On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:34:38 +0100
Quentin Monnet <[email protected]> wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index 350459c583de..3d329538498f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -1276,6 +1276,50 @@ union bpf_attr {
> * Return
> * 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
> *
> + * int bpf_redirect_map(struct bpf_map *map, u32 key, u64 flags)
> + * Description
> + * Redirect the packet to the endpoint referenced by *map* at
> + * index *key*. Depending on its type, his *map* can contain
^^^
"his" -> "this"
> + * references to net devices (for forwarding packets through other
> + * ports), or to CPUs (for redirecting XDP frames to another CPU;
> + * but this is only implemented for native XDP (with driver
> + * support) as of this writing).
> + *
> + * All values for *flags* are reserved for future usage, and must
> + * be left at zero.
> + * Return
> + * **XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or **XDP_ABORT** on error.
> + *
"XDP_ABORT" -> "XDP_ABORTED"
I don't know if it's worth mentioning in the doc/man-page; that for XDP
using bpf_redirect_map() is a HUGE performance advantage, compared to
the bpf_redirect() call ?
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Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
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