netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 08/18] bpf: net_sched: Support implementation of Qdisc

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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 15:21:27 -0800
From: Amery Hung <ameryhung@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 08/18] bpf: net_sched: Support implementation
 of Qdisc_ops in bpf

On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:28:47 -0800 Amery Hung wrote:
> > +             if (new &&
> > +                 !(parent->flags & TCQ_F_MQROOT) &&
> > +                 new->ops->owner == BPF_MODULE_OWNER) {
> > +                     NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "BPF qdisc not supported on a non root");
> > +                     return -EINVAL;
> > +             }
>
> This check should live in bpf_qdisc.c

Might be a dumb question, but could you explain why this is preferred?

I can certainly do the check in Qdisc_ops::init instead though.

Thanks,
Amery