[PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] bpf: improve bpf_redirect_neigh helper description
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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Date: 2020-10-09 20:42:58
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bpf
Subsystem:
bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), the rest · Maintainers:
Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Linus Torvalds
Status: Superseded by v6 (posted 2020-10-10). [go to v6]
Revision v3 (6 revisions archived); 1 review trailer.
Revisions (6)
Follow-up to address David's feedback that we should better describe internals of the bpf_redirect_neigh() helper. Suggested-by: David Ahern <redacted> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <redacted> --- include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 10 +++++++--- tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 42d2df799397..4272cc53d478 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h@@ -3679,10 +3679,14 @@ union bpf_attr { * Redirect the packet to another net device of index *ifindex* * and fill in L2 addresses from neighboring subsystem. This helper * is somewhat similar to **bpf_redirect**\ (), except that it - * fills in e.g. MAC addresses based on the L3 information from - * the packet. This helper is supported for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. + * populates L2 addresses as well, meaning, internally, the helper + * performs a FIB lookup based on the skb's networking header to + * get the address of the next hop and then relies on the neighbor + * lookup for the L2 address of the nexthop. + * * The *flags* argument is reserved and must be 0. The helper is - * currently only supported for tc BPF program types. + * currently only supported for tc BPF program types, and enabled + * for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. * Return * The helper returns **TC_ACT_REDIRECT** on success or * **TC_ACT_SHOT** on error.
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 42d2df799397..4272cc53d478 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h@@ -3679,10 +3679,14 @@ union bpf_attr { * Redirect the packet to another net device of index *ifindex* * and fill in L2 addresses from neighboring subsystem. This helper * is somewhat similar to **bpf_redirect**\ (), except that it - * fills in e.g. MAC addresses based on the L3 information from - * the packet. This helper is supported for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. + * populates L2 addresses as well, meaning, internally, the helper + * performs a FIB lookup based on the skb's networking header to + * get the address of the next hop and then relies on the neighbor + * lookup for the L2 address of the nexthop. + * * The *flags* argument is reserved and must be 0. The helper is - * currently only supported for tc BPF program types. + * currently only supported for tc BPF program types, and enabled + * for IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. * Return * The helper returns **TC_ACT_REDIRECT** on success or * **TC_ACT_SHOT** on error.
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