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Add support for another (in addition to existing Kconfig) special kind of externs in BPF code, kernel symbol externs. Such externs allow BPF code to "know" kernel symbol address and either use it for comparisons with kernel data structures (e.g., struct file's f_op pointer, to distinguish different kinds of file), or, with the help of bpf_probe_user_kernel(), to follow pointers and read data from global variables. Kernel symbol addresses are found through /proc/kallsyms, which should be present in the system. Currently, such kernel symbol variables are typeless: they have to be defined as `extern const void <symbol>` and the only operation you can do (in C code) with them is to take its address. Such extern should reside in a special section '.ksyms'. bpf_helpers.h header provides __ksym macro for this. Strong vs weak semantics stays the same as with Kconfig externs. If symbol is not found in /proc/kallsyms, this will be a failure for strong (non-weak) extern, but will be defaulted to 0 for weak externs. If the same symbol is defined multiple times in /proc/kallsyms, then it will be error if any of the associated addresses differs. In that case, address is ambiguous, so libbpf falls on the side of caution, rather than confusing user with randomly chosen address. In the future, once kernel is extended with variables BTF information, such ksym externs will be supported in a typed version, which will allow BPF program to read variable's contents directly, similarly to how it's done for fentry/fexit input arguments. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200619231703.738941-3-andriin@fb.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.