socket. If _netns_ is
any other signed 32-bit value greater than or equal
to zero then it specifies the ID of the netns
relative to the netns associated with the _ctx_. _netns_
values beyond the range of 32-bit integers are
reserved for future use.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with **CONFIG_NET** configuration option.
**Return** Pointer to **struct bpf_sock**, or **NULL** in case of
failure. For sockets with reuseport option, the
**struct bpf_sock** result is from _reuse_**->socks**[] using
the hash of the tuple.
**struct bpf_sock *bpf_sk_lookup_udp(void ***_ctx_**, struct**
**bpf_sock_tuple ***_tuple_**, u32** _tuplesize_**, u64** _netns_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Look for UDP socket matching _tuple_, optionally in a
child network namespace _netns_. The return value must
be checked, and if non-**NULL**, released via
**bpf_sk_release**().
The _ctx_ should point to the context of the program,
such as the skb or socket (depending on the hook in
use). This is used to determine the base network
namespace for the lookup.
_tuplesize_ must be one of:
**sizeof(**_tuple_**->ipv4)**
Look for an IPv4 socket.
**sizeof(**_tuple_**->ipv6)**
Look for an IPv6 socket.
If the _netns_ is a negative signed 32-bit integer,
then the socket lookup table in the netns associated
with the _ctx_ will be used. For the TC hooks, this is
the netns of the device in the skb. For socket
hooks, this is the netns of the socket. If _netns_ is
any other signed 32-bit value greater than or equal
to zero then it specifies the ID of the netns
relative to the netns associated with the _ctx_. _netns_
values beyond the range of 32-bit integers are
reserved for future use.
All values for _flags_ are reserved for future usage,
and must be left at zero.
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with **CONFIG_NET** configuration option.
**Return** Pointer to **struct bpf_sock**, or **NULL** in case of
failure. For sockets with reuseport option, the
**struct bpf_sock** result is from _reuse_**->socks**[] using
the hash of the tuple.
**long bpf_sk_release(void ***_sock_**)**
**Description**
Release the reference held by _sock_. _sock_ must be a
non-**NULL** pointer that was returned from
**bpf_sk_lookup_xxx**().
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_map_push_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, const void ***_value_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Push an element _value_ in _map_. _flags_ is one of:
**BPF_EXIST**
If the queue/stack is full, the oldest
element is removed to make room for this.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_map_pop_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_value_**)**
**Description**
Pop an element from _map_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_map_peek_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_value_**)**
**Description**
Get an element from _map_ without removing it.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_msg_push_data(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, u32** _start_**, u32**
_len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
For socket policies, insert _len_ bytes into _msg_ at
offset _start_.
If a program of type **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG** is run on
a _msg_ it may want to insert metadata or options into
the _msg_. This can later be read and used by any of
the lower layer BPF hooks.
This helper may fail if under memory pressure (a
malloc fails) in these cases BPF programs will get
an appropriate error and BPF programs will need to
handle them.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_msg_pop_data(struct sk_msg_buff ***_msg_**, u32** _start_**, u32** _len_**,**
**u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Will remove _len_ bytes from a _msg_ starting at byte
_start_. This may result in **ENOMEM** errors under
certain situations if an allocation and copy are
required due to a full ring buffer. However, the
helper will try to avoid doing the allocation if
possible. Other errors can occur if input parameters
are invalid either due to _start_ byte not being valid
part of _msg_ payload and/or _pop_ value being to large.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_rc_pointer_rel(void ***_ctx_**, s32** _relx_**, s32** _rely_**)**
**Description**
This helper is used in programs implementing IR
decoding, to report a successfully decoded pointer
movement.
The _ctx_ should point to the lirc sample as passed
into the program.
This helper is only available is the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_BPF_LIRC_MODE2**
configuration option set to "**y**".
**Return** 0
**long bpf_spin_lock(struct bpf_spin_lock ***_lock_**)**
**Description**
Acquire a spinlock represented by the pointer _lock_,
which is stored as part of a value of a map. Taking
the lock allows to safely update the rest of the
fields in that value. The spinlock can (and must)
later be released with a call to
**bpf_spin_unlock**(_lock_).
Spinlocks in BPF programs come with a number of
restrictions and constraints:
• **bpf_spin_lock** objects are only allowed inside maps
of types **BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH** and **BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY**
(this list could be extended in the future).
• BTF description of the map is mandatory.
• The BPF program can take ONE lock at a time, since
taking two or more could cause dead locks.
• Only one **struct bpf_spin_lock** is allowed per map
element.
• When the lock is taken, calls (either BPF to BPF
or helpers) are not allowed.
• The **BPF_LD_ABS** and **BPF_LD_IND** instructions are not
allowed inside a spinlock-ed region.
• The BPF program MUST call **bpf_spin_unlock**() to
release the lock, on all execution paths, before
it returns.
• The BPF program can access **struct bpf_spin_lock**
only via the **bpf_spin_lock**() and **bpf_spin_unlock**()
helpers. Loading or storing data into the **struct**
**bpf_spin_lock** _lock_**;** field of a map is not allowed.
• To use the **bpf_spin_lock**() helper, the BTF
description of the map value must be a struct and
have **struct bpf_spin_lock** _anyname_**;** field at the
top level. Nested lock inside another struct is
not allowed.
• The **struct bpf_spin_lock** _lock_ field in a map value
must be aligned on a multiple of 4 bytes in that
value.
• Syscall with command **BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM** does not
copy the **bpf_spin_lock** field to user space.
• Syscall with command **BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM**, or
update from a BPF program, do not update the
**bpf_spin_lock** field.
• **bpf_spin_lock** cannot be on the stack or inside a
networking packet (it can only be inside of a map
values).
• **bpf_spin_lock** is available to root only.
• Tracing programs and socket filter programs cannot
use **bpf_spin_lock**() due to insufficient preemption
checks (but this may change in the future).
• **bpf_spin_lock** is not allowed in inner maps of
map-in-map.
**Return** 0
**long bpf_spin_unlock(struct bpf_spin_lock ***_lock_**)**
**Description**
Release the _lock_ previously locked by a call to
**bpf_spin_lock**(_lock_).
**Return** 0
**struct bpf_sock *bpf_sk_fullsock(struct bpf_sock ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
This helper gets a **struct bpf_sock** pointer such that
all the fields in this **bpf_sock** can be accessed.
**Return** A **struct bpf_sock** pointer on success, or **NULL** in
case of failure.
**struct bpf_tcp_sock *bpf_tcp_sock(struct bpf_sock ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
This helper gets a **struct bpf_tcp_sock** pointer from
a **struct bpf_sock** pointer.
**Return** A **struct bpf_tcp_sock** pointer on success, or **NULL** in
case of failure.
**long bpf_skb_ecn_set_ce(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
Set ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) field of
IP header to **CE** (Congestion Encountered) if current
value is **ECT** (ECN Capable Transport). Otherwise, do
nothing. Works with IPv6 and IPv4.
**Return** 1 if the **CE** flag is set (either by the current
helper call or because it was already present), 0 if
it is not set.
**struct bpf_sock *bpf_get_listener_sock(struct bpf_sock ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Return a **struct bpf_sock** pointer in **TCP_LISTEN**
state. **bpf_sk_release**() is unnecessary and not
allowed.
**Return** A **struct bpf_sock** pointer on success, or **NULL** in
case of failure.
**struct bpf_sock *bpf_skc_lookup_tcp(void ***_ctx_**, struct**
**bpf_sock_tuple ***_tuple_**, u32** _tuplesize_**, u64** _netns_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Look for TCP socket matching _tuple_, optionally in a
child network namespace _netns_. The return value must
be checked, and if non-**NULL**, released via
**bpf_sk_release**().
This function is identical to **bpf_sk_lookup_tcp**(),
except that it also returns timewait or request
sockets. Use **bpf_sk_fullsock**() or **bpf_tcp_sock**() to
access the full structure.
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with **CONFIG_NET** configuration option.
**Return** Pointer to **struct bpf_sock**, or **NULL** in case of
failure. For sockets with reuseport option, the
**struct bpf_sock** result is from _reuse_**->socks**[] using
the hash of the tuple.
**long bpf_tcp_check_syncookie(void ***_sk_**, void ***_iph_**, u32** _iphlen_**,**
**struct tcphdr ***_th_**, u32** _thlen_**)**
**Description**
Check whether _iph_ and _th_ contain a valid SYN cookie
ACK for the listening socket in _sk_.
_iph_ points to the start of the IPv4 or IPv6 header,
while _iphlen_ contains **sizeof**(**struct iphdr**) or
**sizeof**(**struct ipv6hdr**).
_th_ points to the start of the TCP header, while
_thlen_ contains the length of the TCP header (at
least **sizeof**(**struct tcphdr**)).
**Return** 0 if _iph_ and _th_ are a valid SYN cookie ACK, or a
negative error otherwise.
**long bpf_sysctl_get_name(struct bpf_sysctl ***_ctx_**, char ***_buf_**, size_t**
_buflen_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get name of sysctl in /proc/sys/ and copy it into
provided by program buffer _buf_ of size _buflen_.
The buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's
zero-sized.
If _flags_ is zero, full name (e.g.
"net/ipv4/tcp_mem") is copied. Use
**BPF_F_SYSCTL_BASE_NAME** flag to copy base name only
(e.g. "tcp_mem").
