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From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
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	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@cloudflare.com,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
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	Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
	Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
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	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>,
	Jack Wang <163wangjack@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 01/14] bpf: Introduce per-packet metadata storage for BPF programs
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:19:25 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d50caa88-ea1b-4e01-ae29-7f6007575ee8@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910-bpf-meta-inside-skb-ext-v2-1-0b21e42180b0@cloudflare.com>


> diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
> index e38477393551..6d57320dfea3 100644
> --- a/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/Kconfig
> @@ -540,4 +540,24 @@ config NET_TEST
>   
>   	  If unsure, say N.
>   
> +config BPF_SKB_EXT
> +	bool "skb extension for BPF metadata"
> +	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
> +	select SKB_EXTENSIONS
> +	help
> +	  Enable an sk_buff extension for storing BPF metadata. This allows BPF
> +	  programs to associate arbitrary data with individual packets as they
> +	  traverse the network stack. The storage is automatically freed when
> +	  the sk_buff is freed.
> +
> +config BPF_SKB_EXT_SIZE
> +	int "Size of the BPF skb extension metadata buffer"
> +	depends on BPF_SKB_EXT
> +	range 1 256
> +	default 64
> +	help
> +	  Configures the size of the inline metadata buffer in struct
> +	  bpf_skb_ext, which is the maximum amount of data a BPF program can
> +	  store or retrieve with bpf_dynptr_from_skb_ext().
> +
>   endif   # if NET



Can we do it like this? So that enabling BPF_SKB_EXT_SIZE only is enough 
and make it easier.


config BPF_SKB_EXT_SIZE
     int "Per-packet BPF metadata in skb, in bytes (0 to disable)"
     depends on BPF_SYSCALL
     range 0 256
     default 0
     help
       Configures the size of the inline metadata buffer in struct
       ....
       The skb extension chunk is sized in units of 8 bytes, so values
       that are not a multiple of 8 just waste the remainder.

config BPF_SKB_EXT
     def_bool BPF_SKB_EXT_SIZE != 0
     select SKB_EXTENSIONS
     help
       xxx


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-11 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-10 14:02 [PATCH net-next v2 00/14] skb extension for BPF metadata Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 01/14] bpf: Introduce per-packet metadata storage for BPF programs Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-11 10:19   ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 02/14] bpf: Allow access to bpf_sock_ops_kern->skb Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] bpf: Make BPF skb extension survive packet scrubbing Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 04/14] selftests/bpf: Add tests for bpf_dynptr_from_skb_ext Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-11 15:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 05/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext on cloned skbs Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-11 15:09   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 06/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext survival across veth and GRE Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 07/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from cgroup_skb and sk_filter hooks Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 08/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from sock_ops and LSM hooks Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 09/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from kfree_skb tracepoint Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 10/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from netfilter hook Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 11/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext from LWT in, out, and xmit hooks Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from seg6local End.BPF hook Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] selftests/bpf: Test skb_ext read from sk_skb stream verdict hook Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 14:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 14/14] selftests/bpf: Use non-trivial test payload in xdp_context tests Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-10 15:56 ` [PATCH net-next v2 00/14] skb extension for BPF metadata Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-11 11:33   ` Jakub Sitnicki
2026-09-12  3:32     ` Alexei Starovoitov

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