Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: allocate extra memory for setsockopt hook buffer

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On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:11 PM Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 08/01, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 02:51:09PM -0700, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > > Current setsockopt hook is limited to the size of the buffer that
> > > user had supplied. Since we always allocate memory and copy the value
> > > into kernel space, allocate just a little bit more in case BPF
> > > program needs to override input data with a larger value.
> > >
> > > The canonical example is TCP_CONGESTION socket option where
> > > input buffer is a string and if user calls it with a short string,
> > > BPF program has no way of extending it.
> > >
> > > The tests are extended with TCP_CONGESTION use case.
> >
> > Applied, Thanks
> >
> > Please consider integrating test_sockopt* into test_progs.
> Sure, will take a look. I think I didn't do it initially
> because these tests create/move to cgroups and test_progs
> do simple tests with BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN.

I think it would be great to consolidate all tests under test_progs.
Since testing currently is all manual, myself and Daniel cannot realistically
run all of them for every patch.
When it's all part of test_progs it makes testing easier.
Especially test_progs can now run individual test or subtest.



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