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From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
	Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@iogearbox.net>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next RFC 2/3] bpf: devmap dynamic map-value storage area based on BTF
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 00:19:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEf4BzbL1ftGZ9x0hvFDc-PGNexTuMv67VxT=q2NF0y6im6+cg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159076798566.1387573.8417040652693679408.stgit@firesoul>

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:59 AM Jesper Dangaard Brouer
<brouer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The devmap map-value can be read from BPF-prog side, and could be used for a
> storage area per device. This could e.g. contain info on headers that need

If BPF program needs a storage area per device, why can't it just use
a separate map or just plain array (both keyed by ifindex) to store
whatever it needs per-device? It's not clear why this flexibility and
complexity is needed from the description above.

> to be added when packet egress this device.
>
> This patchset adds a dynamic storage member to struct bpf_devmap_val. More
> importantly the struct bpf_devmap_val is made dynamic via leveraging and
> requiring BTF for struct sizes above 4. The only mandatory struct member is
> 'ifindex' with a fixed offset of zero.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/devmap.c |  216 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 185 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>

[...]

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-30  7:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-29 15:59 [PATCH bpf-next RFC 0/3] bpf: dynamic map-value config layout via BTF Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-05-29 15:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next RFC 1/3] bpf: move struct bpf_devmap_val out of UAPI Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-05-29 16:06   ` David Ahern
2020-05-29 16:28     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-05-29 15:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next RFC 2/3] bpf: devmap dynamic map-value storage area based on BTF Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-05-29 16:39   ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-06-02  8:59     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-06-02  9:23       ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2020-06-02 10:01         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-05-30  7:19   ` Andrii Nakryiko [this message]
2020-05-30 14:36     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-06-01 21:30   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-06-02  7:00     ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-06-02 18:27       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-06-03  9:11         ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2020-06-03 16:20           ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-05-29 15:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next RFC 3/3] samples/bpf: change xdp_fwd to use new BTF config interface Jesper Dangaard Brouer

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