kernel/bpf/map_in_map.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

kernel/bpf/map_in_map.h

Extension

.h

Size

499 bytes

Lines

20

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
• Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.

Dependency Surface

• linux/types.h

Detected Declarations

• struct file
• struct bpf_map

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef __MAP_IN_MAP_H__
#define __MAP_IN_MAP_H__

#include <linux/types.h>

struct file;
struct bpf_map;

struct bpf_map *bpf_map_meta_alloc(int inner_map_ufd);
void bpf_map_meta_free(struct bpf_map *map_meta);
void *bpf_map_fd_get_ptr(struct bpf_map *map, struct file *map_file,
			 int ufd);
void bpf_map_fd_put_ptr(struct bpf_map *map, void *ptr, bool need_defer);
u32 bpf_map_fd_sys_lookup_elem(void *ptr);

#endif

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/types.h`.
• Detected declarations: `struct file`, `struct bpf_map`.
• Atlas domain: Core OS / Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.