netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] bpf: Add option to set mark and priority in cgroup sock programs

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:53:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, ast@...nel.org,
        tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] bpf: Add option to set mark and
 priority in cgroup sock programs

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:05:33 -0700

> Add option to set mark and priority in addition to bound device for newly
> created sockets. Also, allow the bpf programs to use the get_current_uid_gid
> helper meaning socket marks, priority and device can be set base on the
> uid/gid of the running process.
> 
> For flexbility in deploying these programs, option is added to allow cgroups
> to be walked from current to root running any program attached. This allows
> one cgroup level to control the device a socket is bound to (e.g, a VRF) while
> cgroups can be used to set socket marks and priority.
> 
> Sample programs are updated to demonstrate the new options.
> 
> v2
> - added flag to control recursive behavior as requested by Alexei
> - added comment to sock_filter_func_proto regarding use of
>   get_current_uid_gid helper
> - updated test programs for recursive option

I'm marking this patch series as "deferred" while the semantic issues
keep getting discussed.

Thanks.