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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */
2 
3 /*
4  * Libbpf legacy APIs (either discouraged or deprecated, as mentioned in [0])
5  *
6  *   [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UyjTZuPFWiPFyKk1tV5an11_iaRuec6U-ZESZ54nNTY
7  *
8  * Copyright (C) 2021 Facebook
9  */
10 #ifndef __LIBBPF_LEGACY_BPF_H
11 #define __LIBBPF_LEGACY_BPF_H
12 
13 #include <linux/bpf.h>
14 #include <stdbool.h>
15 #include <stddef.h>
16 #include <stdint.h>
17 #include "libbpf_common.h"
18 
19 #ifdef __cplusplus
20 extern "C" {
21 #endif
22 
23 /* As of libbpf 1.0 libbpf_set_strict_mode() and enum libbpf_struct_mode have
24  * no effect. But they are left in libbpf_legacy.h so that applications that
25  * prepared for libbpf 1.0 before final release by using
26  * libbpf_set_strict_mode() still work with libbpf 1.0+ without any changes.
27  */
28 enum libbpf_strict_mode {
29 	/* Turn on all supported strict features of libbpf to simulate libbpf
30 	 * v1.0 behavior.
31 	 * This will be the default behavior in libbpf v1.0.
32 	 */
33 	LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL = 0xffffffff,
34 
35 	/*
36 	 * Disable any libbpf 1.0 behaviors. This is the default before libbpf
37 	 * v1.0. It won't be supported anymore in v1.0, please update your
38 	 * code so that it handles LIBBPF_STRICT_ALL mode before libbpf v1.0.
39 	 */
40 	LIBBPF_STRICT_NONE = 0x00,
41 	/*
42 	 * Return NULL pointers on error, not ERR_PTR(err).
43 	 * Additionally, libbpf also always sets errno to corresponding Exx
44 	 * (positive) error code.
45 	 */
46 	LIBBPF_STRICT_CLEAN_PTRS = 0x01,
47 	/*
48 	 * Return actual error codes from low-level APIs directly, not just -1.
49 	 * Additionally, libbpf also always sets errno to corresponding Exx
50 	 * (positive) error code.
51 	 */
52 	LIBBPF_STRICT_DIRECT_ERRS = 0x02,
53 	/*
54 	 * Enforce strict BPF program section (SEC()) names.
55 	 * E.g., while prefiously SEC("xdp_whatever") or SEC("perf_event_blah") were
56 	 * allowed, with LIBBPF_STRICT_SEC_PREFIX this will become
57 	 * unrecognized by libbpf and would have to be just SEC("xdp") and
58 	 * SEC("xdp") and SEC("perf_event").
59 	 *
60 	 * Note, in this mode the program pin path will be based on the
61 	 * function name instead of section name.
62 	 *
63 	 * Additionally, routines in the .text section are always considered
64 	 * sub-programs. Legacy behavior allows for a single routine in .text
65 	 * to be a program.
66 	 */
67 	LIBBPF_STRICT_SEC_NAME = 0x04,
68 	/*
69 	 * Disable the global 'bpf_objects_list'. Maintaining this list adds
70 	 * a race condition to bpf_object__open() and bpf_object__close().
71 	 * Clients can maintain it on their own if it is valuable for them.
72 	 */
73 	LIBBPF_STRICT_NO_OBJECT_LIST = 0x08,
74 	/*
75 	 * Automatically bump RLIMIT_MEMLOCK using setrlimit() before the
76 	 * first BPF program or map creation operation. This is done only if
77 	 * kernel is too old to support memcg-based memory accounting for BPF
78 	 * subsystem. By default, RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limit is set to RLIM_INFINITY,
79 	 * but it can be overriden with libbpf_set_memlock_rlim() API.
80 	 * Note that libbpf_set_memlock_rlim() needs to be called before
81 	 * the very first bpf_prog_load(), bpf_map_create() or bpf_object__load()
82 	 * operation.
83 	 */
84 	LIBBPF_STRICT_AUTO_RLIMIT_MEMLOCK = 0x10,
85 	/*
86 	 * Error out on any SEC("maps") map definition, which are deprecated
87 	 * in favor of BTF-defined map definitions in SEC(".maps").
88 	 */
89 	LIBBPF_STRICT_MAP_DEFINITIONS = 0x20,
90 
91 	__LIBBPF_STRICT_LAST,
92 };
93 
94 LIBBPF_API int libbpf_set_strict_mode(enum libbpf_strict_mode mode);
95 
96 /**
97  * @brief **libbpf_get_error()** extracts the error code from the passed
98  * pointer
99  * @param ptr pointer returned from libbpf API function
100  * @return error code; or 0 if no error occured
101  *
102  * Note, as of libbpf 1.0 this function is not necessary and not recommended
103  * to be used. Libbpf doesn't return error code embedded into the pointer
104  * itself. Instead, NULL is returned on error and error code is passed through
105  * thread-local errno variable. **libbpf_get_error()** is just returning -errno
106  * value if it receives NULL, which is correct only if errno hasn't been
107  * modified between libbpf API call and corresponding **libbpf_get_error()**
108  * call. Prefer to check return for NULL and use errno directly.
109  *
110  * This API is left in libbpf 1.0 to allow applications that were 1.0-ready
111  * before final libbpf 1.0 without needing to change them.
112  */
113 LIBBPF_API long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr);
114 
115 #define DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS LIBBPF_OPTS
116 
117 /* "Discouraged" APIs which don't follow consistent libbpf naming patterns.
118  * They are normally a trivial aliases or wrappers for proper APIs and are
119  * left to minimize unnecessary disruption for users of libbpf. But they
120  * shouldn't be used going forward.
121  */
122 
123 struct bpf_program;
124 struct bpf_map;
125 struct btf;
126 struct btf_ext;
127 
128 LIBBPF_API struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void);
129 
130 LIBBPF_API enum bpf_prog_type bpf_program__get_type(const struct bpf_program *prog);
131 LIBBPF_API enum bpf_attach_type bpf_program__get_expected_attach_type(const struct bpf_program *prog);
132 LIBBPF_API const char *bpf_map__get_pin_path(const struct bpf_map *map);
133 LIBBPF_API const void *btf__get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size);
134 LIBBPF_API const void *btf_ext__get_raw_data(const struct btf_ext *btf_ext, __u32 *size);
135 
136 #ifdef __cplusplus
137 } /* extern "C" */
138 #endif
139 
140 #endif /* __LIBBPF_LEGACY_BPF_H */
141