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authorDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>2016-06-28 12:18:27 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-06-30 05:54:40 -0400
commit6578171a7ff0c31dc73258f93da7407510abf085 (patch)
tree9bd1cbf0fa5de109e750dd482472beaa188951a5 /include
parent80b48c445797a634d869c7e5a53e182ba2688931 (diff)
bpf: add bpf_skb_change_proto helper
This patch adds a minimal helper for doing the groundwork of changing the skb->protocol in a controlled way. Currently supported is v4 to v6 and vice versa transitions, which allows f.e. for a minimal, static nat64 implementation where applications in containers that still require IPv4 can be transparently operated in an IPv6-only environment. For example, host facing veth of the container can transparently do the transitions in a programmatic way with the help of clsact qdisc and cls_bpf. Idea is to separate concerns for keeping complexity of the helper lower, which means that the programs utilize bpf_skb_change_proto(), bpf_skb_store_bytes() and bpf_lX_csum_replace() to get the job done, instead of doing everything in a single helper (and thus partially duplicating helper functionality). Also, bpf_skb_change_proto() shouldn't need to deal with raw packet data as this is done by other helpers. bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4() and bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6() unclone the skb to operate on a private one, push or pop additionally required header space and migrate the gso/gro meta data from the shared info. We do mark the gso type as dodgy so that headers are checked and segs recalculated by the gso/gro engine. The gso_size target is adapted as well. The flags argument added is currently reserved and can be used for future extensions. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/bpf.h14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 58df2da3e9bf..66cd738a937a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -313,6 +313,20 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
*/
BPF_FUNC_skb_get_tunnel_opt,
BPF_FUNC_skb_set_tunnel_opt,
+
+ /**
+ * bpf_skb_change_proto(skb, proto, flags)
+ * Change protocol of the skb. Currently supported is
+ * v4 -> v6, v6 -> v4 transitions. The helper will also
+ * resize the skb. eBPF program is expected to fill the
+ * new headers via skb_store_bytes and lX_csum_replace.
+ * @skb: pointer to skb
+ * @proto: new skb->protocol type
+ * @flags: reserved
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error
+ */
+ BPF_FUNC_skb_change_proto,
+
__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
};