From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, prashantbhole.linux@gmail.com,
jasowang@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net, jbrouer@redhat.com,
mst@redhat.com, toshiaki.makita1@gmail.com, daniel@iogearbox.net,
john.fastabend@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org, kafai@fb.com,
songliubraving@fb.com, yhs@fb.com, andriin@fb.com,
David Ahern <dahern@digitalocean.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 03/12] net: Add IFLA_XDP_EGRESS for XDP programs in the egress path
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 10:54:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9779cff1-5117-41aa-968d-414867244f37@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8uie1t5.fsf@toke.dk>
On 2/1/20 8:59 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>
> In any case an egress program will differ in:
>
> - The context object (the RX-related fields will be invalid on egress,
> and we'll probably want to add new TX-related ones, such as HW
> TX-queue occupancy).
Jakub has suggested that rx_queue_index can be a union with
tx_queue_index; the former for the Rx path and the latter for the egress.
The rest of the fields in xdp_md are legit for either direction.
>
> - The return code semantics (even if XDP_TX becomes equivalent to
> XDP_PASS, that is still a semantic difference from the RX side; and
> it's not necessarily clear whether we'll want to support REDIRECT on
> the egress side either, is it?)
Why should REDIRECT not be allowed in the egress path? e.g., service
chaining or capturing suspicious packets (e.g., encap with a header and
redirect somewhere for analysis).
>
> So we'll have to disambiguate between the two different types of
> programs. Which means that what we're discussing is really whether that
> disambiguation should be encoded in the program type, or in the attach
> type. IMO, making it a separate program type is a clearer and more
> explicit UAPI. The verifier could still treat the two program types as
> basically equivalent except for those cases where there has to be a
> difference anyway. So it seems to me that all you are saving by using
> attach_type instead of program type is the need for a new enum value and
> a bunch of additions to switch statements? Or am I wildly
> underestimating the effort to add a new program type?
>
IMHO that is duplicating code and APIs for no real reason. XDP refers to
fast path processing, the only difference is where the program is
attached - Rx side or Tx side.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-02 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-23 1:41 [PATCH bpf-next 00/12] Add support for XDP in egress path David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/12] net: Add new XDP setup and query commands David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 02/12] net: Add BPF_XDP_EGRESS as a bpf_attach_type David Ahern
2020-01-23 11:34 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-01-23 21:32 ` David Ahern
2020-01-24 9:49 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-01-24 7:33 ` Martin Lau
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 03/12] net: Add IFLA_XDP_EGRESS for XDP programs in the egress path David Ahern
2020-01-23 11:35 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-01-23 21:33 ` David Ahern
2020-01-24 15:21 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-24 15:36 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-01-26 1:43 ` David Ahern
2020-01-26 4:54 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-02-02 17:59 ` David Ahern
2020-01-26 12:49 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-01-26 16:38 ` David Ahern
2020-01-26 22:17 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-28 14:13 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-01-30 14:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-01 16:03 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-02 17:48 ` David Ahern
2020-01-26 22:11 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-27 4:03 ` David Ahern
2020-01-27 14:16 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-28 3:43 ` David Ahern
2020-01-28 13:57 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-01 16:24 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-01 17:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-01 20:05 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-02 4:15 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-03 19:56 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-03 20:13 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-03 22:15 ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-02-04 11:00 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-04 17:09 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-05 15:30 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-02 17:45 ` David Ahern
2020-02-02 19:12 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-02 17:43 ` David Ahern
2020-02-02 19:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-02-02 21:51 ` David Ahern
2020-02-01 15:59 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-02-02 17:54 ` David Ahern [this message]
2020-02-03 20:09 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 04/12] net: core: rename netif_receive_generic_xdp() to do_generic_xdp_core() David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 05/12] tuntap: check tun_msg_ctl type at necessary places David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 06/12] tun: move shared functions to if_tun.h David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 07/12] vhost_net: user tap recvmsg api to access ptr ring David Ahern
2020-01-23 8:26 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 08/12] tuntap: remove usage of ptr ring in vhost_net David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 09/12] tun: set egress XDP program David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 10/12] tun: run XDP program in tx path David Ahern
2020-01-23 8:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-01-24 13:36 ` Prashant Bhole
2020-01-24 13:44 ` Prashant Bhole
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 11/12] libbpf: Add egress XDP support David Ahern
2020-01-23 1:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next 12/12] samples/bpf: xdp1, add " David Ahern
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