From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
ast@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/3] bpf: Add skb dynptrs
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 16:33:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220801163349.4a28d154@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220726184706.954822-2-joannelkoong@gmail.com>
(consider cross-posting network-related stuff to netdev@)
On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:47:04 -0700 Joanne Koong wrote:
> Add skb dynptrs, which are dynptrs whose underlying pointer points
> to a skb. The dynptr acts on skb data. skb dynptrs have two main
> benefits. One is that they allow operations on sizes that are not
> statically known at compile-time (eg variable-sized accesses).
> Another is that parsing the packet data through dynptrs (instead of
> through direct access of skb->data and skb->data_end) can be more
> ergonomic and less brittle (eg does not need manual if checking for
> being within bounds of data_end).
Is there really a need for dynptr_from_{skb,xdp} to be different
function IDs? I was hoping this work would improve portability of
networking BPF programs across the hooks.
> For bpf prog types that don't support writes on skb data, the dynptr is
> read-only (writes and data slices are not permitted). For reads on the
> dynptr, this includes reading into data in the non-linear paged buffers
> but for writes and data slices, if the data is in a paged buffer, the
> user must first call bpf_skb_pull_data to pull the data into the linear
> portion.
>
> Additionally, any helper calls that change the underlying packet buffer
> (eg bpf_skb_pull_data) invalidates any data slices of the associated
> dynptr.
Grepping the verifier did not help me find that, would you mind
pointing me to the code?
> Right now, skb dynptrs can only be constructed from skbs that are
> the bpf program context - as such, there does not need to be any
> reference tracking or release on skb dynptrs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-01 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-26 18:47 [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/3] Add skb + xdp dynptrs Joanne Koong
2022-07-26 18:47 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/3] bpf: Add skb dynptrs Joanne Koong
2022-07-27 17:13 ` sdf
2022-07-28 16:49 ` Joanne Koong
2022-07-28 17:28 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-07-28 17:45 ` Hao Luo
2022-07-28 18:36 ` Joanne Koong
2022-07-28 23:39 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-07-29 20:26 ` Joanne Koong
2022-07-29 21:39 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-01 17:52 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-01 19:38 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-01 21:16 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-01 22:14 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-01 22:32 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-01 22:58 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-01 23:23 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-02 0:56 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-02 3:51 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-02 4:53 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-02 5:14 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-03 20:29 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-03 20:36 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-03 20:56 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-03 23:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-04 1:05 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-04 1:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-04 3:44 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-04 1:27 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-08-04 1:44 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-04 22:58 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2022-08-05 23:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-01 22:11 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-02 0:15 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-01 23:33 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-08-02 2:12 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-04 21:55 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-05 23:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-03 6:37 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2022-07-26 18:47 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/3] bpf: Add xdp dynptrs Joanne Koong
2022-07-26 18:47 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 3/3] selftests/bpf: tests for using dynptrs to parse skb and xdp buffers Joanne Koong
2022-07-26 19:44 ` Zvi Effron
2022-07-26 20:06 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-01 17:58 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-02 22:56 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-03 0:53 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-08-03 16:11 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-04 18:45 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-08-05 16:29 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-01 19:12 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-08-02 22:21 ` Joanne Koong
2022-08-04 21:46 ` Joanne Koong
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