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Message-Id: <20250723-skb-metadata-thru-dynptr-v4-2-a0fed48bcd37@cloudflare.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:36:47 +0200
From: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
To: bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Arthur Fabre <arthur@...hurfabre.com>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
Jesse Brandeburg <jbrandeburg@...udflare.com>,
Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@...il.com>,
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <thoiland@...hat.com>,
Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>, kernel-team@...udflare.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/8] bpf: Enable read/write access to skb
metadata through a dynptr
Now that we can create a dynptr to skb metadata, make reads to the metadata
area possible with bpf_dynptr_read() or through a bpf_dynptr_slice(), and
make writes to the metadata area possible with bpf_dynptr_write() or
through a bpf_dynptr_slice_rdwr().
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
---
include/linux/filter.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 6 +++---
net/core/filter.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index eca229752cbe..d0f39bf6828c 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1772,6 +1772,9 @@ int __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, void *buf, u32 len);
void *bpf_xdp_pointer(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, u32 len);
void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off,
void *buf, unsigned long len, bool flush);
+int bpf_skb_meta_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *src, u32 off, void *dst, u32 len);
+int bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *dst, u32 off, const void *src, u32 len);
+void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 off, u32 len);
#else /* CONFIG_NET */
static inline int __bpf_skb_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
void *to, u32 len)
@@ -1806,6 +1809,21 @@ static inline void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off, voi
unsigned long len, bool flush)
{
}
+
+static inline int bpf_skb_meta_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *src, u32 off, void *dst, u32 len)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *dst, u32 off, const void *src, u32 len)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 off, u32 len)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_NET */
#endif /* __LINUX_FILTER_H__ */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 9552b32208c5..237fb5f9d625 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ static int __bpf_dynptr_read(void *dst, u32 len, const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *s
case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_XDP:
return __bpf_xdp_load_bytes(src->data, src->offset + offset, dst, len);
case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META:
- return -EOPNOTSUPP; /* not implemented */
+ return bpf_skb_meta_load_bytes(src->data, src->offset + offset, dst, len);
default:
WARN_ONCE(true, "bpf_dynptr_read: unknown dynptr type %d\n", type);
return -EFAULT;
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ int __bpf_dynptr_write(const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *dst, u32 offset, void *src,
return -EINVAL;
return __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src, len);
case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META:
- return -EOPNOTSUPP; /* not implemented */
+ return bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src, len);
default:
WARN_ONCE(true, "bpf_dynptr_write: unknown dynptr type %d\n", type);
return -EFAULT;
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_dynptr_slice(const struct bpf_dynptr *p, u32 offset,
return buffer__opt;
}
case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META:
- return NULL; /* not implemented */
+ return bpf_skb_meta_pointer(ptr->data, ptr->offset + offset, len);
default:
WARN_ONCE(true, "unknown dynptr type %d\n", type);
return NULL;
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 0755dfc0fc2f..cf095897d4c1 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -11978,6 +11978,45 @@ bpf_sk_base_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
return func;
}
+static void *skb_metadata_pointer(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 off, u32 len)
+{
+ u32 meta_len = skb_metadata_len(skb);
+
+ if (len > meta_len || off > meta_len - len)
+ return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG); /* out of bounds */
+
+ return skb_metadata_end(skb) - meta_len + off;
+}
+
+int bpf_skb_meta_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *src, u32 off, void *dst, u32 len)
+{
+ const void *p = skb_metadata_pointer(src, off, len);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(p))
+ return PTR_ERR(p);
+
+ memmove(dst, p, len);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *dst, u32 off, const void *src, u32 len)
+{
+ void *p = skb_metadata_pointer(dst, off, len);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(p))
+ return PTR_ERR(p);
+
+ memmove(p, src, len);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 off, u32 len)
+{
+ void *p = skb_metadata_pointer(skb, off, len);
+
+ return IS_ERR(p) ? NULL : p;
+}
+
__bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
__bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb(struct __sk_buff *s, u64 flags,
struct bpf_dynptr *ptr__uninit)
--
2.43.0
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