scripts/bpf: Abstract eBPF API target parameter

Abstract out the target parameter so that upcoming commits, more than
just the existing "helpers" target can be called to generate specific
portions of docs from the eBPF UAPI headers.

Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@cilium.io>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210302171947.2268128-10-joe@cilium.io

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@@ -3223,6 +3223,7 @@ F:	net/core/filter.c
 F:	net/sched/act_bpf.c
 F:	net/sched/cls_bpf.c
 F:	samples/bpf/
+F:	scripts/bpf_doc.py
 F:	tools/bpf/
 F:	tools/lib/bpf/
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/bpf/

include/uapi/linux/bpf.h

@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * parsed and used to produce a manual page. The workflow is the following,
  * and requires the rst2man utility:
  *
- *     $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \
+ *     $ ./scripts/bpf_doc.py \
  *             --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst
  *     $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7
  *     $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7

scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py → scripts/bpf_doc.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Netronome Systems, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Isovalent, Inc.
 
 # In case user attempts to run with Python 2.
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -165,10 +166,11 @@ class Printer(object):
     """
     A generic class for printers. Printers should be created with an array of
     Helper objects, and implement a way to print them in the desired fashion.
-    @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
+    @parser: A HeaderParser with objects to print to standard output
     """
-    def __init__(self, helpers):
-        self.helpers = helpers
+    def __init__(self, parser):
+        self.parser = parser
+        self.elements = []
 
     def print_header(self):
         pass
@@ -181,19 +183,23 @@ def print_one(self, helper):
 
     def print_all(self):
         self.print_header()
-        for helper in self.helpers:
-            self.print_one(helper)
+        for elem in self.elements:
+            self.print_one(elem)
         self.print_footer()
 
+
 class PrinterRST(Printer):
     """
-    A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as a ReStructured
-    Text page compatible with the rst2man program, which can be used to
-    generate a manual page for the helpers.
-    @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
+    A generic class for printers that print ReStructured Text. Printers should
+    be created with a HeaderParser object, and implement a way to print API
+    elements in the desired fashion.
+    @parser: A HeaderParser with objects to print to standard output
     """
-    def print_header(self):
-        header = '''\
+    def __init__(self, parser):
+        self.parser = parser
+
+    def print_license(self):
+        license = '''\
 .. Copyright (C) All BPF authors and contributors from 2014 to present.
 .. See git log include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in kernel tree for details.
 .. 
@@ -221,9 +227,39 @@ def print_header(self):
 .. 
 .. Please do not edit this file. It was generated from the documentation
 .. located in file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h of the Linux kernel sources
-.. (helpers description), and from scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py in the same
+.. (helpers description), and from scripts/bpf_doc.py in the same
 .. repository (header and footer).
+'''
+        print(license)
+
+    def print_elem(self, elem):
+        if (elem.desc):
+            print('\tDescription')
+            # Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of
+            # a section must be followed by a blank line.
+            for line in re.sub('\n$', '', elem.desc, count=1).split('\n'):
+                print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
+
+        if (elem.ret):
+            print('\tReturn')
+            for line in elem.ret.rstrip().split('\n'):
+                print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
+
+        print('')
 
+
+class PrinterHelpersRST(PrinterRST):
+    """
+    A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as a ReStructured
+    Text page compatible with the rst2man program, which can be used to
+    generate a manual page for the helpers.
+    @parser: A HeaderParser with Helper objects to print to standard output
+    """
+    def __init__(self, parser):
+        self.elements = parser.helpers
+
+    def print_header(self):
+        header = '''\
 ===========
 BPF-HELPERS
 ===========
@@ -264,6 +300,7 @@ def print_header(self):
 HELPERS
 =======
 '''
+        PrinterRST.print_license(self)
         print(header)
 
     def print_footer(self):
@@ -380,27 +417,19 @@ def print_proto(self, helper):
 
     def print_one(self, helper):
         self.print_proto(helper)
+        self.print_elem(helper)
 
-        if (helper.desc):
-            print('\tDescription')
-            # Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of
-            # a section must be followed by a blank line.
-            for line in re.sub('\n$', '', helper.desc, count=1).split('\n'):
-                print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
 
-        if (helper.ret):
-            print('\tReturn')
-            for line in helper.ret.rstrip().split('\n'):
-                print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line))
 
-        print('')
 
 class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
     """
     A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as C header to
     be included from BPF program.
-    @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output
+    @parser: A HeaderParser with Helper objects to print to standard output
     """
+    def __init__(self, parser):
+        self.elements = parser.helpers
 
     type_fwds = [
             'struct bpf_fib_lookup',
@@ -511,7 +540,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
 
     def print_header(self):
         header = '''\
-/* This is auto-generated file. See bpf_helpers_doc.py for details. */
+/* This is auto-generated file. See bpf_doc.py for details. */
 
 /* Forward declarations of BPF structs */'''
 
@@ -589,8 +618,12 @@ def print_one(self, helper):
 linuxRoot = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(script))
 bpfh = os.path.join(linuxRoot, 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
 
+printers = {
+        'helpers': PrinterHelpersRST,
+}
+
 argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="""
-Parse eBPF header file and generate documentation for eBPF helper functions.
+Parse eBPF header file and generate documentation for the eBPF API.
 The RST-formatted output produced can be turned into a manual page with the
 rst2man utility.
 """)
@@ -601,6 +634,8 @@ def print_one(self, helper):
                            default=bpfh)
 else:
     argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
+argParser.add_argument('target', nargs='?', default='helpers',
+                       choices=printers.keys(), help='eBPF API target')
 args = argParser.parse_args()
 
 # Parse file.
@@ -609,7 +644,7 @@ def print_one(self, helper):
 
 # Print formatted output to standard output.
 if args.header:
-    printer = PrinterHelpers(headerParser.helpers)
+    printer = PrinterHelpers(headerParser)
 else:
-    printer = PrinterRST(headerParser.helpers)
+    printer = printers[args.target](headerParser)
 printer.print_all()

tools/bpf/Makefile.helpers

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
 RST2MAN_DEP := $(shell command -v rst2man 2>/dev/null)
 
 $(OUTPUT)$(HELPERS_RST): $(UP2DIR)../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(UP2DIR)../../scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py --filename $< > $@
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(UP2DIR)../../scripts/bpf_doc.py --filename $< > $@
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.7: $(OUTPUT)%.rst
 ifndef RST2MAN_DEP

tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h

@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * parsed and used to produce a manual page. The workflow is the following,
  * and requires the rst2man utility:
  *
- *     $ ./scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py \
+ *     $ ./scripts/bpf_doc.py \
  *             --filename include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst
  *     $ rst2man /tmp/bpf-helpers.rst > /tmp/bpf-helpers.7
  *     $ man /tmp/bpf-helpers.7

tools/lib/bpf/Makefile

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ $(BPF_IN_STATIC): force $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf OUTPUT=$(STATIC_OBJDIR)
 
 $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS): $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(srctree)/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py --header \
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(srctree)/scripts/bpf_doc.py --header \
 		--file $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h > $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
 
 $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so.$(LIBBPF_VERSION)

tools/perf/MANIFEST

@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ tools/lib/bitmap.c
 tools/lib/str_error_r.c
 tools/lib/vsprintf.c
 tools/lib/zalloc.c
-scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
+scripts/bpf_doc.py