**Return** Number of character copied (not including the
trailing NUL).
**-E2BIG** if the buffer wasn't big enough (_buf_ will
contain truncated name in this case).
**long bpf_sysctl_get_current_value(struct bpf_sysctl ***_ctx_**, char**
*****_buf_**, size_t** _buflen_**)**
**Description**
Get current value of sysctl as it is presented in
/proc/sys (incl. newline, etc), and copy it as a
string into provided by program buffer _buf_ of size
_buflen_.
The whole value is copied, no matter what file
position user space issued e.g. sys_read at.
The buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's
zero-sized.
**Return** Number of character copied (not including the
trailing NUL).
**-E2BIG** if the buffer wasn't big enough (_buf_ will
contain truncated name in this case).
**-EINVAL** if current value was unavailable, e.g.
because sysctl is uninitialized and read returns
-EIO for it.
**long bpf_sysctl_get_new_value(struct bpf_sysctl ***_ctx_**, char ***_buf_**,**
**size_t** _buflen_**)**
**Description**
Get new value being written by user space to sysctl
(before the actual write happens) and copy it as a
string into provided by program buffer _buf_ of size
_buflen_.
User space may write new value at file position > 0.
The buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's
zero-sized.
**Return** Number of character copied (not including the
trailing NUL).
**-E2BIG** if the buffer wasn't big enough (_buf_ will
contain truncated name in this case).
**-EINVAL** if sysctl is being read.
**long bpf_sysctl_set_new_value(struct bpf_sysctl ***_ctx_**, const char**
*****_buf_**, size_t** _buflen_**)**
**Description**
Override new value being written by user space to
sysctl with value provided by program in buffer _buf_
of size _buflen_.
_buf_ should contain a string in same form as provided
by user space on sysctl write.
User space may write new value at file position > 0.
To override the whole sysctl value file position
should be set to zero.
**Return** 0 on success.
**-E2BIG** if the _buflen_ is too big.
**-EINVAL** if sysctl is being read.
**long bpf_strtol(const char ***_buf_**, size_t** _buflen_**, u64** _flags_**, long**
*****_res_**)**
**Description**
Convert the initial part of the string from buffer
_buf_ of size _buflen_ to a long integer according to
the given base and save the result in _res_.
The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of
white space (as determined by [isspace(3)](../man3/isspace.3.html)) followed
by a single optional '**-**' sign.
Five least significant bits of _flags_ encode base,
other bits are currently unused.
Base must be either 8, 10, 16 or 0 to detect it
automatically similar to user space [strtol(3)](../man3/strtol.3.html).
**Return** Number of characters consumed on success. Must be
positive but no more than _buflen_.
**-EINVAL** if no valid digits were found or unsupported
base was provided.
**-ERANGE** if resulting value was out of range.
**long bpf_strtoul(const char ***_buf_**, size_t** _buflen_**, u64** _flags_**,**
**unsigned long ***_res_**)**
**Description**
Convert the initial part of the string from buffer
_buf_ of size _buflen_ to an unsigned long integer
according to the given base and save the result in
_res_.
The string may begin with an arbitrary amount of
white space (as determined by [isspace(3)](../man3/isspace.3.html)).
Five least significant bits of _flags_ encode base,
other bits are currently unused.
Base must be either 8, 10, 16 or 0 to detect it
automatically similar to user space [strtoul(3)](../man3/strtoul.3.html).
**Return** Number of characters consumed on success. Must be
positive but no more than _buflen_.
**-EINVAL** if no valid digits were found or unsupported
base was provided.
**-ERANGE** if resulting value was out of range.
**void *bpf_sk_storage_get(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_sk_**, void**
*****_value_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get a bpf-local-storage from a _sk_.
Logically, it could be thought of getting the value
from a _map_ with _sk_ as the **key**. From this
perspective, the usage is not much different from
**bpf_map_lookup_elem**(_map_, **&**_sk_) except this helper
enforces the key must be a full socket and the map
must be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_SK_STORAGE** also.
Underneath, the value is stored locally at _sk_
instead of the _map_. The _map_ is used as the
bpf-local-storage "type". The bpf-local-storage
"type" (i.e. the _map_) is searched against all
bpf-local-storages residing at _sk_.
_sk_ is a kernel **struct sock** pointer for LSM program.
_sk_ is a **struct bpf_sock** pointer for other program
types.
An optional _flags_ (**BPF_SK_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE**) can
be used such that a new bpf-local-storage will be
created if one does not exist. _value_ can be used
together with **BPF_SK_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE** to specify
the initial value of a bpf-local-storage. If _value_
is **NULL**, the new bpf-local-storage will be zero
initialized.
**Return** A bpf-local-storage pointer is returned on success.
**NULL** if not found or there was an error in adding a
new bpf-local-storage.
**long bpf_sk_storage_delete(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Delete a bpf-local-storage from a _sk_.
**Return** 0 on success.
**-ENOENT** if the bpf-local-storage cannot be found.
**-EINVAL** if sk is not a fullsock (e.g. a
request_sock).
**long bpf_send_signal(u32** _sig_**)**
**Description**
Send signal _sig_ to the process of the current task.
The signal may be delivered to any of this process's
threads.
**Return** 0 on success or successfully queued.
**-EBUSY** if work queue under nmi is full.
**-EINVAL** if _sig_ is invalid.
**-EPERM** if no permission to send the _sig_.
**-EAGAIN** if bpf program can try again.
**s64 bpf_tcp_gen_syncookie(void ***_sk_**, void ***_iph_**, u32** _iphlen_**, struct**
**tcphdr ***_th_**, u32** _thlen_**)**
**Description**
Try to issue a SYN cookie for the packet with
corresponding IP/TCP headers, _iph_ and _th_, on the
listening socket in _sk_.
_iph_ points to the start of the IPv4 or IPv6 header,
while _iphlen_ contains **sizeof**(**struct iphdr**) or
**sizeof**(**struct ipv6hdr**).
_th_ points to the start of the TCP header, while
_thlen_ contains the length of the TCP header with
options (at least **sizeof**(**struct tcphdr**)).
**Return** On success, lower 32 bits hold the generated SYN
cookie in followed by 16 bits which hold the MSS
value for that cookie, and the top 16 bits are
unused.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EINVAL** SYN cookie cannot be issued due to error
**-ENOENT** SYN cookie should not be issued (no SYN
flood)
**-EOPNOTSUPP** kernel configuration does not enable SYN
cookies
**-EPROTONOSUPPORT** IP packet version is not 4 or 6
**long bpf_skb_output(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**,**
**void ***_data_**, u64** _size_**)**
**Description**
Write raw _data_ blob into a special BPF perf event
held by _map_ of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY**.
This perf event must have the following attributes:
**PERF_SAMPLE_RAW** as **sample_type**, **PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE**
as **type**, and **PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT** as **config**.
The _flags_ are used to indicate the index in _map_ for
which the value must be put, masked with
**BPF_F_INDEX_MASK**. Alternatively, _flags_ can be set
to **BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU** to indicate that the index of
the current CPU core should be used.
The value to write, of _size_, is passed through eBPF
stack and pointed by _data_.
_ctx_ is a pointer to in-kernel struct sk_buff.
This helper is similar to **bpf_perf_event_output**()
but restricted to raw_tracepoint bpf programs.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_probe_read_user(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
Safely attempt to read _size_ bytes from user space
address _unsafeptr_ and store the data in _dst_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_probe_read_kernel(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
Safely attempt to read _size_ bytes from kernel space
address _unsafeptr_ and store the data in _dst_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_probe_read_user_str(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
Copy a NUL terminated string from an unsafe user
address _unsafeptr_ to _dst_. The _size_ should include
the terminating NUL byte. In case the string length
is smaller than _size_, the target is not padded with
further NUL bytes. If the string length is larger
than _size_, just _size_-1 bytes are copied and the last
byte is set to NUL.
On success, returns the number of bytes that were
written, including the terminal NUL. This makes this
helper useful in tracing programs for reading
strings, and more importantly to get its length at
runtime. See the following snippet:
SEC("kprobe/sys_open")
void bpf_sys_open(struct pt_regs *ctx)
{
char buf[PATHLEN]; // PATHLEN is defined to 256
int res = bpf_probe_read_user_str(buf, sizeof(buf),
ctx->di);
// Consume buf, for example push it to
// userspace via bpf_perf_event_output(); we
// can use res (the string length) as event
// size, after checking its boundaries.
}
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.
Another useful use case is when parsing individual
process arguments or individual environment
variables navigating _current_**->mm->arg_start** and
_current_**->mm->env_start**: using this helper and the
return value, one can quickly iterate at the right
offset of the memory area.
**Return** On success, the strictly positive length of the
output string, including the trailing NUL character.
On error, a negative value.
**long bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_unsafeptr_**)**
**Description**
Copy a NUL terminated string from an unsafe kernel
address _unsafeptr_ to _dst_. Same semantics as with
**bpf_probe_read_user_str**() apply.
**Return** On success, the strictly positive length of the
string, including the trailing NUL character. On
error, a negative value.
**long bpf_tcp_send_ack(void ***_tp_**, u32** _rcvnxt_**)**
**Description**
Send out a tcp-ack. _tp_ is the in-kernel struct
**tcp_sock**. _rcvnxt_ is the ack_seq to be sent out.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_send_signal_thread(u32** _sig_**)**
**Description**
Send signal _sig_ to the thread corresponding to the
current task.
