From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@gmail.com>,
ast@kernel.org, olsajiri@gmail.com
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org, martin.lau@linux.dev,
eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev,
john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
haoluo@google.com, jolsa@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: test access to ringbuf position with map pointer
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:53:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d749228d-15b8-4487-8c2f-604b9d5d4316@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260323021839.101316-1-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
On 23/3/26 10:18, Menglong Dong wrote:
> Add the testing to access the bpf_ringbuf with the map pointer.
> "consumer_pos" and "producer_pos" is accessed in this testing. We reserve
> 128 bytes in the ringbuf to test the producer_pos, which should be
> "128 + 8", and the "8" is BPF_RINGBUF_HDR_SZ.
>
> It will be helpful if we want to evaluate the usage of the ringbuf in bpf
> prog with the consumer and producer position.
>
128 is a plain test for ringbuf, like those in
ringbuf_overwrite_mode_subtest().
The reserved size can be 0; however, a test for it is missing. It would
be better to add a test against 0-size here or there.
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
> Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
One nit below.
> ---
> v2:
> - don't set the max_entries for the ringbuf map
> - add comment for the producer_pos
> ---
> .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
> index efaf622c28dd..d7611e7018ca 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
> @@ -647,8 +647,14 @@ static inline int check_devmap_hash(void)
> return 1;
> }
>
> +struct bpf_ringbuf {
> + unsigned long consumer_pos;
> + unsigned long producer_pos;
> +} __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
> +
> struct bpf_ringbuf_map {
> struct bpf_map map;
> + struct bpf_ringbuf *rb;
> } __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
>
> struct {
> @@ -659,9 +665,21 @@ static inline int check_ringbuf(void)
> {
> struct bpf_ringbuf_map *ringbuf = (struct bpf_ringbuf_map *)&m_ringbuf;
> struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *)&m_ringbuf;
> + struct bpf_ringbuf *rb;
> + void *ptr;
>
> VERIFY(check(&ringbuf->map, map, 0, 0, page_size));
>
> + ptr = bpf_ringbuf_reserve(&m_ringbuf, 128, 0);
> + VERIFY(ptr);
> +
> + bpf_ringbuf_discard(ptr, 0);
> + rb = ringbuf->rb;
> + VERIFY(rb);
> + VERIFY(rb->consumer_pos == 0);
> + /* The "8" here is BPF_RINGBUF_HDR_SZ */
> + VERIFY(rb->producer_pos == 128 + 8);
> +
NIT: Use BPF_RINGBUF_HDR_SZ directly. Is it missing in vmlinux.h?
Thanks,
Leon
> return 1;
> }
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-24 2:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 2:18 [PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: test access to ringbuf position with map pointer Menglong Dong
2026-03-23 10:59 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-03-24 9:21 ` Menglong Dong
2026-03-24 2:53 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-03-24 9:24 ` Menglong Dong
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