bpf_xdp_redirect_map: Perform map lookup in eBPF helper

The bpf_redirect_map() helper used by XDP programs doesn't return any
indication of whether it can successfully redirect to the map index it was
given. Instead, BPF programs have to track this themselves, leading to
programs using duplicate maps to track which entries are populated in the
devmap.

This patch fixes this by moving the map lookup into the bpf_redirect_map()
helper, which makes it possible to return failure to the eBPF program. The
lower bits of the flags argument is used as the return code, which means
that existing users who pass a '0' flag argument will get XDP_ABORTED.

With this, a BPF program can check the return code from the helper call and
react by, for instance, substituting a different redirect. This works for
any type of map used for redirect.

Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index a396b516a2b2..cffea1826a1f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1571,8 +1571,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		but this is only implemented for native XDP (with driver
  * 		support) as of this writing).
  *
- * 		All values for *flags* are reserved for future usage, and must
- * 		be left at zero.
+ * 		The lower two bits of *flags* are used as the return code if
+ * 		the map lookup fails. This is so that the return value can be
+ * 		one of the XDP program return codes up to XDP_TX, as chosen by
+ * 		the caller. Any higher bits in the *flags* argument must be
+ * 		unset.
  *
  * 		When used to redirect packets to net devices, this helper
  * 		provides a high performance increase over **bpf_redirect**\ ().