netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 bpf-next 07/12] bpf: tcp: Add bpf_skops_hdr_opt_len() and bpf_skops_write_hdr

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Date:   Mon, 3 Aug 2020 17:52:40 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 bpf-next 07/12] bpf: tcp: Add bpf_skops_hdr_opt_len()
 and bpf_skops_write_hdr_opt()

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 4:11 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
>
> The bpf prog needs to parse the SYN header to learn what options have
> been sent by the peer's bpf-prog before writing its options into SYNACK.
> This patch adds a "syn_skb" arg to tcp_make_synack() and send_synack().
> This syn_skb will eventually be made available (as read-only) to the
> bpf prog.
>
> When writing options, the bpf prog will first be called to tell the
> kernel its required number of bytes.  It is done by the new
> bpf_skops_hdr_opt_len().  The bpf prog will only be called when the new
> BPF_SOCK_OPS_WRITE_HDR_OPT_CB_FLAG is set in tp->bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags.
> When the bpf prog returns, the kernel will know how many bytes are needed
> and then update the "*remaining" arg accordingly.  4 byte alignment will
> be included in the "*remaining" before this function returns.  The 4 byte
> aligned number of bytes will also be stored into the opts->bpf_opt_len.
> "bpf_opt_len" is a newly added member to the struct tcp_out_options.
>
> Then the new bpf_skops_write_hdr_opt() will call the bpf prog to write the
> header options.  The bpf prog is only called if it has reserved spaces
> before (opts->bpf_opt_len > 0).
>
> The bpf prog is the last one getting a chance to reserve header space
> and writing the header option.
>
> These two functions are half implemented to highlight the changes in
> TCP stack.  The actual codes preparing the bpf running context and
> invoking the bpf prog will be added in the later patch with other
> necessary bpf pieces.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>