Hi Alexei,
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 06:16:20PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 02:22:46PM -0600, Daniel Xu wrote:
> > This commit adds support for enabling IP defrag using pre-existing
> > netfilter defrag support. Basically all the flag does is bump a refcnt
> > while the link the active. Checks are also added to ensure the prog
> > requesting defrag support is run _after_ netfilter defrag hooks.
> >
> > We also take care to avoid any issues w.r.t. module unloading -- while
> > defrag is active on a link, the module is prevented from unloading.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 5 ++
> > net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 5 ++
> > 3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> > index 739c15906a65..12a5480314a2 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> > @@ -1187,6 +1187,11 @@ enum bpf_perf_event_type {
> > */
> > #define BPF_F_KPROBE_MULTI_RETURN (1U << 0)
> >
> > +/* link_create.netfilter.flags used in LINK_CREATE command for
> > + * BPF_PROG_TYPE_NETFILTER to enable IP packet defragmentation.
> > + */
> > +#define BPF_F_NETFILTER_IP_DEFRAG (1U << 0)
> > +
> > /* When BPF ldimm64's insn[0].src_reg != 0 then this can have
> > * the following extensions:
> > *
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c b/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> > index c36da56d756f..8fe594bbc7e2 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
> > @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
> > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > #include <linux/bpf.h>
> > #include <linux/filter.h>
> > +#include <linux/kmod.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > #include <linux/netfilter.h>
> >
> > #include <net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.h>
> > @@ -23,8 +25,88 @@ struct bpf_nf_link {
> > struct nf_hook_ops hook_ops;
> > struct net *net;
> > u32 dead;
> > + const struct nf_defrag_hook *defrag_hook;
> > };
> >
> > +static const struct nf_defrag_hook *
> > +get_proto_defrag_hook(struct bpf_nf_link *link,
> > + const struct nf_defrag_hook __rcu *global_hook,
> > + const char *mod)
> > +{
> > + const struct nf_defrag_hook *hook;
> > + int err;
> > +
> > + /* RCU protects us from races against module unloading */
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + hook = rcu_dereference(global_hook);
> > + if (!hook) {
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + err = request_module(mod);
> > + if (err)
> > + return ERR_PTR(err < 0 ? err : -EINVAL);
> > +
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + hook = rcu_dereference(global_hook);
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (hook && try_module_get(hook->owner)) {
> > + /* Once we have a refcnt on the module, we no longer need RCU */
> > + hook = rcu_pointer_handoff(hook);
> > + } else {
> > + WARN_ONCE(!hook, "%s has bad registration", mod);
> > + hook = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> > + }
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > +
> > + if (!IS_ERR(hook)) {
> > + err = hook->enable(link->net);
> > + if (err) {
> > + module_put(hook->owner);
> > + hook = ERR_PTR(err);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + return hook;
>
> The rcu + module_get logic looks correct to me, but you've dropped all Florian's acks.
> What's going on?
>
> We need explicit acks to merge this through bpf-next.
I understood acked-by tags to be a lighter form of reviewed-by tag. So
b/c the patches changed so much I dropped the tag. It sounds like maybe
I misunderstand -- I'll keep it in mind the next time around.
Thanks,
Daniel
