Re: [bpf-next,v3] samples: bpf: add max_pckt_size option at xdp_adjust_tail

[Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 2:33 PM Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, at xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c, MAX_PCKT_SIZE is limited
> to 600. To make this size flexible, a new map 'pcktsz' is added.
>
> By updating new packet size to this map from the userland,
> xdp_adjust_tail_kern.o will use this value as a new max_pckt_size.
>
> If no '-P <MAX_PCKT_SIZE>' option is used, the size of maximum packet
> will be 600 as a default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>     - Change the helper to fetch map from 'bpf_map__next' to
>     'bpf_object__find_map_fd_by_name'.
>
>  samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
>  samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_user.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c
> index 411fdb21f8bc..d6d84ffe6a7a 100644
> --- a/samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c
> +++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_kern.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
>  #define ICMP_TOOBIG_SIZE 98
>  #define ICMP_TOOBIG_PAYLOAD_SIZE 92
>
> +struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") pcktsz = {
> +       .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
> +       .key_size = sizeof(__u32),
> +       .value_size = sizeof(__u32),
> +       .max_entries = 1,
> +};
> +

Hey Daniel,

This looks like an ideal use case for global variables on BPF side. I
think it's much cleaner and will make BPF side of things simpler.
Would you mind giving global data a spin instead of adding this map?

>  struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") icmpcnt = {
>         .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
>         .key_size = sizeof(__u32),
> @@ -64,7 +71,8 @@ static __always_inline void ipv4_csum(void *data_start, int data_size,
>         *csum = csum_fold_helper(*csum);
>  }
>

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