netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf/xdp: Add bpf_load_hdr

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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW6Uxu=BaZzwd9oiuC1dea00ePkdFbHCCnPf51tNjby0iw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:50:40 -0700
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Joanne Koong <joannekoong@...com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf/xdp: Add bpf_load_hdr_opt support for xdp

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 4:09 PM Joanne Koong <joannekoong@...com> wrote:
>
> This patch enables XDP programs to use the bpf_load_hdr_opt helper
> function to load header options.
>
> The upper 16 bits of "flags" is used to denote the offset to the tcp
> header. No other flags are, at this time, used by XDP programs.
> In the future, more flags can be included to support other types of
> header options.
>
> Much of the logic for loading header options can be shared between
> sockops and xdp programs. In net/core/filter.c, this common shared
> logic is refactored into a separate function both sockops and xdp
> use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannekoong@...com>

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>