**Return** 0 on success or successfully queued.
**-EBUSY** if work queue under nmi is full.
**-EINVAL** if _sig_ is invalid.
**-EPERM** if no permission to send the _sig_.
**-EAGAIN** if bpf program can try again.
**u64 bpf_jiffies64(void)**
**Description**
Obtain the 64bit jiffies
**Return** The 64 bit jiffies
**long 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 _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 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**).
**-ENOENT** if architecture does not support branch
records.
**long bpf_get_ns_current_pid_tgid(u64** _dev_**, u64** _ino_**, struct**
**bpf_pidns_info ***_nsdata_**, u32** _size_**)**
**Description**
Returns 0 on success, values for _pid_ and _tgid_ as
seen from the current _namespace_ will be returned in
_nsdata_.
**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.
**-ENOENT** if pidns does not exists for the current
task.
**long bpf_xdp_output(void ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**, u64** _flags_**,**
**void ***_data_**, u64** _size_**)**
**Description**
Write raw _data_ blob into a special BPF perf event
held by _map_ of type **BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY**.
This perf event must have the following attributes:
**PERF_SAMPLE_RAW** as **sample_type**, **PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE**
as **type**, and **PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT** as **config**.
The _flags_ are used to indicate the index in _map_ for
which the value must be put, masked with
**BPF_F_INDEX_MASK**. Alternatively, _flags_ can be set
to **BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU** to indicate that the index of
the current CPU core should be used.
The value to write, of _size_, is passed through eBPF
stack and pointed by _data_.
_ctx_ is a pointer to in-kernel struct xdp_buff.
This helper is similar to **bpf_perf_eventoutput**() but
restricted to raw_tracepoint bpf programs.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u64 bpf_get_netns_cookie(void ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Retrieve the cookie (generated by the kernel) of the
network namespace the input _ctx_ is associated with.
The network namespace cookie remains stable for its
lifetime and provides 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.
**Return** A 8-byte long opaque number.
**u64 bpf_get_current_ancestor_cgroup_id(int** _ancestorlevel_**)**
**Description**
Return id of cgroup v2 that is ancestor of the
cgroup associated with the current task at the
_ancestorlevel_. The root cgroup is at _ancestorlevel_
zero and each step down the hierarchy increments the
level. If _ancestorlevel_ == level of cgroup
associated with the current task, then return value
will be the same as that of
**bpf_get_current_cgroup_id**().
The helper is useful to implement policies based on
cgroups that are upper in hierarchy than immediate
cgroup associated with the current task.
The format of returned id and helper limitations are
same as in **bpf_get_current_cgroup_id**().
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**long bpf_sk_assign(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, void ***_sk_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Helper is overloaded depending on BPF program type.
This description applies to **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS**
and **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT** programs.
Assign the _sk_ to the _skb_. When combined with
appropriate routing configuration to receive the
packet towards the socket, will cause _skb_ to be
delivered to the specified socket. Subsequent
redirection of _skb_ via **bpf_redirect**(),
**bpf_clone_redirect**() or other methods outside of BPF
may interfere with successful delivery to the
socket.
This operation is only valid from TC ingress path.
The _flags_ argument must be zero.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure:
**-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.
**long bpf_sk_assign(struct bpf_sk_lookup ***_ctx_**, struct bpf_sock ***_sk_**,**
**u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Helper is overloaded depending on BPF program type.
This description applies to **BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP**
programs.
Select the _sk_ as a result of a socket lookup.
For the operation to succeed passed socket must be
compatible with the packet description provided by
the _ctx_ object.
L4 protocol (**IPPROTO_TCP** or **IPPROTO_UDP**) must be an
exact match. While IP family (**AF_INET** or **AF_INET6**)
must be compatible, that is IPv6 sockets that are
not v6-only can be selected for IPv4 packets.
Only TCP listeners and UDP unconnected sockets can
be selected. _sk_ can also be NULL to reset any
previous selection.
_flags_ argument can combination of following values:
• **BPF_SK_LOOKUP_F_REPLACE** to override the previous
socket selection, potentially done by a BPF
program that ran before us.
• **BPF_SK_LOOKUP_F_NO_REUSEPORT** to skip
load-balancing within reuseport group for the
socket being selected.
On success _ctx->sk_ will point to the selected
socket.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative errno in case of
failure.
• **-EAFNOSUPPORT** if socket family (_sk->family_) is not
compatible with packet family (_ctx->family_).
• **-EEXIST** if socket has been already selected,
potentially by another program, and
**BPF_SK_LOOKUP_F_REPLACE** flag was not specified.
• **-EINVAL** if unsupported flags were specified.
• **-EPROTOTYPE** if socket L4 protocol (_sk->protocol_)
doesn't match packet protocol (_ctx->protocol_).
• **-ESOCKTNOSUPPORT** if socket is not in allowed state
(TCP listening or UDP unconnected).
**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**)
**Return** Current _ktime_.
**long bpf_seq_printf(struct seq_file ***_m_**, const char ***_fmt_**, u32**
_fmtsize_**, const void ***_data_**, u32** _datalen_**)**
**Description**
**bpf_seq_printf**() uses seq_file **seq_printf**() to print
out the format string. The _m_ represents the
seq_file. The _fmt_ and _fmtsize_ are for the format
string itself. The _data_ and _datalen_ are 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 _datalen_ is the size of _data_ in
bytes - must be a multiple of 8.
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.
**Return** 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.
**-EOVERFLOW** if an overflow happened: The same object
will be tried again.
**long bpf_seq_write(struct seq_file ***_m_**, const void ***_data_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
**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.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure:
**-EOVERFLOW** if an overflow happened: The same object
will be tried again.
**u64 bpf_sk_cgroup_id(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Return the cgroup v2 id of the socket _sk_.
_sk_ must be a non-**NULL** pointer to a socket, e.g. one
returned from **bpf_sk_lookup_xxx**(),
**bpf_sk_fullsock**(), etc. The format of returned id is
same as in **bpf_skb_cgroup_id**().
This helper is available only if the kernel was
compiled with the **CONFIG_SOCK_CGROUP_DATA**
configuration option.
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**u64 bpf_sk_ancestor_cgroup_id(void ***_sk_**, int** _ancestorlevel_**)**
**Description**
Return id of cgroup v2 that is ancestor of cgroup
associated with the _sk_ at the _ancestorlevel_. The
root cgroup is at _ancestorlevel_ zero and each step
down the hierarchy increments the level. If
_ancestorlevel_ == level of cgroup associated with
_sk_, then return value will be same as that of
**bpf_sk_cgroup_id**().
The helper is useful to implement policies based on
cgroups that are upper in hierarchy than immediate
cgroup associated with _sk_.
The format of returned id and helper limitations are
same as in **bpf_sk_cgroup_id**().
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**long bpf_ringbuf_output(void ***_ringbuf_**, void ***_data_**, u64** _size_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Copy _size_ bytes from _data_ into a ring buffer
_ringbuf_. If **BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_,
no notification of new data availability is sent.
If **BPF_RB_FORCE_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_,
notification of new data availability is sent
unconditionally. If **0** is specified in _flags_, an
adaptive notification of new data availability is
sent.
An adaptive notification is a notification sent
whenever the user-space process has caught up and
consumed all available payloads. In case the
user-space process is still processing a previous
payload, then no notification is needed as it will
process the newly added payload automatically.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**void *bpf_ringbuf_reserve(void ***_ringbuf_**, u64** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Reserve _size_ bytes of payload in a ring buffer
_ringbuf_. _flags_ must be 0.
**Return** Valid pointer with _size_ bytes of memory available;
NULL, otherwise.
**void bpf_ringbuf_submit(void ***_data_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Submit reserved ring buffer sample, pointed to by
_data_. If **BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_, no
notification of new data availability is sent. If
**BPF_RB_FORCE_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_,
notification of new data availability is sent
unconditionally. If **0** is specified in _flags_, an
adaptive notification of new data availability is
sent.
See 'bpf_ringbuf_output()' for the definition of
adaptive notification.
**Return** Nothing. Always succeeds.
**void bpf_ringbuf_discard(void ***_data_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Discard reserved ring buffer sample, pointed to by
_data_. If **BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_, no
notification of new data availability is sent. If
**BPF_RB_FORCE_WAKEUP** is specified in _flags_,
notification of new data availability is sent
unconditionally. If **0** is specified in _flags_, an
adaptive notification of new data availability is
sent.
See 'bpf_ringbuf_output()' for the definition of
adaptive notification.
**Return** Nothing. Always succeeds.
**u64 bpf_ringbuf_query(void ***_ringbuf_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Query various characteristics of provided ring
buffer. What exactly is queries is determined by
_flags_:
• **BPF_RB_AVAIL_DATA**: Amount of data not yet
consumed.
• **BPF_RB_RING_SIZE**: The size of ring buffer.
• **BPF_RB_CONS_POS**: Consumer position (can wrap
around).
• **BPF_RB_PROD_POS**: Producer(s) position (can wrap
around).
Data returned is just a momentary snapshot of actual
values and could be inaccurate, so this facility
should be used to power heuristics and for
reporting, not to make 100% correct calculation.
