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Add helpers to work with new value being written to sysctl by user space. bpf_sysctl_get_new_value() copies value being written to sysctl into provided buffer. bpf_sysctl_set_new_value() overrides new value being written by user space with a one from provided buffer. Buffer should contain string representation of the value, similar to what can be seen in /proc/sys/. Both helpers can be used only on sysctl write. File position matters and can be managed by an interface that will be introduced separately. E.g. if user space calls sys_write to a file in /proc/sys/ at file position = X, where X > 0, then the value set by bpf_sysctl_set_new_value() will be written starting from X. If program wants to override whole value with specified buffer, file position has to be set to zero. Documentation for the new helpers is provided in bpf.h UAPI. Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.