netdev - RE: [Patch bpf-next 05/19] sock_map: introduce BPF_SK_SKB

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Date:   Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:31:40 -0800
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, duanxiongchun@...edance.com,
        wangdongdong.6@...edance.com, jiang.wang@...edance.com,
        Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>,
        Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
Subject: RE: [Patch bpf-next 05/19] sock_map: introduce BPF_SK_SKB_VERDICT

Cong Wang wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>
> 
> I was planning to reuse BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_VERDICT but its name is
> confusing and more importantly it seems kTLS relies on it to deliver
> sk_msg too. To avoid messing up kTLS, we can just reuse the stream
> verdict code but introduce a new type of eBPF program, skb_verdict.
> Users are not allowed to set stream_verdict and skb_verdict at the
> same time.
> 
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Cc: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
> Cc: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@...edance.com>

I think it will be better if we can keep the same name. Does it break
kTLS somehow? I'm not seeing it with a quick scan.

We can always alias a better name with the same value for readability.