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While it is currently possible for userspace to specify that an existing XDP program should not be replaced when attaching to an interface, there is no mechanism to safely replace a specific XDP program with another. This patch adds a new netlink attribute, IFLA_XDP_EXPECTED_FD, which can be set along with IFLA_XDP_FD. If set, the kernel will check that the program currently loaded on the interface matches the expected one, and fail the operation if it does not. This corresponds to a 'cmpxchg' memory operation. Setting the new attribute with a negative value means that no program is expected to be attached, which corresponds to setting the UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST flag. A new companion flag, XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE, is also added to explicitly request checking of the EXPECTED_FD attribute. This is needed for userspace to discover whether the kernel supports the new attribute. Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/158515700640.92963.3551295145441017022.stgit@toke.dk
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.