netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/11] introduction of bpf_xdp_adjust

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Message-ID: <7804c8c5-9847-96b1-3a73-b856c949ef3b@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:05:23 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     "Nikita V. Shirokov" <tehnerd@...nerd.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/11] introduction of bpf_xdp_adjust_tail

On 04/18/2018 06:42 AM, Nikita V. Shirokov wrote:
> In this patch series i'm add new bpf helper which allow to manupulate
> xdp's data_end pointer. right now only "shrinking" (reduce packet's size
> by moving pointer) is supported (and i see no use case for "growing").
> Main use case for such helper is to be able to generate controll (ICMP)
> messages from XDP context. such messages usually contains first N bytes
> from original packets as a payload, and this is exactly what this helper
> would allow us to do (see patch 3 for sample program, where we generate
> ICMP "packet too big" message). This helper could be usefull for load
> balancing applications where after additional encapsulation, resulting
> packet could be bigger then interface MTU.
> Aside from new helper this patch series contains minor changes in device
> drivers (for ones which requires), so they would recal packet's length
> not only when head pointer was adjusted, but if tail's one as well.
> 
> v2->v3:
>  * adding missed "signed off by" in v2
> 
> v1->v2:
>  * fixed kbuild warning
>  * made offset eq 0 invalid for xdp_bpf_adjust_tail
>  * splitted bpf_prog_test_run fix and selftests in sep commits
>  * added SPDX licence where applicable
>  * some reshuffling in patches order (tests now in the end)

Looks good! Applied to bpf-next, thanks Nikita!