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From: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 11:29:11 -0700
Subject: bpf: Clarify data_len param in bpf_snprintf and bpf_seq_printf
 comments
Patch-mainline: v5.16-rc1
Git-commit: a42effb0b24fcaf49513c2d7d77ef6daa9e32a6f
References: jsc#PED-1377

Since the data_len in these two functions is a byte len of the preceding
u64 *data array, it must always be a multiple of 8. If this isn't the
case both helpers error out, so let's make the requirement explicit so
users don't need to infer it.

Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210917182911.2426606-10-davemarchevsky@fb.com
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       |    5 +++--
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4046,7 +4046,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		arguments. The *data* are a **u64** array and corresponding format string
  * 		values are stored in the array. For strings and pointers where pointees
  * 		are accessed, only the pointer values are stored in the *data* array.
- * 		The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes.
+ * 		The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes - must be a multiple of 8.
  *
  *		Formats **%s**, **%p{i,I}{4,6}** requires to read kernel memory.
  *		Reading kernel memory may fail due to either invalid address or
@@ -4751,7 +4751,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *		Each format specifier in **fmt** corresponds to one u64 element
  *		in the **data** array. For strings and pointers where pointees
  *		are accessed, only the pointer values are stored in the *data*
- *		array. The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes.
+ *		array. The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes - must be
+ *		a multiple of 8.
  *
  *		Formats **%s** and **%p{i,I}{4,6}** require to read kernel
  *		memory. Reading kernel memory may fail due to either invalid
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -4049,7 +4049,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		arguments. The *data* are a **u64** array and corresponding format string
  * 		values are stored in the array. For strings and pointers where pointees
  * 		are accessed, only the pointer values are stored in the *data* array.
- * 		The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes.
+ * 		The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes - must be a multiple of 8.
  *
  *		Formats **%s**, **%p{i,I}{4,6}** requires to read kernel memory.
  *		Reading kernel memory may fail due to either invalid address or
@@ -4754,7 +4754,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
  *		Each format specifier in **fmt** corresponds to one u64 element
  *		in the **data** array. For strings and pointers where pointees
  *		are accessed, only the pointer values are stored in the *data*
- *		array. The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes.
+ *		array. The *data_len* is the size of *data* in bytes - must be
+ *		a multiple of 8.
  *
  *		Formats **%s** and **%p{i,I}{4,6}** require to read kernel
  *		memory. Reading kernel memory may fail due to either invalid