**Return** Requested value, or 0, if _flags_ are not recognized.
**long bpf_csum_level(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u64** _level_**)**
**Description**
Change the skbs checksum level by one layer up or
down, or reset it entirely to none in order to have
the stack perform checksum validation. The level is
applicable to the following protocols: TCP, UDP,
GRE, SCTP, FCOE. For example, a decap of | ETH | IP
| UDP | GUE | IP | TCP | into | ETH | IP | TCP |
through **bpf_skb_adjust_room**() helper with passing in
**BPF_F_ADJ_ROOM_NO_CSUM_RESET** flag would require one
call to **bpf_csum_level**() with **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_DEC**
since the UDP header is removed. Similarly, an encap
of the latter into the former could be accompanied
by a helper call to **bpf_csum_level**() with
**BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_INC** if the skb is still intended to
be processed in higher layers of the stack instead
of just egressing at tc.
There are three supported level settings at this
time:
• **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_INC**: Increases skb->csum_level for
skbs with CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
• **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_DEC**: Decreases skb->csum_level for
skbs with CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
• **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_RESET**: Resets skb->csum_level to 0
and sets CHECKSUM_NONE to force checksum
validation by the stack.
• **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_QUERY**: No-op, returns the current
skb->csum_level.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure. In the case of **BPF_CSUM_LEVEL_QUERY**, the
current skb->csum_level is returned or the error
code -EACCES in case the skb is not subject to
CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
**struct tcp6_sock *bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _tcp6sock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**struct tcp_sock *bpf_skc_to_tcp_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _tcpsock_ pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**struct tcp_timewait_sock *bpf_skc_to_tcp_timewait_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _tcptimewaitsock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**struct tcp_request_sock *bpf_skc_to_tcp_request_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _tcprequestsock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**struct udp6_sock *bpf_skc_to_udp6_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _udp6sock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**long bpf_get_task_stack(struct task_struct ***_task_**, void ***_buf_**, u32**
_size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Return a user or a kernel stack in bpf program
provided buffer. Note: the user stack will only be
populated if the _task_ is the current task; all other
tasks will return -EOPNOTSUPP. To achieve this, the
helper needs _task_, which is a valid pointer to
**struct task_struct**. To store the stacktrace, the bpf
program provides _buf_ with a nonnegative _size_.
The last argument, _flags_, holds the number of stack
frames to skip (from 0 to 255), masked with
**BPF_F_SKIP_FIELD_MASK**. The next bits can be used to
set the following flags:
**BPF_F_USER_STACK**
Collect a user space stack instead of a
kernel stack. The _task_ must be the current
task.
**BPF_F_USER_BUILD_ID**
Collect buildid+offset instead of ips for
user stack, only valid if **BPF_F_USER_STACK** is
also specified.
**bpf_get_task_stack**() can collect up to
**PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH** both kernel and user frames,
subject to sufficient large buffer size. Note that
this limit can be controlled with the **sysctl**
program, and that it should be manually increased in
order to profile long user stacks (such as stacks
for Java programs). To do so, use:
# sysctl kernel.perf_event_max_stack=<new value>
**Return** The non-negative copied _buf_ length equal to or less
than _size_ on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_load_hdr_opt(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_skops_**, void**
*****_searchbyres_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Load header option. Support reading a particular
TCP header option for bpf program
(**BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS**).
If _flags_ is 0, it will search the option from the
_skops_**->skb_data**. The comment in **struct bpf_sock_ops**
has details on what skb_data contains under
different _skops_**->op**.
The first byte of the _searchbyres_ specifies the
kind that it wants to search.
If the searching kind is an experimental kind (i.e.
253 or 254 according to RFC6994). It also needs to
specify the "magic" which is either 2 bytes or 4
bytes. It then also needs to specify the size of
the magic by using the 2nd byte which is
"kind-length" of a TCP header option and the
"kind-length" also includes the first 2 bytes "kind"
and "kind-length" itself as a normal TCP header
option also does.
For example, to search experimental kind 254 with 2
byte magic 0xeB9F, the searchby_res should be [ 254,
4, 0xeB, 0x9F, 0, 0, .... 0 ].
To search for the standard window scale option (3),
the _searchbyres_ should be [ 3, 0, 0, .... 0 ].
Note, kind-length must be 0 for regular option.
Searching for No-Op (0) and End-of-Option-List (1)
are not supported.
_len_ must be at least 2 bytes which is the minimal
size of a header option.
Supported flags:
• **BPF_LOAD_HDR_OPT_TCP_SYN** to search from the
saved_syn packet or the just-received syn packet.
**Return** > 0 when found, the header option is copied to
_searchbyres_. The return value is the total length
copied. On failure, a negative error code is
returned:
**-EINVAL** if a parameter is invalid.
**-ENOMSG** if the option is not found.
**-ENOENT** if no syn packet is available when
**BPF_LOAD_HDR_OPT_TCP_SYN** is used.
**-ENOSPC** if there is not enough space. Only _len_
number of bytes are copied.
**-EFAULT** on failure to parse the header options in
the packet.
**-EPERM** if the helper cannot be used under the
current _skops_**->op**.
**long bpf_store_hdr_opt(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_skops_**, const void**
*****_from_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Store header option. The data will be copied from
buffer _from_ with length _len_ to the TCP header.
The buffer _from_ should have the whole option that
includes the kind, kind-length, and the actual
option data. The _len_ must be at least kind-length
long. The kind-length does not have to be 4 byte
aligned. The kernel will take care of the padding
and setting the 4 bytes aligned value to th->doff.
This helper will check for duplicated option by
searching the same option in the outgoing skb.
This helper can only be called during
**BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB**.
**Return** 0 on success, or negative error in case of failure:
**-EINVAL** If param is invalid.
**-ENOSPC** if there is not enough space in the header.
Nothing has been written
**-EEXIST** if the option already exists.
**-EFAULT** on failure to parse the existing header
options.
**-EPERM** if the helper cannot be used under the
current _skops_**->op**.
**long bpf_reserve_hdr_opt(struct bpf_sock_ops ***_skops_**, u32** _len_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Reserve _len_ bytes for the bpf header option. The
space will be used by **bpf_store_hdr_opt**() later in
**BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB**.
If **bpf_reserve_hdr_opt**() is called multiple times,
the total number of bytes will be reserved.
This helper can only be called during
**BPF_SOCK_OPS_HDR_OPT_LEN_CB**.
**Return** 0 on success, or negative error in case of failure:
**-EINVAL** if a parameter is invalid.
**-ENOSPC** if there is not enough space in the header.
**-EPERM** if the helper cannot be used under the
current _skops_**->op**.
**void *bpf_inode_storage_get(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_inode_**, void**
*****_value_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get a bpf_local_storage from an _inode_.
Logically, it could be thought of as getting the
value from a _map_ with _inode_ as the **key**. From this
perspective, the usage is not much different from
**bpf_map_lookup_elem**(_map_, **&**_inode_) except this helper
enforces the key must be an inode and the map must
also be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_INODE_STORAGE**.
Underneath, the value is stored locally at _inode_
instead of the _map_. The _map_ is used as the
bpf-local-storage "type". The bpf-local-storage
"type" (i.e. the _map_) is searched against all
bpf_local_storage residing at _inode_.
An optional _flags_ (**BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE**)
can be used such that a new bpf_local_storage will
be created if one does not exist. _value_ can be used
together with **BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE** to
specify the initial value of a bpf_local_storage.
If _value_ is **NULL**, the new bpf_local_storage will be
zero initialized.
**Return** A bpf_local_storage pointer is returned on success.
**NULL** if not found or there was an error in adding a
new bpf_local_storage.
**int bpf_inode_storage_delete(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_inode_**)**
**Description**
Delete a bpf_local_storage from an _inode_.
**Return** 0 on success.
**-ENOENT** if the bpf_local_storage cannot be found.
**long bpf_d_path(struct path ***_path_**, char ***_buf_**, u32** _sz_**)**
**Description**
Return full path for given **struct path** object, which
needs to be the kernel BTF _path_ object. The path is
returned in the provided buffer _buf_ of size _sz_ and
is zero terminated.
**Return** On success, the strictly positive length of the
string, including the trailing NUL character. On
error, a negative value.
**long bpf_copy_from_user(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void ***_userptr_**)**
**Description**
Read _size_ bytes from user space address _userptr_ and
store the data in _dst_. This is a wrapper of
**copy_from_user**().
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_snprintf_btf(char ***_str_**, u32** _strsize_**, struct btf_ptr**
*****_ptr_**, u32** _btfptrsize_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Use BTF to store a string representation of _ptr_->ptr
in _str_, using _ptr_->type_id. This value should
specify the type that _ptr_->ptr points to. LLVM
__builtin_btf_type_id(type, 1) can be used to look
up vmlinux BTF type ids. Traversing the data
structure using BTF, the type information and values
are stored in the first _strsize_ - 1 bytes of _str_.
Safe copy of the pointer data is carried out to
avoid kernel crashes during operation. Smaller
types can use string space on the stack; larger
programs can use map data to store the string
representation.
The string can be subsequently shared with userspace
via bpf_perf_event_output() or ring buffer
interfaces. bpf_trace_printk() is to be avoided as
it places too small a limit on string size to be
useful.
