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* [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale references in map docs
@ 2026-11-14 17:01 Ahmad Wicaksono
  2026-11-14 17:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] Documentation/bpf: Update sockmap docs for mutation restrictions Ahmad Wicaksono
  2026-11-14 17:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale selftests file references Ahmad Wicaksono
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ahmad Wicaksono @ 2026-11-14 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf
  Cc: rhkrqnwk98, ast, daniel, andrii, eddyz87, memxor, martin.lau,
	song, yonghong.song, jolsa, john.fastabend, corbet, linux-doc,
	Ahmad Wicaksono

Two documentation fixes for the BPF map pages.

Patch 1 records that since commit be39165224d0 ("bpf, sockmap: Disallow
update and delete from tc, xdp, socket_filter and flow_dissector"), only
BPF_TRACE_ITER tracing, sock_ops (delete only), sk_reuseport and
sk_lookup programs may mutate a sockmap or sockhash; anything else is
rejected with "cannot update sockmap in this context". The kernel-side
sections of map_sockmap.rst did not mention this. It also drops the
reference to progs/test_sockmap_update.c, removed by
commit 5de7a6eaed89 ("selftests/bpf: Drop
tc/xdp/flow_dissector/socket_filter sockmap mutation tests").

Patch 2 fixes two moved selftests paths: test_lpm_map.c, now
map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c, and test_xdp_noinline.c, now under
progs/.

Documentation only; no functional change.

Ahmad Wicaksono (2):
  Documentation/bpf: Update sockmap docs for mutation restrictions
  Documentation/bpf: Fix stale selftests file references

 Documentation/bpf/btf.rst          |  2 +-
 Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst |  6 +++---
 Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst  | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

checkpatch.pl --strict is clean. make SPHINXDIRS=bpf htmldocs gives
identical warnings before and after. Documentation only, so nothing to
run-test.

base-commit: ca4181cacb0c6a5632018f1c94f29d9dbc0e9270
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] Documentation/bpf: Update sockmap docs for mutation restrictions
  2026-11-14 17:01 [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale references in map docs Ahmad Wicaksono
@ 2026-11-14 17:01 ` Ahmad Wicaksono
  2026-11-14 17:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale selftests file references Ahmad Wicaksono
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ahmad Wicaksono @ 2026-11-14 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf
  Cc: rhkrqnwk98, ast, daniel, andrii, eddyz87, memxor, martin.lau,
	song, yonghong.song, jolsa, john.fastabend, corbet, linux-doc,
	Ahmad Wicaksono

Commit be39165224d0 ("bpf, sockmap: Disallow update and delete from tc,
xdp, socket_filter and flow_dissector") dropped those program types from
may_update_sockmap(), so tc, tc act, XDP, socket_filter and
flow_dissector programs can no longer call bpf_map_update_elem() or
bpf_map_delete_elem() on a sockmap or sockhash; the verifier now rejects
them at load time with "cannot update sockmap in this context". The
kernel-side sections of map_sockmap.rst did not mention this at all.

Record which program types may still mutate these maps, and note that
sock_ops programs may delete entries but have to use
bpf_sock_map_update() or bpf_sock_hash_update() to add them.

Also drop the reference to
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_update.c and its link
target. That file was removed by commit 5de7a6eaed89 ("selftests/bpf:
Drop tc/xdp/flow_dissector/socket_filter sockmap mutation tests").

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Wicaksono <supersonix03@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst b/Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst
index 2d630686a00..8bb6d74cf36 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/map_sockmap.rst
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ The flags argument can be one of the following:
 
 Returns 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
 
+.. note::
+	The verifier only accepts this helper on a sockmap or sockhash from
+	``BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT`` and ``BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP``
+	programs, and from ``BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING`` programs attached as
+	``BPF_TRACE_ITER``. Other program types, such as tc, XDP,
+	socket_filter and flow_dissector, are rejected at load time with
+	"cannot update sockmap in this context". ``BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS``
+	programs must use ``bpf_sock_map_update()`` or
+	``bpf_sock_hash_update()`` instead.
+
 bpf_map_delete_elem()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 .. code-block:: c
@@ -295,6 +305,12 @@ Delete a socket entry from a sockmap or a sockhash.
 
 Returns	0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
 
+.. note::
+	The same program type restriction as for ``bpf_map_update_elem()``
+	applies, except that ``BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS`` programs may delete
+	entries. Other program types are rejected at load time with
+	"cannot update sockmap in this context".
+
 User space
 ----------
 bpf_map_update_elem()
@@ -349,7 +365,6 @@ Several examples of the use of sockmap APIs can be found in:
 - `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c`_
 - `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_verdict_prog.c`_
 - `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c`_
-- `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_update.c`_
 
 The following code snippet shows how to declare a sockmap.
 
@@ -495,4 +510,3 @@ References
 .. _`tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
 .. _`tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
 .. _`tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c
-.. _`tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_update.c`: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_update.c
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale selftests file references
  2026-11-14 17:01 [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] Documentation/bpf: Fix stale references in map docs Ahmad Wicaksono
  2026-11-14 17:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] Documentation/bpf: Update sockmap docs for mutation restrictions Ahmad Wicaksono
@ 2026-11-14 17:01 ` Ahmad Wicaksono
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ahmad Wicaksono @ 2026-11-14 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf
  Cc: rhkrqnwk98, ast, daniel, andrii, eddyz87, memxor, martin.lau,
	song, yonghong.song, jolsa, john.fastabend, corbet, linux-doc,
	Ahmad Wicaksono

Two selftests paths in the BPF docs no longer exist:

map_lpm_trie.rst points at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c,
which was moved by commit 3e18f5f1e5a1 ("selftests/bpf: Move
test_lpm_map.c to map_tests") and now lives at
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c.

btf.rst points at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_noinline.c, which
is now tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_noinline.c.

Update both so readers can find the code.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Wicaksono <supersonix03@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/btf.rst          | 2 +-
 Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
index b618812390e..94a81a9e99b 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ information.::
 The following is an example of how line_info can help debugging verification
 failure.::
 
-       /* The code at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_noinline.c
+       /* The code at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_noinline.c
         * is modified as below.
         */
        data = (void *)(long)xdp->data;
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst b/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst
index f9cd579496c..37ef39d0b39 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ specific keys before less specific ones.
 Examples
 ========
 
-Please see ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c`` for examples
-of LPM trie usage from userspace. The code snippets below demonstrate
-API usage.
+Please see ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/map_tests/lpm_trie_map_basic_ops.c``
+for examples of LPM trie usage from userspace. The code snippets below
+demonstrate API usage.
 
 Kernel BPF
 ----------
-- 
2.43.0


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