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From: Teng Qin <qinteng@fb.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 21:03:54 -0700
Subject: bpf: update perf event helper functions documentation
Patch-mainline: v4.13-rc1
Git-commit: b7d3ed5be9bd7e0689eee0f0f36702937cd8f7c8
References: bsc#1109837

This commit updates documentation of the bpf_perf_event_output and
bpf_perf_event_read helpers to match their implementation.

Signed-off-by: Teng Qin <qinteng@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@suse.de>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       |   11 +++++++----
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |   11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *     @flags: room for future extensions
  *     Return: 0 on success or negative error
  *
- * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(&map, index)
- *     Return: Number events read or error code
+ * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(map, flags)
+ *     read perf event counter value
+ *     @map: pointer to perf_event_array map
+ *     @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags
+ *     Return: value of perf event counter read or error code
  *
  * int bpf_redirect(ifindex, flags)
  *     redirect to another netdev
@@ -328,11 +331,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *     @skb: pointer to skb
  *     Return: realm if != 0
  *
- * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, index, data, size)
+ * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, flags, data, size)
  *     output perf raw sample
  *     @ctx: struct pt_regs*
  *     @map: pointer to perf_event_array map
- *     @index: index of event in the map
+ *     @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags
  *     @data: data on stack to be output as raw data
  *     @size: size of data
  *     Return: 0 on success or negative error
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -313,8 +313,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *     @flags: room for future extensions
  *     Return: 0 on success or negative error
  *
- * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(&map, index)
- *     Return: Number events read or error code
+ * u64 bpf_perf_event_read(map, flags)
+ *     read perf event counter value
+ *     @map: pointer to perf_event_array map
+ *     @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags
+ *     Return: value of perf event counter read or error code
  *
  * int bpf_redirect(ifindex, flags)
  *     redirect to another netdev
@@ -328,11 +331,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *     @skb: pointer to skb
  *     Return: realm if != 0
  *
- * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, index, data, size)
+ * int bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, flags, data, size)
  *     output perf raw sample
  *     @ctx: struct pt_regs*
  *     @map: pointer to perf_event_array map
- *     @index: index of event in the map
+ *     @flags: index of event in the map or bitmask flags
  *     @data: data on stack to be output as raw data
  *     @size: size of data
  *     Return: 0 on success or negative error