The map_lookup{,_and_delete}_batch operations return same values. Make this clear in documentation. Also, update the comments so that this is more clear that -ENOENT is a valid return value in case of success. (In fact, this is the most common return value, as this is reasonable to do map_lookup_batch(MAX_ENTRIES), which, in case of success, will always return -ENOENT.) Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <aspsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index 600d0caebbd8..9e6e277bedab 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -632,17 +632,19 @@ union bpf_iter_link_info { * returning the lock. This must be specified if the * elements contain a spinlock. * - * On success, *count* elements from the map are copied into the - * user buffer, with the keys copied into *keys* and the values - * copied into the corresponding indices in *values*. - * - * If an error is returned and *errno* is not **EFAULT**, *count* - * is set to the number of successfully processed elements. + * On success, up to *count* elements from the map are copied into + * the user buffer, with the keys copied into *keys* and the + * values copied into the corresponding indices in *values*. * * Return * Returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned and *errno* * is set appropriately. * + * If an error is returned and *errno* is not **EFAULT**, then + * *count* is set to the number of successfully processed + * elements. In particular, the *errno* may be set to **ENOENT** + * in case of success to indicate that the end of map is reached. + * * May set *errno* to **ENOSPC** to indicate that *keys* or * *values* is too small to dump an entire bucket during * iteration of a hash-based map type. @@ -655,15 +657,15 @@ union bpf_iter_link_info { * **BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH** with two exceptions: * * * Every element that is successfully returned is also deleted - * from the map. This is at least *count* elements. Note that - * *count* is both an input and an output parameter. + * from the map. The *count* parameter is set to the number of + * returned elements. This value can be less than the actual + * number of deleted elements, see the next item. * * Upon returning with *errno* set to **EFAULT**, up to * *count* elements may be deleted without returning the keys * and values of the deleted elements. * * Return - * Returns zero on success. On error, -1 is returned and *errno* - * is set appropriately. + * Same as the BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH return values. * * BPF_MAP_UPDATE_BATCH * Description -- 2.34.1