linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1] bpf, sockmap: Introduce tracing capability for sockmap

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Message-ID: <b560604b7b97a58d13c60655747b30a5b9f27a4d@linux.dev>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:19:09 +0000
From: "Jiayuan Chen" <jiayuan.chen@...ux.dev>
To: "Cong Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1] bpf, sockmap: Introduce tracing capability
 for sockmap

April 10, 2025 at 01:04, "Cong Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 06:29:33PM +0800, Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Sockmap has the same high-performance forwarding capability as XDP, but
> > 
> >  operates at Layer 7.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  Introduce tracing capability for sockmap, similar to XDP, to trace the
> > 
> >  execution results of BPF programs without modifying the programs
> > 
> >  themselves, similar to the existing trace_xdp_redirect{_map}.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  It is crucial for debugging BPF programs, especially in production
> > 
> >  environments.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  Additionally, a header file was added to bpf_trace.h to automatically
> > 
> >  generate tracepoints.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  Test results:
> > 
> >  $ echo "1" > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sockmap/enable
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  skb:
> > 
> >  sockmap_redirect: sk=00000000d3266a8d, type=skb, family=2, protocol=6, \
> > 
> >  prog_id=73, length=256, action=PASS
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  msg:
> > 
> >  sockmap_redirect: sk=00000000528c7614, type=msg, family=2, protocol=6, \
> > 
> >  prog_id=185, length=5, action=REDIRECT
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  tls:
> > 
> >  sockmap_redirect: sk=00000000d04d2224, type=skb, family=2, protocol=6, \
> > 
> >  prog_id=143, length=35, action=PASS
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  strparser:
> > 
> >  sockmap_skb_strp_parse: sk=00000000ecab0b30, family=2, protocol=6, \
> > 
> >  prog_id=170, size=5
> > 
> 
> Nice work!
> 
> While you are on it, could we also trace skb->_sk_redir bits too? It is
> 
> very useful to distinguish, at least, ingress from egress redirection.
> 
> Thanks!
>

Thanks for your suggestion!
The skb->_sk_redir contains a lot of important information about
redirection, so it's definitely worth including.