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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst index 4f2874b729c3..a702f67dd45f 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst @@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ BPF instruction-set. The Cilium project also maintains a `BPF and XDP Reference Guide`_ that goes into great technical depth about the BPF Architecture. -The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_ -for `bpf(2)`_. - BPF Type Format (BTF) ===================== @@ -35,6 +32,12 @@ Two sets of Questions and Answers (Q&A) are maintained. bpf_design_QA bpf_devel_QA +Syscall API +=========== + +The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_ +for `bpf(2)`_. For more information about the userspace API, see +Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst. Helper functions ================ diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..473dfba78116 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +eBPF Userspace API +================== + +eBPF is a kernel mechanism to provide a sandboxed runtime environment in the +Linux kernel for runtime extension and instrumentation without changing kernel +source code or loading kernel modules. eBPF programs can be attached to various +kernel subsystems, including networking, tracing and Linux security modules +(LSM). + +For internal kernel documentation on eBPF, see Documentation/bpf/index.rst. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + syscall diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ea9918084221 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +eBPF Syscall +------------ + +:Authors: - Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> + - Joe Stringer <joe@wand.net.nz> + - Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> + +The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_ +for `bpf(2)`_. + +bpf() subcommand reference +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h + :doc: eBPF Syscall Preamble + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h + :doc: eBPF Syscall Commands + +.. Links: +.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ +.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst index d29b020e5622..1e2438b7afa0 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ place where this information is gathered. unshare spec_ctrl accelerators/ocxl + ebpf/index ioctl/index iommu media/index diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 8d56c7044067..4446d1455354 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -3209,6 +3209,7 @@ T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf.git T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git F: Documentation/bpf/ F: Documentation/networking/filter.rst +F: Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/ F: arch/*/net/* F: include/linux/bpf* F: include/linux/filter.h |