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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h index e4d5353f757b..c51d6e6b3066 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h @@ -1053,6 +1053,22 @@ LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__consume(struct perf_buffer *pb); LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__consume_buffer(struct perf_buffer *pb, size_t buf_idx); LIBBPF_API size_t perf_buffer__buffer_cnt(const struct perf_buffer *pb); LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__buffer_fd(const struct perf_buffer *pb, size_t buf_idx); +/** + * @brief **perf_buffer__buffer()** returns the per-cpu raw mmap()'ed underlying + * memory region of the ring buffer. + * This ring buffer can be used to implement a custom events consumer. + * The ring buffer starts with the *struct perf_event_mmap_page*, which + * holds the ring buffer managment fields, when accessing the header + * structure it's important to be SMP aware. + * You can refer to *perf_event_read_simple* for a simple example. + * @param pb the perf buffer structure + * @param buf_idx the buffer index to retreive + * @param buf (out) gets the base pointer of the mmap()'ed memory + * @param buf_size (out) gets the size of the mmap()'ed region + * @return 0 on success, negative error code for failure + */ +LIBBPF_API int perf_buffer__buffer(struct perf_buffer *pb, int buf_idx, void **buf, + size_t *buf_size); struct bpf_prog_linfo; struct bpf_prog_info; |