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* [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/16] Make TC BPF helpers preserve skb metadata
@ 2025-10-26 14:18 Jakub Sitnicki
  2025-10-26 14:18 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 01/16] net: Helper to move packet data and metadata after skb_push/pull Jakub Sitnicki
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From: Jakub Sitnicki @ 2025-10-26 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf
  Cc: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni,
	Simon Horman, Martin KaFai Lau, Daniel Borkmann, John Fastabend,
	Stanislav Fomichev, Alexei Starovoitov, Andrii Nakryiko,
	Eduard Zingerman, Song Liu, Yonghong Song, KP Singh, Hao Luo,
	Jiri Olsa, Arthur Fabre, Jesper Dangaard Brouer, netdev,
	kernel-team

[NOTE TO REVIEWERS: I will be AFK from Oct 28th for around two weeks.]

Changes in v3:
- Use the already existing BPF_STREAM_STDERR const in tests (Martin)
- Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata (patch 3) (Martin)
- Swap order of patches 1 & 2 to refer to skb_postpush_data_move() in docs
- Mention in skb_data_move() docs how to move just the metadata
- Note in pskb_expand_head() docs to move metadata after skb_push() (Jakub)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251019-skb-meta-rx-path-v2-0-f9a58f3eb6d6@cloudflare.com

Changes in v2:
- Tweak WARN_ON_ONCE check in skb_data_move() (patch 2)
- Convert all tests to verify skb metadata in BPF (patches 9-10)
- Add test coverage for modified BPF helpers (patches 12-15)
- Link to RFCv1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250929-skb-meta-rx-path-v1-0-de700a7ab1cb@cloudflare.com

This patch set continues our work [1] to allow BPF programs and user-space
applications to attach multiple bytes of metadata to packets via the
XDP/skb metadata area.

The focus of this patch set it to ensure that skb metadata remains intact
when packets pass through a chain of TC BPF programs that call helpers
which operate on skb head.

Currently, several helpers that either adjust the skb->data pointer or
reallocate skb->head do not preserve metadata at its expected location,
that is immediately in front of the MAC header. These are:

- bpf_skb_adjust_room
- bpf_skb_change_head
- bpf_skb_change_proto
- bpf_skb_change_tail
- bpf_skb_vlan_pop
- bpf_skb_vlan_push

In TC BPF context, metadata must be moved whenever skb->data changes to
keep the skb->data_meta pointer valid. I don't see any way around
it. Creative ideas how to avoid that would be very welcome.

With that in mind, we can patch the helpers in at least two different ways:

1. Integrate metadata move into header move

   Replace the existing memmove, which follows skb_push/pull, with a helper
   that moves both headers and metadata in a single call. This avoids an
   extra memmove but reduces transparency.

        skb_pull(skb, len);
-       memmove(skb->data, skb->data - len, n);
+       skb_postpull_data_move(skb, len, n);
        skb->mac_header += len;

        skb_push(skb, len)
-       memmove(skb->data, skb->data + len, n);
+       skb_postpush_data_move(skb, len, n);
        skb->mac_header -= len;

2. Move metadata separately

   Add a dedicated metadata move after the header move. This is more
   explicit but costs an additional memmove.

        skb_pull(skb, len);
        memmove(skb->data, skb->data - len, n);
+       skb_metadata_postpull_move(skb, len);
        skb->mac_header += len;

        skb_push(skb, len)
+       skb_metadata_postpush_move(skb, len);
        memmove(skb->data, skb->data + len, n);
        skb->mac_header -= len;

This patch set implements option (1), expecting that "you can have just one
memmove" will be the most obvious feedback, while readability is a,
somewhat subjective, matter of taste, which I don't claim to have ;-)

The structure of the patch set is as follows:

- patches 1-4 prepare ground for safe-proofing the BPF helpers
- patches 5-9 modify the BPF helpers to preserve skb metadata
- patches 10-11 prepare ground for metadata tests with BPF helper calls
- patches 12-16 adapt and expand tests to cover the made changes

Thanks,
-jkbs

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250814-skb-metadata-thru-dynptr-v7-0-8a39e636e0fb@cloudflare.com/

---
Jakub Sitnicki (16):
      net: Helper to move packet data and metadata after skb_push/pull
      net: Preserve metadata on pskb_expand_head
      bpf: Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata
      vlan: Make vlan_remove_tag return nothing
      bpf: Make bpf_skb_vlan_pop helper metadata-safe
      bpf: Make bpf_skb_vlan_push helper metadata-safe
      bpf: Make bpf_skb_adjust_room metadata-safe
      bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_proto helper metadata-safe
      bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_head helper metadata-safe
      selftests/bpf: Verify skb metadata in BPF instead of userspace
      selftests/bpf: Dump skb metadata on verification failure
      selftests/bpf: Expect unclone to preserve skb metadata
      selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after vlan push/pop helper
      selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after bpf_skb_adjust_room
      selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after change_head/tail helper
      selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after bpf_skb_change_proto

 include/linux/filter.h                             |   9 +
 include/linux/if_vlan.h                            |  13 +-
 include/linux/skbuff.h                             |  75 ++++
 kernel/bpf/helpers.c                               |   6 +-
 net/core/filter.c                                  |  34 +-
 net/core/skbuff.c                                  |   6 +-
 .../bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c          | 129 ++++---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_meta.c  | 386 +++++++++++++++------
 8 files changed, 475 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-)


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