bpf: Allow ringbuf memory to be used as map key
This patch adds support for the following pattern: struct some_data *data = bpf_ringbuf_reserve(&ringbuf, sizeof(struct some_data, 0)); if (!data) return; bpf_map_lookup_elem(&another_map, &data->some_field); bpf_ringbuf_submit(data); Currently the verifier does not consider bpf_ringbuf_reserve's PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_ALLOC ret type a valid key input to bpf_map_lookup_elem. Since PTR_TO_MEM is by definition a valid region of memory, it is safe to use it as a key for lookups. Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221020160721.4030492-1-davemarchevsky@fb.comSigned-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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