netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf] bpf: Sanitize the bpf_struct

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Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:08:04 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, kernel-team@...com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf] bpf: Sanitize the bpf_struct_ops tcp-cc name

On 3/14/20 2:02 AM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> The bpf_struct_ops tcp-cc name should be sanitized in order to
> avoid problematic chars (e.g. whitespaces).
> 
> This patch reuses the bpf_obj_name_cpy() for accepting the same set
> of characters in order to keep a consistent bpf programming experience.
> A "size" param is added.  Also, the strlen is returned on success so
> that the caller (like the bpf_tcp_ca here) can error out on empty name.
> The existing callers of the bpf_obj_name_cpy() only need to change the
> testing statement to "if (err < 0)".  For all these existing callers,
> the err will be overwritten later, so no extra change is needed
> for the new strlen return value.
> 
> v3:
> - reverse xmas tree style
> 
> v2:
> - Save the orig_src to avoid "end - size" (Andrii)
> 
> Fixes: 0baf26b0fcd7 ("bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf")
> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>

Applied, thanks!