Larysa Zaremba f46392ee3d bpftool: Specify XDP Hints ifname when loading program
Add ability to specify a network interface used to resolve XDP hints
kfuncs when loading program through bpftool.

Usage:

  bpftool prog load [...] xdpmeta_dev <ifname>

Writing just 'dev <ifname>' instead of 'xdpmeta_dev' is a very probable
mistake that results in not very descriptive errors,
so 'bpftool prog load [...] dev <ifname>' syntax becomes deprecated,
followed by 'bpftool map create [...] dev <ifname>' for consistency.

Now, to offload program, execute:

  bpftool prog load [...] offload_dev <ifname>

To offload map:

  bpftool map create [...] offload_dev <ifname>

'dev <ifname>' still performs offloading in the commands above, but now
triggers a warning and is excluded from bash completion.

'xdpmeta_dev' and 'offload_dev' are mutually exclusive options, because
'xdpmeta_dev' basically makes a program device-bound without loading it
onto the said device. For now, offloaded programs cannot use XDP hints [0],
but if this changes, using 'offload_dev <ifname>' should cover this case.

  [0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/a5a636cc-5b03-686f-4be0-000383b05cfc@linux.dev

Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230517160103.1088185-1-larysa.zaremba@intel.com
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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