linux/net/sched
Daniel Borkmann e2e9b6541d cls_bpf: add initial eBPF support for programmable classifiers
This work extends the "classic" BPF programmable tc classifier by
extending its scope also to native eBPF code!

This allows for user space to implement own custom, 'safe' C like
classifiers (or whatever other frontend language LLVM et al may
provide in future), that can then be compiled with the LLVM eBPF
backend to an eBPF elf file. The result of this can be loaded into
the kernel via iproute2's tc. In the kernel, they can be JITed on
major archs and thus run in native performance.

Simple, minimal toy example to demonstrate the workflow:

  #include <linux/ip.h>
  #include <linux/if_ether.h>
  #include <linux/bpf.h>

  #include "tc_bpf_api.h"

  __section("classify")
  int cls_main(struct sk_buff *skb)
  {
    return (0x800 << 16) | load_byte(skb, ETH_HLEN + __builtin_offsetof(struct iphdr, tos));
  }

  char __license[] __section("license") = "GPL";

The classifier can then be compiled into eBPF opcodes and loaded
via tc, for example:

  clang -O2 -emit-llvm -c cls.c -o - | llc -march=bpf -filetype=obj -o cls.o
  tc filter add dev em1 parent 1: bpf cls.o [...]

As it has been demonstrated, the scope can even reach up to a fully
fledged flow dissector (similarly as in samples/bpf/sockex2_kern.c).

For tc, maps are allowed to be used, but from kernel context only,
in other words, eBPF code can keep state across filter invocations.
In future, we perhaps may reattach from a different application to
those maps e.g., to read out collected statistics/state.

Similarly as in socket filters, we may extend functionality for eBPF
classifiers over time depending on the use cases. For that purpose,
cls_bpf programs are using BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS program type, so
we can allow additional functions/accessors (e.g. an ABI compatible
offset translation to skb fields/metadata). For an initial cls_bpf
support, we allow the same set of helper functions as eBPF socket
filters, but we could diverge at some point in time w/o problem.

I was wondering whether cls_bpf and act_bpf could share C programs,
I can imagine that at some point, we introduce i) further common
handlers for both (or even beyond their scope), and/or if truly needed
ii) some restricted function space for each of them. Both can be
abstracted easily through struct bpf_verifier_ops in future.

The context of cls_bpf versus act_bpf is slightly different though:
a cls_bpf program will return a specific classid whereas act_bpf a
drop/non-drop return code, latter may also in future mangle skbs.
That said, we can surely have a "classify" and "action" section in
a single object file, or considered mentioned constraint add a
possibility of a shared section.

The workflow for getting native eBPF running from tc [1] is as
follows: for f_bpf, I've added a slightly modified ELF parser code
from Alexei's kernel sample, which reads out the LLVM compiled
object, sets up maps (and dynamically fixes up map fds) if any, and
loads the eBPF instructions all centrally through the bpf syscall.

The resulting fd from the loaded program itself is being passed down
to cls_bpf, which looks up struct bpf_prog from the fd store, and
holds reference, so that it stays available also after tc program
lifetime. On tc filter destruction, it will then drop its reference.

Moreover, I've also added the optional possibility to annotate an
eBPF filter with a name (e.g. path to object file, or something
else if preferred) so that when tc dumps currently installed filters,
some more context can be given to an admin for a given instance (as
opposed to just the file descriptor number).

Last but not least, bpf_prog_get() and bpf_prog_put() needed to be
exported, so that eBPF can be used from cls_bpf built as a module.
Thanks to 60a3b2253c ("net: bpf: make eBPF interpreter images
read-only") I think this is of no concern since anything wanting to
alter eBPF opcode after verification stage would crash the kernel.

