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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h index 659ea8a2769b..2cfe31327920 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ /* SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) */ /* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */ +/*! \file */ #ifndef __LIBBPF_BTF_H #define __LIBBPF_BTF_H @@ -30,11 +31,80 @@ enum btf_endianness { BTF_BIG_ENDIAN = 1, }; +/** + * @brief **btf__free()** frees all data of a BTF object + * @param btf BTF object to free + */ LIBBPF_API void btf__free(struct btf *btf); +/** + * @brief **btf__new()** creates a new instance of a BTF object from the raw + * bytes of an ELF's BTF section + * @param data raw bytes + * @param size number of bytes passed in `data` + * @return new BTF object instance which has to be eventually freed with + * **btf__free()** + * + * On error, error-code-encoded-as-pointer is returned, not a NULL. To extract + * error code from such a pointer `libbpf_get_error()` should be used. If + * `libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_CLEAN_PTRS)` is enabled, NULL is + * returned on error instead. In both cases thread-local `errno` variable is + * always set to error code as well. + */ LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__new(const void *data, __u32 size); + +/** + * @brief **btf__new_split()** create a new instance of a BTF object from the + * provided raw data bytes. It takes another BTF instance, **base_btf**, which + * serves as a base BTF, which is extended by types in a newly created BTF + * instance + * @param data raw bytes + * @param size length of raw bytes + * @param base_btf the base BTF object + * @return new BTF object instance which has to be eventually freed with + * **btf__free()** + * + * If *base_btf* is NULL, `btf__new_split()` is equivalent to `btf__new()` and + * creates non-split BTF. + * + * On error, error-code-encoded-as-pointer is returned, not a NULL. To extract + * error code from such a pointer `libbpf_get_error()` should be used. If + * `libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_CLEAN_PTRS)` is enabled, NULL is + * returned on error instead. In both cases thread-local `errno` variable is + * always set to error code as well. + */ LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__new_split(const void *data, __u32 size, struct btf *base_btf); + +/** + * @brief **btf__new_empty()** creates an empty BTF object. Use + * `btf__add_*()` to populate such BTF object. + * @return new BTF object instance which has to be eventually freed with + * **btf__free()** + * + * On error, error-code-encoded-as-pointer is returned, not a NULL. To extract + * error code from such a pointer `libbpf_get_error()` should be used. If + * `libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_CLEAN_PTRS)` is enabled, NULL is + * returned on error instead. In both cases thread-local `errno` variable is + * always set to error code as well. + */ LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__new_empty(void); + +/** + * @brief **btf__new_empty_split()** creates an unpopulated BTF object from an + * ELF BTF section except with a base BTF on top of which split BTF should be + * based + * @return new BTF object instance which has to be eventually freed with + * **btf__free()** + * + * If *base_btf* is NULL, `btf__new_empty_split()` is equivalent to + * `btf__new_empty()` and creates non-split BTF. + * + * On error, error-code-encoded-as-pointer is returned, not a NULL. To extract + * error code from such a pointer `libbpf_get_error()` should be used. If + * `libbpf_set_strict_mode(LIBBPF_STRICT_CLEAN_PTRS)` is enabled, NULL is + * returned on error instead. In both cases thread-local `errno` variable is + * always set to error code as well. + */ LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__new_empty_split(struct btf *base_btf); LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__parse(const char *path, struct btf_ext **btf_ext); |