Re: [PATCH] bpf: Fix bpf_seq_read docs for increased buffer size

From: T.J. Mercier

Date: Sun Dec 07 2025 - 04:12:26 EST


On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM Menglong Dong <menglong.dong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 12/7/25 8:58 AM, T.J. Mercier wrote:
> > Commit af65320948b8 ("bpf: Bump iter seq size to support BTF
> > representation of large data structures") increased the fixed buffer
> > size from PAGE_SIZE to PAGE_SIZE << 3, but the docs for the function
> > didn't get updated at the same time. Update them.
> >
> > Fixes: af65320948b8 ("bpf: Bump iter seq size to support BTF representation of large data structures")
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> I think we don't need the "Fixes" tag for the document fix?
> Therefore, it's better to go to the "bpf-next" tree with the
> corresponding tag:
> [PATCH bpf-next]
>
> Thanks!
> Menglong Dong

SGTM, resent to bpf-next at:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251207091005.2829703-1-tjmercier@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Thanks!
-T.J.

> > Signed-off-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
> > index eec60b57bd3d..4b58d56ecab1 100644
> > --- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
> > +++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
> > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static bool bpf_iter_support_resched(struct seq_file *seq)
> >
> > /* bpf_seq_read, a customized and simpler version for bpf iterator.
> > * The following are differences from seq_read():
> > - * . fixed buffer size (PAGE_SIZE)
> > + * . fixed buffer size (PAGE_SIZE << 3)
> > * . assuming NULL ->llseek()
> > * . stop() may call bpf program, handling potential overflow there
> > */
> >
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