Helper function bpf_xdp_output
This helper writes a raw data blob into a special BPF perf event held by map of type BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY.
Definition
Copyright (c) 2015 The Libbpf Authors. All rights reserved.
Returns 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
static long (* const bpf_xdp_output)(void *ctx, void *map, __u64 flags, void *data, __u64 size) = (void *) 121;
Usage
The perf event must have the following attributes: PERF_SAMPLE_RAW as sample_type, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE as type, and PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT as config.
The flags are used to indicate the index in map for which the value must be put, masked with BPF_F_INDEX_MASK. Alternatively, flags can be set to BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU to indicate that the index of the current CPU core should be used.
The value to write, of size, is passed through eBPF stack and pointed by data.
ctx is a pointer to in-kernel struct xdp_buff.
This helper is similar to bpf_perf_event_output but restricted to raw_tracepoint bpf programs.
Program types
This helper call can be used in the following program types:
Map types
This helper call can be used with the following map types:
Example
Docs could be improved
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