netdev - [PATCH bpf v5 3/3] bpf: document optval > PAGE

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:04:16 -0700
From:   Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf v5 3/3] bpf: document optval > PAGE_SIZE behavior for
 sockopt hooks

Extend existing doc with more details about requiring ctx->optlen = 0
for handling optval > PAGE_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst b/Documentation/bpf/prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst
index c47d974629ae..172f957204bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ then the next program in the chain (A) will see those changes,
 *not* the original input ``setsockopt`` arguments. The potentially
 modified values will be then passed down to the kernel.
 
+Large optval
+============
+When the ``optval`` is greater than the ``PAGE_SIZE``, the BPF program
+can access only the first ``PAGE_SIZE`` of that data. So it has to options:
+
+* Set ``optlen`` to zero, which indicates that the kernel should
+  use the original buffer from the userspace. Any modifications
+  done by the BPF program to the ``optval`` are ignored.
+* Set ``optlen`` to the value less than ``PAGE_SIZE``, which
+  indicates that the kernel should use BPF's trimmed ``optval``.
+
+When the BPF program returns with the ``optlen`` greater than
+``PAGE_SIZE``, the userspace will receive ``EFAULT`` errno.
+
 Example
 =======
 
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