Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/2] bpfilter

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 19:22:28 -0700

v2->v3:
- followed Luis's suggestion and significantly simplied first patch
  with shmem_kernel_file_setup+kernel_write. Added kdoc for new helper
- fixed typos and race to access pipes with mutex
- tested with bpfilter being 'builtin'. CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH=y|m both work.
  Interesting to see a usermode executable being embedded inside vmlinux.
- it doesn't hurt to enable bpfilter in .config.
  ip_setsockopt commands sent to usermode via pipes and -ENOPROTOOPT is
  returned from userspace, so kernel falls back to original iptables code

v1->v2:
this patch set is almost a full rewrite of the earlier umh modules approach
The v1 of patches and follow up discussion was covered by LWN:
https://lwn.net/Articles/749108/

I believe the v2 addresses all issues brought up by Andy and others.
Mainly there are zero changes to kernel/module.c
Instead of teaching module loading logic to recognize special
umh module, let normal kernel modules execute part of its own
.init.rodata as a new user space process (Andy's idea)
Patch 1 introduces this new helper:
int fork_usermode_blob(void *data, size_t len, struct umh_info *info);
Input:
  data + len == executable file
Output:
  struct umh_info {
       struct file *pipe_to_umh;
       struct file *pipe_from_umh;
       pid_t pid;
  };

Series applied, let the madness begin... :-)