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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst b/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b375ae2ec2c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/bpf_flow_dissector.rst @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================== +BPF Flow Dissector +================== + +Overview +======== + +Flow dissector is a routine that parses metadata out of the packets. It's +used in the various places in the networking subsystem (RFS, flow hash, etc). + +BPF flow dissector is an attempt to reimplement C-based flow dissector logic +in BPF to gain all the benefits of BPF verifier (namely, limits on the +number of instructions and tail calls). + +API +=== + +BPF flow dissector programs operate on an ``__sk_buff``. However, only the +limited set of fields is allowed: ``data``, ``data_end`` and ``flow_keys``. +``flow_keys`` is ``struct bpf_flow_keys`` and contains flow dissector input +and output arguments. + +The inputs are: + * ``nhoff`` - initial offset of the networking header + * ``thoff`` - initial offset of the transport header, initialized to nhoff + * ``n_proto`` - L3 protocol type, parsed out of L2 header + +Flow dissector BPF program should fill out the rest of the ``struct +bpf_flow_keys`` fields. Input arguments ``nhoff/thoff/n_proto`` should be +also adjusted accordingly. + +The return code of the BPF program is either BPF_OK to indicate successful +dissection, or BPF_DROP to indicate parsing error. + +__sk_buff->data +=============== + +In the VLAN-less case, this is what the initial state of the BPF flow +dissector looks like:: + + +------+------+------------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point to the first byte of L3_HEADER + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = ETHER_TYPE + +In case of VLAN, flow dissector can be called with the two different states. + +Pre-VLAN parsing:: + + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | TPID | TCI |ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point the to first byte of TCI + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = TPID + +Please note that TPID can be 802.1AD and, hence, BPF program would +have to parse VLAN information twice for double tagged packets. + + +Post-VLAN parsing:: + + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + | DMAC | SMAC | TPID | TCI |ETHER_TYPE | L3_HEADER | + +------+------+------+-----+-----------+-----------+ + ^ + | + +-- flow dissector starts here + +.. code:: c + + skb->data + flow_keys->nhoff point the to first byte of L3_HEADER + flow_keys->thoff = nhoff + flow_keys->n_proto = ETHER_TYPE + +In this case VLAN information has been processed before the flow dissector +and BPF flow dissector is not required to handle it. + + +The takeaway here is as follows: BPF flow dissector program can be called with +the optional VLAN header and should gracefully handle both cases: when single +or double VLAN is present and when it is not present. The same program +can be called for both cases and would have to be written carefully to +handle both cases. + + +Reference Implementation +======================== + +See ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_flow.c`` for the reference +implementation and ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/flow_dissector_load.[hc]`` +for the loader. bpftool can be used to load BPF flow dissector program as well. + +The reference implementation is organized as follows: + * ``jmp_table`` map that contains sub-programs for each supported L3 protocol + * ``_dissect`` routine - entry point; it does input ``n_proto`` parsing and + does ``bpf_tail_call`` to the appropriate L3 handler + +Since BPF at this point doesn't support looping (or any jumping back), +jmp_table is used instead to handle multiple levels of encapsulation (and +IPv6 options). + + +Current Limitations +=================== +BPF flow dissector doesn't support exporting all the metadata that in-kernel +C-based implementation can export. Notable example is single VLAN (802.1Q) +and double VLAN (802.1AD) tags. Please refer to the ``struct bpf_flow_keys`` +for a set of information that's currently can be exported from the BPF context. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 5449149be496..984e68f9e026 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Contents: netdev-FAQ af_xdp batman-adv + bpf_flow_dissector can can_ucan_protocol device_drivers/freescale/dpaa2/index diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index 2df5894353d6..cd7303d7fa25 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -1009,16 +1009,18 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: (*) Check call still alive. - u32 rxrpc_kernel_check_life(struct socket *sock, - struct rxrpc_call *call); + bool rxrpc_kernel_check_life(struct socket *sock, + struct rxrpc_call *call, + u32 *_life); void rxrpc_kernel_probe_life(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call); - The first function returns a number that is updated when ACKs are received - from the peer (notably including PING RESPONSE ACKs which we can elicit by - sending PING ACKs to see if the call still exists on the server). The - caller should compare the numbers of two calls to see if the call is still - alive after waiting for a suitable interval. + The first function passes back in *_life a number that is updated when + ACKs are received from the peer (notably including PING RESPONSE ACKs + which we can elicit by sending PING ACKs to see if the call still exists + on the server). The caller should compare the numbers of two calls to see + if the call is still alive after waiting for a suitable interval. It also + returns true as long as the call hasn't yet reached the completed state. This allows the caller to work out if the server is still contactable and if the call is still alive on the server while waiting for the server to |