_flags_ is a combination of
**BTF_F_COMPACT**
no formatting around type information
**BTF_F_NONAME**
no struct/union member names/types
**BTF_F_PTR_RAW**
show raw (unobfuscated) pointer values;
equivalent to printk specifier %px.
**BTF_F_ZERO**
show zero-valued struct/union members; they
are not displayed by default
**Return** The number of bytes that were written (or would have
been written if output had to be truncated due to
string size), or a negative error in cases of
failure.
**long bpf_seq_printf_btf(struct seq_file ***_m_**, struct btf_ptr ***_ptr_**,**
**u32** _ptrsize_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Use BTF to write to seq_write a string
representation of _ptr_->ptr, using _ptr_->type_id as
per bpf_snprintf_btf(). _flags_ are identical to
those used for bpf_snprintf_btf.
**Return** 0 on success or a negative error in case of failure.
**u64 bpf_skb_cgroup_classid(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**)**
**Description**
See **bpf_get_cgroup_classid**() for the main
description. This helper differs from
**bpf_get_cgroup_classid**() in that the cgroup v1
net_cls class is retrieved only from the _skb_'s
associated socket instead of the current process.
**Return** The id is returned or 0 in case the id could not be
retrieved.
**long bpf_redirect_neigh(u32** _ifindex_**, struct bpf_redir_neigh**
*****_params_**, int** _plen_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Redirect the packet to another net device of index
_ifindex_ and fill in L2 addresses from neighboring
subsystem. This helper is somewhat similar to
**bpf_redirect**(), except that it populates L2
addresses as well, meaning, internally, the helper
relies on the neighbor lookup for the L2 address of
the nexthop.
The helper will perform a FIB lookup based on the
skb's networking header to get the address of the
next hop, unless this is supplied by the caller in
the _params_ argument. The _plen_ argument indicates the
len of _params_ and should be set to 0 if _params_ is
NULL.
The _flags_ argument is reserved and must be 0. The
helper is currently only supported for tc BPF
program types, and enabled for IPv4 and IPv6
protocols.
**Return** The helper returns **TC_ACT_REDIRECT** on success or
**TC_ACT_SHOT** on error.
**void *bpf_per_cpu_ptr(const void ***_percpuptr_**, u32** _cpu_**)**
**Description**
Take a pointer to a percpu ksym, _percpuptr_, and
return a pointer to the percpu kernel variable on
_cpu_. A ksym is an extern variable decorated with
'__ksym'. For ksym, there is a global var (either
static or global) defined of the same name in the
kernel. The ksym is percpu if the global var is
percpu. The returned pointer points to the global
percpu var on _cpu_.
bpf_per_cpu_ptr() has the same semantic as
per_cpu_ptr() in the kernel, except that
bpf_per_cpu_ptr() may return NULL. This happens if
_cpu_ is larger than nr_cpu_ids. The caller of
bpf_per_cpu_ptr() must check the returned value.
**Return** A pointer pointing to the kernel percpu variable on
_cpu_, or NULL, if _cpu_ is invalid.
**void *bpf_this_cpu_ptr(const void ***_percpuptr_**)**
**Description**
Take a pointer to a percpu ksym, _percpuptr_, and
return a pointer to the percpu kernel variable on
this cpu. See the description of 'ksym' in
**bpf_per_cpu_ptr**().
bpf_this_cpu_ptr() has the same semantic as
this_cpu_ptr() in the kernel. Different from
**bpf_per_cpu_ptr**(), it would never return NULL.
**Return** A pointer pointing to the kernel percpu variable on
this cpu.
**long bpf_redirect_peer(u32** _ifindex_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Redirect the packet to another net device of index
_ifindex_. This helper is somewhat similar to
**bpf_redirect**(), except that the redirection happens
to the _ifindex_' peer device and the netns switch
takes place from ingress to ingress without going
through the CPU's backlog queue.
The _flags_ argument is reserved and must be 0. The
helper is currently only supported for tc BPF
program types at the ingress hook and for veth and
netkit target device types. The peer device must
reside in a different network namespace.
**Return** The helper returns **TC_ACT_REDIRECT** on success or
**TC_ACT_SHOT** on error.
**void *bpf_task_storage_get(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, struct task_struct**
*****_task_**, void ***_value_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get a bpf_local_storage from the _task_.
Logically, it could be thought of as getting the
value from a _map_ with _task_ as the **key**. From this
perspective, the usage is not much different from
**bpf_map_lookup_elem**(_map_, **&**_task_) except this helper
enforces the key must be a task_struct and the map
must also be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_TASK_STORAGE**.
Underneath, the value is stored locally at _task_
instead of the _map_. The _map_ is used as the
bpf-local-storage "type". The bpf-local-storage
"type" (i.e. the _map_) is searched against all
bpf_local_storage residing at _task_.
An optional _flags_ (**BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE**)
can be used such that a new bpf_local_storage will
be created if one does not exist. _value_ can be used
together with **BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE** to
specify the initial value of a bpf_local_storage.
If _value_ is **NULL**, the new bpf_local_storage will be
zero initialized.
**Return** A bpf_local_storage pointer is returned on success.
**NULL** if not found or there was an error in adding a
new bpf_local_storage.
**long bpf_task_storage_delete(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, struct**
**task_struct ***_task_**)**
**Description**
Delete a bpf_local_storage from a _task_.
**Return** 0 on success.
**-ENOENT** if the bpf_local_storage cannot be found.
**struct task_struct *bpf_get_current_task_btf(void)**
**Description**
Return a BTF pointer to the "current" task. This
pointer can also be used in helpers that accept an
_ARGPTRTOBTFID_ of type _taskstruct_.
**Return** Pointer to the current task.
**long bpf_bprm_opts_set(struct linux_binprm ***_bprm_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Set or clear certain options on _bprm_:
**BPF_F_BPRM_SECUREEXEC** Set the secureexec bit which
sets the **AT_SECURE** auxv for glibc. The bit is
cleared if the flag is not specified.
**Return -EINVAL** if invalid _flags_ are passed, zero otherwise.
**u64 bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns(void)**
**Description**
Return a coarse-grained version of the time elapsed
since system boot, in nanoseconds. Does not include
time the system was suspended.
See: **clock_gettime**(**CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE**)
**Return** Current _ktime_.
**long bpf_ima_inode_hash(struct inode ***_inode_**, void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**)**
**Description**
Returns the stored IMA hash of the _inode_ (if it's
available). If the hash is larger than _size_, then
only _size_ bytes will be copied to _dst_
**Return** The **hash_algo** is returned on success, **-EOPNOTSUP** if
IMA is disabled or **-EINVAL** if invalid arguments are
passed.
**struct socket *bpf_sock_from_file(struct file ***_file_**)**
**Description**
If the given file represents a socket, returns the
associated socket.
**Return** A pointer to a struct socket on success or NULL if
the file is not a socket.
**long bpf_check_mtu(void ***_ctx_**, u32** _ifindex_**, u32 ***_mtulen_**, s32**
_lendiff_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Check packet size against exceeding MTU of net
device (based on _ifindex_). This helper will likely
be used in combination with helpers that
adjust/change the packet size.
The argument _lendiff_ can be used for querying with
a planned size change. This allows to check MTU
prior to changing packet ctx. Providing a _lendiff_
adjustment that is larger than the actual packet
size (resulting in negative packet size) will in
principle not exceed the MTU, which is why it is not
considered a failure. Other BPF helpers are needed
for performing the planned size change; therefore
the responsibility for catching a negative packet
size belongs in those helpers.
Specifying _ifindex_ zero means the MTU check is
performed against the current net device. This is
practical if this isn't used prior to redirect.
On input _mtulen_ must be a valid pointer, else
verifier will reject BPF program. If the value
_mtulen_ is initialized to zero then the ctx packet
size is use. When value _mtulen_ is provided as
input this specify the L3 length that the MTU check
is done against. Remember XDP and TC length operate
at L2, but this value is L3 as this correlate to MTU
and IP-header tot_len values which are L3 (similar
behavior as bpf_fib_lookup).
The Linux kernel route table can configure MTUs on a
more specific per route level, which is not provided
by this helper. For route level MTU checks use the
**bpf_fib_lookup**() helper.
_ctx_ is either **struct xdp_md** for XDP programs or
**struct sk_buff** for tc cls_act programs.
The _flags_ argument can be a combination of one or
more of the following values:
**BPF_MTU_CHK_SEGS**
This flag will only works for _ctx_ **struct**
**sk_buff**. If packet context contains extra
packet segment buffers (often knows as GSO
skb), then MTU check is harder to check at
this point, because in transmit path it is
possible for the skb packet to get
re-segmented (depending on net device
features). This could still be a MTU
violation, so this flag enables performing
MTU check against segments, with a different
violation return code to tell it apart. Check
cannot use len_diff.
On return _mtulen_ pointer contains the MTU value of
the net device. Remember the net device configured
MTU is the L3 size, which is returned here and XDP
and TC length operate at L2. Helper take this into
account for you, but remember when using MTU value
in your BPF-code.
**Return**
• 0 on success, and populate MTU value in _mtulen_
pointer.
