tree 2b04dd901d8ec783e1c140de208573cba1527cec
parent d66f43666a6811bcc3e529d5a088e1bdde94ca1b
author Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> 1562025536 -0700
committer Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> 1562359050 +0200

libbpf: introduce concept of bpf_link

bpf_link is an abstraction of an association of a BPF program and one of
many possible BPF attachment points (hooks). This allows to have uniform
interface for detaching BPF programs regardless of the nature of link
and how it was created. Details of creation and setting up of a specific
bpf_link is handled by corresponding attachment methods
(bpf_program__attach_xxx) added in subsequent commits. Once successfully
created, bpf_link has to be eventually destroyed with
bpf_link__destroy(), at which point BPF program is disassociated from
a hook and all the relevant resources are freed.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>