Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/8] bpf: add documentation for eBPF helpers (12-22)

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On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 03:34:33PM +0100, Quentin Monnet wrote:
> Add documentation for eBPF helper functions to bpf.h user header file.
> This documentation can be parsed with the Python script provided in
> another commit of the patch series, in order to provide a RST document
> that can later be converted into a man page.
> 
> The objective is to make the documentation easily understandable and
> accessible to all eBPF developers, including beginners.
> 
> This patch contains descriptions for the following helper functions, all
> written by Alexei:
> 
> - bpf_get_current_pid_tgid()
> - bpf_get_current_uid_gid()
> - bpf_get_current_comm()
> - bpf_skb_vlan_push()
> - bpf_skb_vlan_pop()
> - bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key()
> - bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key()
> - bpf_redirect()
> - bpf_perf_event_output()
> - bpf_get_stackid()
> - bpf_get_current_task()
> 
> v3:
> - bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key(): Change and improve description and example.
> - bpf_redirect(): Improve description of BPF_F_INGRESS flag.
> - bpf_perf_event_output(): Fix first sentence of description. Delete
>   wrong statement on context being evaluated as a struct pt_reg. Remove
>   the long yet incomplete example.
> - bpf_get_stackid(): Add a note about PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH being
>   configurable.
> 
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

looks great.
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>

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