• < 0 if any input argument is invalid (_mtulen_ not
updated)
MTU violations return positive values, but also
populate MTU value in _mtulen_ pointer, as this can
be needed for implementing PMTU handing:
• **BPF_MTU_CHK_RET_FRAG_NEEDED**
• **BPF_MTU_CHK_RET_SEGS_TOOBIG**
**long bpf_for_each_map_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void ***_callbackfn_**,**
**void ***_callbackctx_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
For each element in **map**, call **callback_fn** function
with **map**, **callback_ctx** and other map-specific
parameters. The **callback_fn** should be a static
function and the **callback_ctx** should be a pointer to
the stack. The **flags** is used to control certain
aspects of the helper. Currently, the **flags** must be
0.
The following are a list of supported map types and
their respective expected callback signatures:
BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH, BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_PERCPU_HASH,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY
long (*callback_fn)(struct bpf_map *map, const void
*key, void *value, void *ctx);
For per_cpu maps, the map_value is the value on the
cpu where the bpf_prog is running.
If **callback_fn** return 0, the helper will continue to
the next element. If return value is 1, the helper
will skip the rest of elements and return. Other
return values are not used now.
**Return** The number of traversed map elements for success,
**-EINVAL** for invalid **flags**.
**long bpf_snprintf(char ***_str_**, u32** _strsize_**, const char ***_fmt_**, u64**
*****_data_**, u32** _datalen_**)**
**Description**
Outputs a string into the **str** buffer of size
**str_size** based on a format string stored in a
read-only map pointed by **fmt**.
Each format specifier in **fmt** corresponds to one u64
element in the **data** array. For strings and pointers
where pointees are accessed, only the pointer values
are stored in the _data_ array. The _datalen_ is the
size of _data_ in bytes - must be a multiple of 8.
Formats **%s** and **%p{i,I}{4,6}** require 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.
**Return** The strictly positive length of the formatted
string, including the trailing zero character. If
the return value is greater than **str_size**, **str**
contains a truncated string, guaranteed to be
zero-terminated except when **str_size** is 0.
Or **-EBUSY** if the per-CPU memory copy buffer is busy.
**long bpf_sys_bpf(u32** _cmd_**, void ***_attr_**, u32** _attrsize_**)**
**Description**
Execute bpf syscall with given arguments.
**Return** A syscall result.
**long bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind(char ***_name_**, int** _namesz_**, u32** _kind_**,**
**int** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Find BTF type with given name and kind in vmlinux
BTF or in module's BTFs.
**Return** Returns btf_id and btf_obj_fd in lower and upper 32
bits.
**long bpf_sys_close(u32** _fd_**)**
**Description**
Execute close syscall for given FD.
**Return** A syscall result.
**long bpf_timer_init(struct bpf_timer ***_timer_**, struct bpf_map ***_map_**,**
**u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Initialize the timer. First 4 bits of _flags_ specify
clockid. Only CLOCK_MONOTONIC, CLOCK_REALTIME,
CLOCK_BOOTTIME are allowed. All other bits of _flags_
are reserved. The verifier will reject the program
if _timer_ is not from the same _map_.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EBUSY** if _timer_ is already
initialized. **-EINVAL** if invalid _flags_ are passed.
**-EPERM** if _timer_ is in a map that doesn't have any
user references. The user space should either hold
a file descriptor to a map with timers or pin such
map in bpffs. When map is unpinned or file
descriptor is closed all timers in the map will be
cancelled and freed.
**long bpf_timer_set_callback(struct bpf_timer ***_timer_**, void**
*****_callbackfn_**)**
**Description**
Configure the timer to call _callbackfn_ static
function.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EINVAL** if _timer_ was not initialized
with bpf_timer_init() earlier. **-EPERM** if _timer_ is
in a map that doesn't have any user references. The
user space should either hold a file descriptor to a
map with timers or pin such map in bpffs. When map
is unpinned or file descriptor is closed all timers
in the map will be cancelled and freed.
**long bpf_timer_start(struct bpf_timer ***_timer_**, u64** _nsecs_**, u64**
_flags_**)**
**Description**
Set timer expiration N nanoseconds from the current
time. The configured callback will be invoked in
soft irq context on some cpu and will not repeat
unless another bpf_timer_start() is made. In such
case the next invocation can migrate to a different
cpu. Since struct bpf_timer is a field inside map
element the map owns the timer. The
bpf_timer_set_callback() will increment refcnt of
BPF program to make sure that callback_fn code stays
valid. When user space reference to a map reaches
zero all timers in a map are cancelled and
corresponding program's refcnts are decremented.
This is done to make sure that Ctrl-C of a user
process doesn't leave any timers running. If map is
pinned in bpffs the callback_fn can re-arm itself
indefinitely. bpf_map_update/delete_elem() helpers
and user space sys_bpf commands cancel and free the
timer in the given map element. The map can contain
timers that invoke callback_fn-s from different
programs. The same callback_fn can serve different
timers from different maps if key/value layout
matches across maps. Every bpf_timer_set_callback()
can have different callback_fn.
_flags_ can be one of:
**BPF_F_TIMER_ABS**
Start the timer in absolute expire value
instead of the default relative one.
**BPF_F_TIMER_CPU_PIN**
Timer will be pinned to the CPU of the
caller.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EINVAL** if _timer_ was not initialized
with bpf_timer_init() earlier or invalid _flags_ are
passed.
**long bpf_timer_cancel(struct bpf_timer ***_timer_**)**
**Description**
Cancel the timer and wait for callback_fn to finish
if it was running.
**Return** 0 if the timer was not active. 1 if the timer was
active. **-EINVAL** if _timer_ was not initialized with
bpf_timer_init() earlier. **-EDEADLK** if callback_fn
tried to call bpf_timer_cancel() on its own timer
which would have led to a deadlock otherwise.
**u64 bpf_get_func_ip(void ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Get address of the traced function (for tracing and
kprobe programs).
When called for kprobe program attached as uprobe it
returns probe address for both entry and return
uprobe.
**Return** Address of the traced function for kprobe. 0 for
kprobes placed within the function (not at the
entry). Address of the probe for uprobe and return
uprobe.
**u64 bpf_get_attach_cookie(void ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Get bpf_cookie value provided (optionally) during
the program attachment. It might be different for
each individual attachment, even if BPF program
itself is the same. Expects BPF program context _ctx_
as a first argument.
**Supported for the following program types:**
• kprobe/uprobe;
• tracepoint;
• perf_event.
**Return** Value specified by user at BPF link
creation/attachment time or 0, if it was not
specified.
**long bpf_task_pt_regs(struct task_struct ***_task_**)**
**Description**
Get the struct pt_regs associated with **task**.
**Return** A pointer to struct pt_regs.
**long bpf_get_branch_snapshot(void ***_entries_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get branch trace from hardware engines like Intel
LBR. The hardware engine is stopped shortly after
the helper is called. Therefore, the user need to
filter branch entries based on the actual use case.
To capture branch trace before the trigger point of
the BPF program, the helper should be called at the
beginning of the BPF program.
The data is stored as struct perf_branch_entry into
output buffer _entries_. _size_ is the size of _entries_
in bytes. _flags_ is reserved for now and must be
zero.
**Return** On success, number of bytes written to _buf_. On
error, a negative value.
**-EINVAL** if _flags_ is not zero.
**-ENOENT** if architecture does not support branch
records.
**long bpf_trace_vprintk(const char ***_fmt_**, u32** _fmtsize_**, const void**
*****_data_**, u32** _datalen_**)**
**Description**
Behaves like **bpf_trace_printk**() helper, but takes an
array of u64 to format and can handle more format
args as a result.
Arguments are to be used as in **bpf_seq_printf**()
helper.
**Return** The number of bytes written to the buffer, or a
negative error in case of failure.
**struct unix_sock *bpf_skc_to_unix_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _unixsock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**long bpf_kallsyms_lookup_name(const char ***_name_**, int** _namesz_**, int**
_flags_**, u64 ***_res_**)**
**Description**
Get the address of a kernel symbol, returned in _res_.
_res_ is set to 0 if the symbol is not found.
**Return** On success, zero. On error, a negative value.
**-EINVAL** if _flags_ is not zero.
**-EINVAL** if string _name_ is not the same size as
_namesz_.
**-ENOENT** if symbol is not found.
**-EPERM** if caller does not have permission to obtain
kernel address.
**long bpf_find_vma(struct task_struct ***_task_**, u64** _addr_**, void**
*****_callbackfn_**, void ***_callbackctx_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Find vma of _task_ that contains _addr_, call
_callbackfn_ function with _task_, _vma_, and
_callbackctx_. The _callbackfn_ should be a static
function and the _callbackctx_ should be a pointer to
the stack. The _flags_ is used to control certain
aspects of the helper. Currently, the _flags_ must be
0.
The expected callback signature is
long (*callback_fn)(struct task_struct *task, struct
vm_area_struct *vma, void *callback_ctx);
**Return** 0 on success. **-ENOENT** if _task->mm_ is NULL, or no
vma contains _addr_. **-EBUSY** if failed to try lock
mmap_lock. **-EINVAL** for invalid **flags**.
**long bpf_loop(u32** _nrloops_**, void ***_callbackfn_**, void ***_callbackctx_**,**
**u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
For **nr_loops**, call **callback_fn** function with
**callback_ctx** as the context parameter. The
**callback_fn** should be a static function and the
**callback_ctx** should be a pointer to the stack. The
**flags** is used to control certain aspects of the
helper. Currently, the **flags** must be 0. Currently,
nr_loops is limited to 1 << 23 (~8 million) loops.
long (*callback_fn)(u32 index, void *ctx);
where **index** is the current index in the loop. The
index is zero-indexed.
