bpf: allow extended BPF programs access skb fields

introduce user accessible mirror of in-kernel 'struct sk_buff':
struct __sk_buff {
    __u32 len;
    __u32 pkt_type;
    __u32 mark;
    __u32 queue_mapping;
};

bpf programs can do:

int bpf_prog(struct __sk_buff *skb)
{
    __u32 var = skb->pkt_type;

which will be compiled to bpf assembler as:

dst_reg = *(u32 *)(src_reg + 4) // 4 == offsetof(struct __sk_buff, pkt_type)

bpf verifier will check validity of access and will convert it to:

dst_reg = *(u8 *)(src_reg + offsetof(struct sk_buff, __pkt_type_offset))
dst_reg &= 7

since skb->pkt_type is a bitfield.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index de1f63668daf..929545a27546 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -170,4 +170,14 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
         __BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
 };
 
+/* user accessible mirror of in-kernel sk_buff.
+ * new fields can only be added to the end of this structure
+ */
+struct __sk_buff {
+        __u32 len;
+        __u32 pkt_type;
+        __u32 mark;
+        __u32 queue_mapping;
+};
+
 #endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_H__ */