Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] net: Parse IPv6 ext headers from TCP sock_ops

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On Tue,  7 Dec 2021 23:56:33 +0100 Mathieu Jadin wrote:
> Add a flag that, if set, triggers the call of eBPF program for each
> packet holding an IPv6 extension header. Also add a sock_ops operator
> that identifies such call.
> 
> This change uses skb_data and skb_data_end introduced for TCP options'
> parsing but these pointer cover the IPv6 header and its extension
> headers.
> 
> For instance, this change allows to read an eBPF sock_ops program to
> read complex Segment Routing Headers carrying complex messages in TLV or
> observing its intermediate segments as soon as they are received.

Can you share example use cases this opens up?



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