netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/3] bpf_redirect_neigh: Support supplying the nexthop as a helper parameter

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Date:   Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:50:54 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/3] bpf_redirect_neigh: Support supplying the
 nexthop as a helper parameter

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:14:16 -0600 David Ahern wrote:
> On 10/20/20 12:03 PM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> > Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:
> >> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:51:02 +0200 Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:  
> >>> +struct bpf_nh_params {
> >>> +	u8 nh_family;
> >>> +	union {
> >>> +		__u32 ipv4_nh;
> >>> +		struct in6_addr ipv6_nh;
> >>> +	};
> >>> +};  
> >>
> >> Folks, not directly related to this set, but there's a SRv6 patch going
> >> around which adds ifindex, otherwise nh can't be link local.
> >>
> >> I wonder if we want to consider this use case from the start (or the
> >> close approximation of start in this case ;)).  
> > 
> > The ifindex is there, it's just in the function call signature instead
> > of the struct... Or did you mean something different?
> 
> ifindex as the first argument qualifies the device for the address.

Ah, I should have read closer. Seeing there is a plen I assumed all
args would naturally be in the structure, but I'm guessing the case
where params are NULL will be quite common. Don't mind me.