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Daniel Borkmann 604326b41a bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface
Add a generic sk_msg layer, and convert current sockmap and later
kTLS over to make use of it. While sk_buff handles network packet
representation from netdevice up to socket, sk_msg handles data
representation from application to socket layer.

This means that sk_msg framework spans across ULP users in the
kernel, and enables features such as introspection or filtering
of data with the help of BPF programs that operate on this data
structure.

Latter becomes in particular useful for kTLS where data encryption
is deferred into the kernel, and as such enabling the kernel to
perform L7 introspection and policy based on BPF for TLS connections
where the record is being encrypted after BPF has run and came to
a verdict. In order to get there, first step is to transform open
coding of scatter-gather list handling into a common core framework
that subsystems can use.

The code itself has been split and refactored into three bigger
pieces: i) the generic sk_msg API which deals with managing the
scatter gather ring, providing helpers for walking and mangling,
transferring application data from user space into it, and preparing
it for BPF pre/post-processing, ii) the plain sock map itself
where sockets can be attached to or detached from; these bits
are independent of i) which can now be used also without sock
map, and iii) the integration with plain TCP as one protocol
to be used for processing L7 application data (later this could
e.g. also be extended to other protocols like UDP). The semantics
are the same with the old sock map code and therefore no change
of user facing behavior or APIs. While pursuing this work it
also helped finding a number of bugs in the old sockmap code
that we've fixed already in earlier commits. The test_sockmap
kselftest suite passes through fine as well.

Joint work with John.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-10-15 12:23:19 -07:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-06 14:43:42 -07:00
block blk-mq: I/O and timer unplugs are inverted in blktrace 2018-09-27 13:12:44 -06:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
Documentation Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-10-08 23:42:44 -07:00
drivers Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-10-08 23:42:44 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-06 14:43:42 -07:00
include bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface 2018-10-15 12:23:19 -07:00
init Kbuild updates for v4.19 (2nd) 2018-08-25 13:40:38 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm.c: use ERR_CAST() for shm_lock() error return 2018-10-05 16:32:04 -07:00
kernel bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface 2018-10-15 12:23:19 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-10-08 23:42:44 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm Merge branch 'akpm' 2018-10-05 16:33:03 -07:00
net bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface 2018-10-15 12:23:19 -07:00
samples bpf, tracex3_user: erase "ARRAY_SIZE" redefined 2018-10-04 16:31:57 +02:00
scripts linux-kselftest-4.19-rc5 2018-09-17 07:24:28 +02:00
security Revert "uapi/linux/keyctl.h: don't use C++ reserved keyword as a struct member name" 2018-09-25 13:28:58 +02:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Cannot adjust speaker's volume on Dell XPS 27 7760 2018-10-04 07:50:48 +02:00
tools selftests: bpf: install script with_addr.sh 2018-10-11 10:35:45 +02:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt KVM: Remove obsolete kvm_unmap_hva notifier backend 2018-09-07 15:06:02 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap libnvdimm-for-4.19_misc 2018-08-25 18:13:10 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: update files maintained under DPAA2 PTP/ETHERNET 2018-10-08 10:23:22 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.19-rc6 2018-09-30 07:15:35 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.