netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 01/14] net: Change sock_setsockopt from taking sock ptr to sk ptr

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:50:00 -0700
From:   Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 01/14] net: Change sock_setsockopt from taking
 sock ptr to sk ptr

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:16:28AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 8:09 AM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> >
> > A latter patch refactors bpf_setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET) with the
> > sock_setsockopt() to avoid code duplication and code
> > drift between the two duplicates.
> >
> > The current sock_setsockopt() takes sock ptr as the argument.
> > The very first thing of this function is to get back the sk ptr
> > by 'sk = sock->sk'.
> >
> > bpf_setsockopt() could be called when the sk does not have
> > a userspace owner.  Meaning sk->sk_socket is NULL.  For example,
> > when a passive tcp connection has just been established.  Thus,
> > it cannot use the sock_setsockopt(sk->sk_socket) or else it will
> > pass a NULL sock ptr.
> >
> > All existing callers have both sock->sk and sk->sk_socket pointer.
> > Thus, this patch changes the sock_setsockopt() to take a sk ptr
> > instead of the sock ptr.  The bpf_setsockopt() only allows
> > optnames that do not require a sock ptr.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> > ---
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> > index f7ad1a7705e9..9e2539dcc293 100644
> > --- a/include/net/sock.h
> > +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> > @@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ void sock_pfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
> >  #define sock_edemux sock_efree
> >  #endif
> >
> > -int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int op,
> > +int sock_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int op,
> >                     sockptr_t optval, unsigned int optlen);
> >
> 
> SGTM, but I feel we should rename this to sk_setsockopt() ?
Ah, right.  will rename it.