libbpf: Add ring__avail_data_size

Add ring__avail_data_size for querying the currently available data in
the ringbuffer, similar to the BPF_RB_AVAIL_DATA flag in
bpf_ringbuf_query. This is racy during ongoing operations but is still
useful for overall information on how a ringbuffer is behaving.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kelly <martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230925215045.2375758-8-martin.kelly@crowdstrike.com

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index ab470179b7fe..d60254c5edc6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -1282,6 +1282,17 @@ LIBBPF_API unsigned long ring__consumer_pos(const struct ring *r);
  */
 LIBBPF_API unsigned long ring__producer_pos(const struct ring *r);
 
+/**
+ * @brief **ring__avail_data_size()** returns the number of bytes in the
+ * ringbuffer not yet consumed. This has no locking associated with it, so it
+ * can be inaccurate if operations are ongoing while this is called. However, it
+ * should still show the correct trend over the long-term.
+ *
+ * @param r A ringbuffer object.
+ * @return The number of bytes not yet consumed.
+ */
+LIBBPF_API size_t ring__avail_data_size(const struct ring *r);
+
 struct user_ring_buffer_opts {
 	size_t sz; /* size of this struct, for forward/backward compatibility */
 };