If **callback_fn** returns 0, the helper will continue
to the next loop. If return value is 1, the helper
will skip the rest of the loops and return. Other
return values are not used now, and will be rejected
by the verifier.
**Return** The number of loops performed, **-EINVAL** for invalid
**flags**, **-E2BIG** if **nr_loops** exceeds the maximum number
of loops.
**long bpf_strncmp(const char ***_s1_**, u32** _s1sz_**, const char ***_s2_**)**
**Description**
Do strncmp() between **s1** and **s2**. **s1** doesn't need to
be null-terminated and **s1_sz** is the maximum storage
size of **s1**. **s2** must be a read-only string.
**Return** An integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero
if the first **s1_sz** bytes of **s1** is found to be less
than, to match, or be greater than **s2**.
**long bpf_get_func_arg(void ***_ctx_**, u32** _n_**, u64 ***_value_**)**
**Description**
Get **n**-th argument register (zero based) of the
traced function (for tracing programs) returned in
**value**.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EINVAL** if n >= argument register
count of traced function.
**long bpf_get_func_ret(void ***_ctx_**, u64 ***_value_**)**
**Description**
Get return value of the traced function (for tracing
programs) in **value**.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EOPNOTSUPP** for tracing programs
other than BPF_TRACE_FEXIT or BPF_MODIFY_RETURN.
**long bpf_get_func_arg_cnt(void ***_ctx_**)**
**Description**
Get number of registers of the traced function (for
tracing programs) where function arguments are
stored in these registers.
**Return** The number of argument registers of the traced
function.
**int bpf_get_retval(void)**
**Description**
Get the BPF program's return value that will be
returned to the upper layers.
This helper is currently supported by cgroup
programs and only by the hooks where BPF program's
return value is returned to the userspace via errno.
**Return** The BPF program's return value.
**int bpf_set_retval(int** _retval_**)**
**Description**
Set the BPF program's return value that will be
returned to the upper layers.
This helper is currently supported by cgroup
programs and only by the hooks where BPF program's
return value is returned to the userspace via errno.
Note that there is the following corner case where
the program exports an error via bpf_set_retval but
signals success via 'return 1':
bpf_set_retval(-EPERM); return 1;
In this case, the BPF program's return value will
use helper's -EPERM. This still holds true for
cgroup/bind{4,6} which supports extra 'return 3'
success case.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**u64 bpf_xdp_get_buff_len(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**)**
**Description**
Get the total size of a given xdp buff (linear and
paged area)
**Return** The total size of a given xdp buffer.
**long bpf_xdp_load_bytes(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**, u32** _offset_**, void**
*****_buf_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
This helper is provided as an easy way to load data
from a xdp buffer. It can be used to load _len_ bytes
from _offset_ from the frame associated to _xdpmd_,
into the buffer pointed by _buf_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_xdp_store_bytes(struct xdp_buff ***_xdpmd_**, u32** _offset_**, void**
*****_buf_**, u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Store _len_ bytes from buffer _buf_ into the frame
associated to _xdpmd_, at _offset_.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**long bpf_copy_from_user_task(void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**, const void**
*****_userptr_**, struct task_struct ***_tsk_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Read _size_ bytes from user space address _userptr_ in
_tsk_'s address space, and stores the data in _dst_.
_flags_ is not used yet and is provided for future
extensibility. This helper can only be used by
sleepable programs.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure. On error _dst_ buffer is zeroed out.
**long bpf_skb_set_tstamp(struct sk_buff ***_skb_**, u64** _tstamp_**, u32**
_tstamptype_**)**
**Description**
Change the __sk_buff->tstamp_type to _tstamptype_ and
set _tstamp_ to the __sk_buff->tstamp together.
If there is no need to change the
__sk_buff->tstamp_type, the tstamp value can be
directly written to __sk_buff->tstamp instead.
BPF_SKB_TSTAMP_DELIVERY_MONO is the only tstamp that
will be kept during bpf_redirect_*(). A non zero
_tstamp_ must be used with the
BPF_SKB_TSTAMP_DELIVERY_MONO _tstamptype_.
A BPF_SKB_TSTAMP_UNSPEC _tstamptype_ can only be used
with a zero _tstamp_.
Only IPv4 and IPv6 skb->protocol are supported.
This function is most useful when it needs to set a
mono delivery time to __sk_buff->tstamp and then
bpf_redirect_*() to the egress of an iface. For
example, changing the (rcv) timestamp in
__sk_buff->tstamp at ingress to a mono delivery time
and then bpf_redirect_*() to _schfq@phy-dev_.
**Return** 0 on success. **-EINVAL** for invalid input **-EOPNOTSUPP**
for unsupported protocol
**long bpf_ima_file_hash(struct file ***_file_**, void ***_dst_**, u32** _size_**)**
**Description**
Returns a calculated IMA hash of the _file_. If the
hash is larger than _size_, then only _size_ bytes will
be copied to _dst_
**Return** The **hash_algo** is returned on success, **-EOPNOTSUP** if
the hash calculation failed or **-EINVAL** if invalid
arguments are passed.
**void *bpf_kptr_xchg(void ***_mapvalue_**, void ***_ptr_**)**
**Description**
Exchange kptr at pointer _mapvalue_ with _ptr_, and
return the old value. _ptr_ can be NULL, otherwise it
must be a referenced pointer which will be released
when this helper is called.
**Return** The old value of kptr (which can be NULL). The
returned pointer if not NULL, is a reference which
must be released using its corresponding release
function, or moved into a BPF map before program
exit.
**void *bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, const void**
*****_key_**, u32** _cpu_**)**
**Description**
Perform a lookup in _percpu map_ for an entry
associated to _key_ on _cpu_.
**Return** Map value associated to _key_ on _cpu_, or **NULL** if no
entry was found or _cpu_ is invalid.
**struct mptcp_sock *bpf_skc_to_mptcp_sock(void ***_sk_**)**
**Description**
Dynamically cast a _sk_ pointer to a _mptcpsock_
pointer.
**Return** _sk_ if casting is valid, or **NULL** otherwise.
**long bpf_dynptr_from_mem(void ***_data_**, u32** _size_**, u64** _flags_**, struct**
**bpf_dynptr ***_ptr_**)**
**Description**
Get a dynptr to local memory _data_.
_data_ must be a ptr to a map value. The maximum _size_
supported is DYNPTR_MAX_SIZE. _flags_ is currently
unused.
**Return** 0 on success, -E2BIG if the size exceeds
DYNPTR_MAX_SIZE, -EINVAL if flags is not 0.
**long bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(void ***_ringbuf_**, u32** _size_**, u64**
_flags_**, struct bpf_dynptr ***_ptr_**)**
**Description**
Reserve _size_ bytes of payload in a ring buffer
_ringbuf_ through the dynptr interface. _flags_ must be
0.
Please note that a corresponding
bpf_ringbuf_submit_dynptr or
bpf_ringbuf_discard_dynptr must be called on _ptr_,
even if the reservation fails. This is enforced by
the verifier.
**Return** 0 on success, or a negative error in case of
failure.
**void bpf_ringbuf_submit_dynptr(struct bpf_dynptr ***_ptr_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Submit reserved ring buffer sample, pointed to by
_data_, through the dynptr interface. This is a no-op
if the dynptr is invalid/null.
For more information on _flags_, please see
'bpf_ringbuf_submit'.
**Return** Nothing. Always succeeds.
**void bpf_ringbuf_discard_dynptr(struct bpf_dynptr ***_ptr_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Discard reserved ring buffer sample through the
dynptr interface. This is a no-op if the dynptr is
invalid/null.
For more information on _flags_, please see
'bpf_ringbuf_discard'.
**Return** Nothing. Always succeeds.
**long bpf_dynptr_read(void ***_dst_**, u32** _len_**, const struct bpf_dynptr**
*****_src_**, u32** _offset_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Read _len_ bytes from _src_ into _dst_, starting from
_offset_ into _src_. _flags_ is currently unused.
**Return** 0 on success, -E2BIG if _offset_ + _len_ exceeds the
length of _src_'s data, -EINVAL if _src_ is an invalid
dynptr or if _flags_ is not 0.
**long bpf_dynptr_write(const struct bpf_dynptr ***_dst_**, u32** _offset_**,**
**void ***_src_**, u32** _len_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Write _len_ bytes from _src_ into _dst_, starting from
_offset_ into _dst_.
_flags_ must be 0 except for skb-type dynptrs.
**For skb-type dynptrs:**
• All data slices of the dynptr are
automatically invalidated after
**bpf_dynptr_write**(). This is because writing
may pull the skb and change the underlying
packet buffer.
• For _flags_, please see the flags accepted by
**bpf_skb_store_bytes**().
**Return** 0 on success, -E2BIG if _offset_ + _len_ exceeds the
length of _dst_'s data, -EINVAL if _dst_ is an invalid
dynptr or if _dst_ is a read-only dynptr or if _flags_
is not correct. For skb-type dynptrs, other errors
correspond to errors returned by
**bpf_skb_store_bytes**().
**void *bpf_dynptr_data(const struct bpf_dynptr ***_ptr_**, u32** _offset_**,**
**u32** _len_**)**
**Description**
Get a pointer to the underlying dynptr data.
