perf bpf: Add API to set values to map entries in a bpf object

bpf__config_obj() is introduced as a core API to config BPF object after
loading. One configuration option of maps is introduced. After this
patch BPF object can accept assignments like:

  map:my_map.value=1234

(map.my_map.value looks pretty. However, there's a small but hard to fix
problem related to flex's greedy matching. Please see [1].  Choose ':'
to avoid it in a simpler way.)

This patch is more complex than the work it does because the
consideration of extension. In designing BPF map configuration, the
following things should be considered:

 1. Array indices selection: perf should allow user setting different
    value for different slots in an array, with syntax like:
    map:my_map.value[0,3...6]=1234;

 2. A map should be set by different config terms, each for a part
    of it. For example, set each slot to the pid of a thread;

 3. Type of value: integer is not the only valid value type. A perf
    counter can also be put into a map after commit 35578d798400
    ("bpf: Implement function bpf_perf_event_read() that get the
      selected hardware PMU counter")

 4. For a hash table, it should be possible to use a string or other
    value as a key;

 5. It is possible that map configuration is unable to be setup
    during parsing. A perf counter is an example.

Therefore, this patch does the following:

 1. Instead of updating map element during parsing, this patch stores
    map config options in 'struct bpf_map_priv'. Following patches
    will apply those configs at an appropriate time;

 2. Link map operations in a list so a map can have multiple config
    terms attached, so different parts can be configured separately;

 3. Make 'struct bpf_map_priv' extensible so that the following patches
    can add new types of keys and operations;

 4. Use bpf_obj_config__map_funcs array to support more map config options.

Since the patch changing the event parser to parse BPF object config is
relative large, I've put it in another commit. Code in this patch can be
tested after applying the next patch.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/g/[email protected]

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <[email protected]>
Cc: Cody P Schafer <[email protected]>
Cc: He Kuang <[email protected]>
Cc: Jeremie Galarneau <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Kirill Smelkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Li Zefan <[email protected]>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Zefan Li <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <[email protected]>
[ Changes "maps:my_map.value" to "map:my_map.value", improved error messages ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

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