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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ described here. It's recommended to follow these conventions whenever a
new function or type is added to keep libbpf API clean and consistent.
All types and functions provided by libbpf API should have one of the
-following prefixes: ``bpf_``, ``btf_``, ``libbpf_``.
+following prefixes: ``bpf_``, ``btf_``, ``libbpf_``, ``xsk_``.
System call wrappers
--------------------
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ Auxiliary functions and types that don't fit well in any of categories
described above should have ``libbpf_`` prefix, e.g.
``libbpf_get_error`` or ``libbpf_prog_type_by_name``.
+AF_XDP functions
+-------------------
+
+AF_XDP functions should have an ``xsk_`` prefix, e.g.
+``xsk_umem__get_data`` or ``xsk_umem__create``. The interface consists
+of both low-level ring access functions and high-level configuration
+functions. These can be mixed and matched. Note that these functions
+are not reentrant for performance reasons.
+
+Please take a look at Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst in the Linux
+kernel source tree on how to use XDP sockets and for some common
+mistakes in case you do not get any traffic up to user space.
+
libbpf ABI
==========