On 06/27, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> bpf_link is and abstraction of an association of a BPF program and one
> of many possible BPF attachment points (hooks). This allows to have
> uniform interface for detaching BPF programs regardless of the nature of
> link and how it was created. Details of creation and setting up of
> a specific bpf_link is handled by corresponding attachment methods
> (bpf_program__attach_xxx) added in subsequent commits. Once successfully
> created, bpf_link has to be eventually destroyed with
> bpf_link__destroy(), at which point BPF program is disassociated from
> a hook and all the relevant resources are freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 4 ++++
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> index 6e6ebef11ba3..455795e6f8af 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> @@ -3941,6 +3941,23 @@ int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +struct bpf_link {
Maybe call it bpf_attachment? You call the bpf_program__attach_to_blah
and you get an attachment?
> + int (*destroy)(struct bpf_link *link);
> +};
> +
> +int bpf_link__destroy(struct bpf_link *link)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + if (!link)
> + return 0;
> +
> + err = link->destroy(link);
> + free(link);
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> enum bpf_perf_event_ret
> bpf_perf_event_read_simple(void *mmap_mem, size_t mmap_size, size_t page_size,
> void **copy_mem, size_t *copy_size,
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> index d639f47e3110..5082a5ebb0c2 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> @@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__pin(struct bpf_program *prog, const char *path);
> LIBBPF_API int bpf_program__unpin(struct bpf_program *prog, const char *path);
> LIBBPF_API void bpf_program__unload(struct bpf_program *prog);
>
> +struct bpf_link;
> +
> +LIBBPF_API int bpf_link__destroy(struct bpf_link *link);
> +
> struct bpf_insn;
>
> /*
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> index 2c6d835620d2..3cde850fc8da 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
> @@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.3 {
>
> LIBBPF_0.0.4 {
> global:
> + bpf_link__destroy;
> + bpf_object__load_xattr;
> btf_dump__dump_type;
> btf_dump__free;
> btf_dump__new;
> btf__parse_elf;
> - bpf_object__load_xattr;
> libbpf_num_possible_cpus;
> } LIBBPF_0.0.3;
> --
> 2.17.1
>
