libbpf: Add API to consume the perf ring buffer content

This new API, perf_buffer__consume, can be used as follows:

- When you have a perf ring where wakeup_events is higher than 1,
  and you have remaining data in the rings you would like to pull
  out on exit (or maybe based on a timeout).

- For low latency cases where you burn a CPU that constantly polls
  the queues.

Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/159048487929.89441.7465713173442594608.stgit@ebuild
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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Eelco Chaudron
2020-05-26 11:21:42 +02:00
committed by Alexei Starovoitov
parent 2b983b407a
commit 272d51af32
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@@ -262,4 +262,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.9 {
bpf_link_get_fd_by_id;
bpf_link_get_next_id;
bpf_program__attach_iter;
perf_buffer__consume;
} LIBBPF_0.0.8;