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Commit 5c1f8ea6 authored by Martin Teichmann's avatar Martin Teichmann
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add some documentation

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......@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ we cannot use a Python ``if`` statement, as then the code actually does not
get executed, so no code would be generated. So we replace ``if`` statements
by Python ``with`` statements like so::
with self.some_variable > 6 as cond:
with self.some_variable > 6 as Else:
do_someting
with cond.Else():
with Else:
do_something_else
certainly an ``Else`` statement may be omitted if not needed.
......@@ -144,16 +144,33 @@ variables at the same time. So concurrent access may lead to problems. An
exception is the in-place addition operator `+=`, which works under a lock,
but only if the variable is of 4 or 8 bytes size.
Otherwise variables may be declared in all sizes. Additionally, one can mark
which variables are supposed to be written from user space to the EBPF,
as opposed to just being read. The declaration is like so::
Otherwise variables may be declared in all sizes. The declaration is like so::
class MyProgram(EBPF):
array_map = ArrayMap()
a_read_variable = array_map("B") # one byte read-only variable
a_write_variable = array_map("i", write=True) # a read-write integer
the array map has methods to access the variables:
.. autoclass:: ebpfcat.arraymap.ArrayMapAccess
:members:
a_byte_variable = array_map.globalVar("B")
an_integer_variable = array_map.globalVar("i")
those variables can be accessed both from within the ebpf program, as from
outside. Both sides are actually accessing the same memory, so be aware of
race conditions.
Fixed-point arithmetic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
as a bonus beyond standard ebpf, we support fixed-point values as a type `x`.
Within ebpf they are calculated as per-10000, so a 0.2 is represented as
20000. From outside, the variables seem to be doubles. Vaguely following
Python, all true divisions `/` result in a fixed-point result, while all
floor divisions `//` result in a standard integer. Some examples:
class FixedPoint(EPBF):
array_map = ArrayMap()
fixed_var = array_map.globalVar("x") # declare a fixed-point variable
normal_var = array_map.globalVar("i")
def program(self):
self.fixed_var = 3.5 # automatically converted to fixed
self.normal_var = self.fixed_var # automatically truncated
self.fixed_var = self.normal_var / 5 # keep decimals
self.fixed_var = self.normal_var // 5 # floor division
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