netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/3] Add TC-BPF API

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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzZWBLYuuSY5p=TO1uj4ie+JCxZ4Js0uxUmgNBwQcwZ5+g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:58:09 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Shaun Crampton <shaun@...era.io>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/3] Add TC-BPF API

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:47 PM Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
<memxor@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 01:31:56AM IST, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 3:35 AM Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
> > <memxor@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is the seventh version of the TC-BPF series.
> > >
> > > It adds a simple API that uses netlink to attach the tc filter and its bpf
> > > classifier program. Currently, a user needs to shell out to the tc command line
> > > to be able to create filters and attach SCHED_CLS programs as classifiers. With
> > > the help of this API, it will be possible to use libbpf for doing all parts of
> > > bpf program setup and attach.
> > >
> > > Changelog contains details of patchset evolution.
> > >
> > > In an effort to keep discussion focused, this series doesn't have the high level
> > > TC-BPF API. It was clear that there is a need for a bpf_link API in the kernel,
> > > hence that will be submitted as a separate patchset based on this.
> > >
> > > The individual commit messages contain more details, and also a brief summary of
> > > the API.
> > >
> > > Changelog:
> > > ----------
> >
> > Hey Kartikeya,
> >
> > There were few issues flagged by Coverity after I synced libbpf to
> > Github. A bunch of them are netlink.c-related. Could you please take a
> > look and see if they are false positives or something that we can
> > actually fix? See links to the issues below. Thanks!
> >
> >   [0] https://scan3.coverity.com/reports.htm#v40547/p11903/fileInstanceId=53874109&defectInstanceId=10901199&mergedDefectId=141815
> >   [1] https://scan3.coverity.com/reports.htm#v40547/p11903/fileInstanceId=53874109&defectInstanceId=10901193&mergedDefectId=322806
> >   [2] https://scan3.coverity.com/reports.htm#v40547/p11903/fileInstanceId=53874109&defectInstanceId=10901197&mergedDefectId=322807
> >   [3] https://scan3.coverity.com/reports.htm#v40547/p11903/fileInstanceId=53874109&defectInstanceId=10901195&mergedDefectId=322808
> >
>
> Hi Andrii,
>
> These links don't work for me (I get a timeout). Would you know why? Is there
> some other link where I can look at them?
>

Sorry, I don't know any other way to share them.
https://scan3.coverity.com/reports.htm#v40547/p11903 should show all
libbpf issues. Maybe try creating an account with coverity.com?..

> > [...]
> >
> > >
> > > Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi (3):
> > >   libbpf: add netlink helpers
> > >   libbpf: add low level TC-BPF API
> > >   libbpf: add selftests for TC-BPF API
> > >
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h                        |  43 ++
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map                      |   5 +
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c                       | 554 ++++++++++++++++--
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h                        |  48 ++
> > >  .../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_bpf.c | 395 +++++++++++++
> > >  .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_bpf.c |  12 +
> > >  6 files changed, 993 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_bpf.c
> > >  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_bpf.c
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.31.1
> > >
>
> --
> Kartikeya