Re: [PATCH bpf-next 5/8] bpf: Allow selecting reuseport socket from a SOCKMAP

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On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 08:03 PM CET, Martin Lau wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 03:30:57PM +0100, Jakub Sitnicki wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:07 PM CET, Martin Lau wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:40:41AM +0100, Jakub Sitnicki wrote:

[...]

>> I agree, it's not obvious. When I first saw this check in
>> reuseport_array_update_check it got me puzzled too. I should have added
>> an explanatory comment there.
>>
>> Thing is we're not matching on just TCP_LISTEN. REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY
>> allows selecting a connected UDP socket as a target as well. It takes
>> some effort to set up but it's possible even if obscure.
> How about this instead:
> if (!reuse)
>  	/* reuseport_array only has sk that has non NULL sk_reuseport_cb.
> 	 * The only (!reuse) case here is, the sk has already been removed from
> 	 * reuseport_array, so treat it as -ENOENT.
> 	 *
> 	 * Other maps (e.g. sock_map) do not provide this guarantee and the sk may
> 	 * never be in the reuseport to begin with.
> 	 */
> 	return map->map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;

Right, apart from established TCP sockets we must not select a listening
socket that's not in a reuseport group either. This covers both
cases. Clever. Thanks for the suggestion.

>
>>
>> > Note that the SOCK_RCU_FREE check at the 'slow-path'
>> > reuseport_array_update_check() is because reuseport_array does depend on
>> > call_rcu(&sk->sk_rcu,...) to work, e.g. the reuseport_array
>> > does not hold the sk_refcnt.
>>
>> Oh, so it's not only about socket state like I thought.
>>
>> This raises the question - does REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY allow storing
>> connected UDP sockets by design or is it a happy accident? It doesn't
>> seem particularly useful.
> Not by design/accident on the REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY side ;)
>
> The intention of REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY is to allow sk that can be added to
> reuse->socks[].

Ah, makes sense. REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY had to mimic reuseport groups.

-Jakub




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