_len_ must be a statically known value. The returned
data slice is invalidated whenever the dynptr is
invalidated.
skb and xdp type dynptrs may not use
bpf_dynptr_data. They should instead use
bpf_dynptr_slice and bpf_dynptr_slice_rdwr.
**Return** Pointer to the underlying dynptr data, NULL if the
dynptr is read-only, if the dynptr is invalid, or if
the offset and length is out of bounds.
**s64 bpf_tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv4(struct iphdr ***_iph_**, struct**
**tcphdr ***_th_**, u32** _thlen_**)**
**Description**
Try to issue a SYN cookie for the packet with
corresponding IPv4/TCP headers, _iph_ and _th_, without
depending on a listening socket.
_iph_ points to the IPv4 header.
_th_ points to the start of the TCP header, while
_thlen_ contains the length of the TCP header (at
least **sizeof**(**struct tcphdr**)).
**Return** On success, lower 32 bits hold the generated SYN
cookie in followed by 16 bits which hold the MSS
value for that cookie, and the top 16 bits are
unused.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EINVAL** if _thlen_ is invalid.
**s64 bpf_tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv6(struct ipv6hdr ***_iph_**, struct**
**tcphdr ***_th_**, u32** _thlen_**)**
**Description**
Try to issue a SYN cookie for the packet with
corresponding IPv6/TCP headers, _iph_ and _th_, without
depending on a listening socket.
_iph_ points to the IPv6 header.
_th_ points to the start of the TCP header, while
_thlen_ contains the length of the TCP header (at
least **sizeof**(**struct tcphdr**)).
**Return** On success, lower 32 bits hold the generated SYN
cookie in followed by 16 bits which hold the MSS
value for that cookie, and the top 16 bits are
unused.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EINVAL** if _thlen_ is invalid.
**-EPROTONOSUPPORT** if CONFIG_IPV6 is not builtin.
**long bpf_tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv4(struct iphdr ***_iph_**, struct**
**tcphdr ***_th_**)**
**Description**
Check whether _iph_ and _th_ contain a valid SYN cookie
ACK without depending on a listening socket.
_iph_ points to the IPv4 header.
_th_ points to the TCP header.
**Return** 0 if _iph_ and _th_ are a valid SYN cookie ACK.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EACCES** if the SYN cookie is not valid.
**long bpf_tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv6(struct ipv6hdr ***_iph_**, struct**
**tcphdr ***_th_**)**
**Description**
Check whether _iph_ and _th_ contain a valid SYN cookie
ACK without depending on a listening socket.
_iph_ points to the IPv6 header.
_th_ points to the TCP header.
**Return** 0 if _iph_ and _th_ are a valid SYN cookie ACK.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EACCES** if the SYN cookie is not valid.
**-EPROTONOSUPPORT** if CONFIG_IPV6 is not builtin.
**u64 bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns(void)**
**Description**
A nonsettable system-wide clock derived from
wall-clock time but ignoring leap seconds. This
clock does not experience discontinuities and
backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap seconds
as CLOCK_REALTIME does.
See: **clock_gettime**(**CLOCK_TAI**)
**Return** Current _ktime_.
**long bpf_user_ringbuf_drain(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, void**
*****_callbackfn_**, void ***_ctx_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Drain samples from the specified user ring buffer,
and invoke the provided callback for each such
sample:
long (*callback_fn)(const struct bpf_dynptr *dynptr,
void *ctx);
If **callback_fn** returns 0, the helper will continue
to try and drain the next sample, up to a maximum of
BPF_MAX_USER_RINGBUF_SAMPLES samples. If the return
value is 1, the helper will skip the rest of the
samples and return. Other return values are not used
now, and will be rejected by the verifier.
**Return** The number of drained samples if no error was
encountered while draining samples, or 0 if no
samples were present in the ring buffer. If a
user-space producer was epoll-waiting on this map,
and at least one sample was drained, they will
receive an event notification notifying them of
available space in the ring buffer. If the
BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP flag is passed to this function, no
wakeup notification will be sent. If the
BPF_RB_FORCE_WAKEUP flag is passed, a wakeup
notification will be sent even if no sample was
drained.
On failure, the returned value is one of the
following:
**-EBUSY** if the ring buffer is contended, and another
calling context was concurrently draining the ring
buffer.
**-EINVAL** if user-space is not properly tracking the
ring buffer due to the producer position not being
aligned to 8 bytes, a sample not being aligned to 8
bytes, or the producer position not matching the
advertised length of a sample.
**-E2BIG** if user-space has tried to publish a sample
which is larger than the size of the ring buffer, or
which cannot fit within a struct bpf_dynptr.
**void *bpf_cgrp_storage_get(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, struct cgroup**
*****_cgroup_**, void ***_value_**, u64** _flags_**)**
**Description**
Get a bpf_local_storage from the _cgroup_.
Logically, it could be thought of as getting the
value from a _map_ with _cgroup_ as the **key**. From this
perspective, the usage is not much different from
**bpf_map_lookup_elem**(_map_, **&**_cgroup_) except this helper
enforces the key must be a cgroup struct and the map
must also be a **BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGRP_STORAGE**.
In reality, the local-storage value is embedded
directly inside of the _cgroup_ object itself, rather
than being located in the **BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGRP_STORAGE**
map. When the local-storage value is queried for
some _map_ on a _cgroup_ object, the kernel will perform
an O(n) iteration over all of the live local-storage
values for that _cgroup_ object until the
local-storage value for the _map_ is found.
An optional _flags_ (**BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE**)
can be used such that a new bpf_local_storage will
be created if one does not exist. _value_ can be used
together with **BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE** to
specify the initial value of a bpf_local_storage.
If _value_ is **NULL**, the new bpf_local_storage will be
zero initialized.
**Return** A bpf_local_storage pointer is returned on success.
**NULL** if not found or there was an error in adding a
new bpf_local_storage.
**long bpf_cgrp_storage_delete(struct bpf_map ***_map_**, struct cgroup**
*****_cgroup_**)**
**Description**
Delete a bpf_local_storage from a _cgroup_.
**Return** 0 on success.
**-ENOENT** if the bpf_local_storage cannot be found.EXAMPLES top
Example usage for most of the eBPF helpers listed in this manual
page are available within the Linux kernel sources, at the
following locations:
• _samples/bpf/_
• _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/_LICENSE top
eBPF programs can have an associated license, passed along with
the bytecode instructions to the kernel when the programs are
loaded. The format for that string is identical to the one in use
for kernel modules (Dual licenses, such as "Dual BSD/GPL", may be
used). Some helper functions are only accessible to programs that
are compatible with the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL).
In order to use such helpers, the eBPF program must be loaded with
the correct license string passed (via **attr**) to the **bpf**() system
call, and this generally translates into the C source code of the
program containing a line similar to the following:
char ____license[] __attribute__((section("license"), used)) = "GPL";IMPLEMENTATION top
This manual page is an effort to document the existing eBPF helper
functions. But as of this writing, the BPF sub-system is under
heavy development. New eBPF program or map types are added, along
with new helper functions. Some helpers are occasionally made
available for additional program types. So in spite of the efforts
of the community, this page might not be up-to-date. If you want
to check by yourself what helper functions exist in your kernel,
or what types of programs they can support, here are some files
among the kernel tree that you may be interested in:
• _include/uapi/linux/bpf.h_ is the main BPF header. It contains the
full list of all helper functions, as well as many other BPF
definitions including most of the flags, structs or constants
used by the helpers.
• _net/core/filter.c_ contains the definition of most
network-related helper functions, and the list of program types
from which they can be used.
• _kernel/trace/bpftrace.c_ is the equivalent for most tracing
program-related helpers.
• _kernel/bpf/verifier.c_ contains the functions used to check that
valid types of eBPF maps are used with a given helper function.
• _kernel/bpf/_ directory contains other files in which additional
helpers are defined (for cgroups, sockmaps, etc.).
• The bpftool utility can be used to probe the availability of
helper functions on the system (as well as supported program and
map types, and a number of other parameters). To do so, run
**bpftool feature probe** (see **bpftool-feature**(8) for details). Add
the **unprivileged** keyword to list features available to
unprivileged users.
Compatibility between helper functions and program types can
generally be found in the files where helper functions are
defined. Look for the **struct bpf_func_proto** objects and for
functions returning them: these functions contain a list of
helpers that a given program type can call. Note that the **default:**
label of the **switch ... case** used to filter helpers can call other
functions, themselves allowing access to additional helpers. The
requirement for GPL license is also in those **struct**
**bpf_func_proto**.
Compatibility between helper functions and map types can be found
in the **check_map_func_compatibility**() function in file
_kernel/bpf/verifier.c_.
Helper functions that invalidate the checks on **data** and **data_end**
pointers for network processing are listed in function
**bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data**() in file _net/core/filter.c_.SEE ALSO top
[bpf(2)](../man2/bpf.2.html), **bpftool**(8), [cgroups(7)](../man7/cgroups.7.html), [ip(8)](../man8/ip.8.html), [perf_event_open(2)](../man2/perf%5Fevent%5Fopen.2.html),
[sendmsg(2)](../man2/sendmsg.2.html), [socket(7)](../man7/socket.7.html), [tc-bpf(8)](../man8/tc-bpf.8.html)COLOPHON top
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