  [1] http://git.breakpoint.cc/cgit/dborkman/iproute2.git/log/?h=ebpf

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-03-01 14:05:19 -05:00
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act_api.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
act_bpf.c net: act_bpf: fix size mismatch on filter preparation 2015-01-26 16:08:55 -08:00
act_connmark.c net: sched: Introduce connmark action 2015-01-19 16:02:06 -05:00
act_csum.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
act_gact.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_ipt.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_mirred.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_nat.c net_sched: act: move tcf_hashinfo_init() into tcf_register_action() 2014-02-12 19:23:32 -05:00
act_pedit.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_police.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_simple.c sched: fix act file names in header comment 2014-11-06 15:04:41 -05:00
act_skbedit.c net_sched: act: move tcf_hashinfo_init() into tcf_register_action() 2014-02-12 19:23:32 -05:00
act_vlan.c sched: introduce vlan action 2014-11-21 14:20:18 -05:00
cls_api.c cls_api.c: Fix dumping of non-existing actions' stats. 2015-02-04 20:26:12 -08:00
cls_basic.c net: cls_basic: return from walking on match in basic_get 2015-01-26 16:08:55 -08:00
cls_bpf.c cls_bpf: add initial eBPF support for programmable classifiers 2015-03-01 14:05:19 -05:00
cls_cgroup.c net: sched: cls: use nla_nest_cancel instead of nlmsg_trim 2014-12-09 21:49:58 -05:00
cls_flow.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
cls_fw.c net: sched: cls: use nla_nest_cancel instead of nlmsg_trim 2014-12-09 21:49:58 -05:00
cls_route.c net: sched: cls: use nla_nest_cancel instead of nlmsg_trim 2014-12-09 21:49:58 -05:00
cls_rsvp6.c
cls_rsvp.c
cls_rsvp.h net: sched: cls: use nla_nest_cancel instead of nlmsg_trim 2014-12-09 21:49:58 -05:00
cls_tcindex.c net: sched: cls: use nla_nest_cancel instead of nlmsg_trim 2014-12-09 21:49:58 -05:00
cls_u32.c net: sched: cls: remove unused op put from tcf_proto_ops 2014-12-09 14:49:02 -05:00
em_canid.c net: sched: remove tcf_proto from ematch calls 2014-10-06 18:02:32 -04:00
em_cmp.c net_sched: cleanups 2011-01-19 23:31:12 -08:00
em_ipset.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
em_meta.c net: rename vlan_tx_* helpers since "tx" is misleading there 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
em_nbyte.c net: sched: remove tcf_proto from ematch calls 2014-10-06 18:02:32 -04:00
em_text.c net: Remove state argument from skb_find_text() 2015-02-22 15:59:54 -05:00
em_u32.c net_sched: cleanups 2011-01-19 23:31:12 -08:00
ematch.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-10-08 16:22:22 -04:00
Kconfig act_connmark: fix dependencies better 2015-01-28 23:23:06 -08:00
Makefile net: sched: Introduce connmark action 2015-01-19 16:02:06 -05:00
sch_api.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
sch_atm.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_blackhole.c pkt_sched: Add qdisc->ops->peek() implementation. 2008-10-31 00:45:55 -07:00
sch_cbq.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_choke.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_codel.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_drr.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_dsmark.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00
sch_fifo.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_fq_codel.c net: fix suspicious rcu_dereference_check in net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c 2014-12-09 21:49:09 -05:00
sch_fq.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-02-05 14:33:28 -08:00
sch_generic.c net_sched: restore qdisc quota fairness limits after bulk dequeue 2014-10-09 19:12:26 -04:00
sch_gred.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_hfsc.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_hhf.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_htb.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_ingress.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_mq.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_mqprio.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_multiq.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_netem.c net: add rbnode to struct sk_buff 2014-11-03 16:13:03 -05:00
sch_pie.c sch_pie: schedule the timer after all init succeed 2014-10-29 14:28:01 -04:00
sch_plug.c net_sched: sch_plug: plug_qdisc_ops is static 2012-02-13 16:04:40 -05:00
sch_prio.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_qfq.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_red.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_sfb.c net: sched: implement qstat helper routines 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_sfq.c net: sched: enable per cpu qstats 2014-09-30 01:02:26 -04:00
sch_tbf.c net: sched: avoid costly atomic operation in fq_dequeue() 2014-10-06 00:55:10 -04:00
sch_teql.c net: sched: fix skb->protocol use in case of accelerated vlan path 2015-01-13 17:51:08 -05:00