netdev - RE: [PATCH bpf-next V13 5/7] bpf: drop MTU check when doing TC-BPF redirect to ingress

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:54:21 -0800
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        maze@...gle.com, lmb@...udflare.com, shaun@...era.io,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>, marek@...udflare.com,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, eyal.birger@...il.com,
        colrack@...il.com
Subject: RE: [PATCH bpf-next V13 5/7] bpf: drop MTU check when doing TC-BPF
 redirect to ingress

Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> The use-case for dropping the MTU check when TC-BPF does redirect to
> ingress, is described by Eyal Birger in email[0]. The summary is the
> ability to increase packet size (e.g. with IPv6 headers for NAT64) and
> ingress redirect packet and let normal netstack fragment packet as needed.
> 
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAHsH6Gug-hsLGHQ6N0wtixdOa85LDZ3HNRHVd0opR=19Qo4W4Q@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> V9:
>  - Make net_device "up" (IFF_UP) check explicit in skb_do_redirect
> 
> V4:
>  - Keep net_device "up" (IFF_UP) check.
>  - Adjustment to handle bpf_redirect_peer() helper
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
> ---

LGTM.

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>