Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] skbuff: bridge: Add layer 2 miss indication

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 23 May 2023 11:10:38 +0300 Ido Schimmel wrote:
> > Can we possibly put the new field at the end of the CB and then have TC
> > look at it in the CB? We already do a bit of such CB juggling in strp
> > (first member of struct sk_skb_cb).  
> 
> Using the CB between different layers is very fragile and I would like
> to avoid it. Note that the skb can pass various layers until hitting the
> classifier, each of which can decide to memset() the CB.
> 
> Anyway, I think I have a better alternative. I added the 'l2_miss' bit
> to the tc skb extension and adjusted the bridge to mark packets via this
> extension. The entire thing is protected by the existing 'tc_skb_ext_tc'
> static key, so overhead is kept to a minimum when feature is disabled.
> Extended flower to enable / disable this key when filters that match on
> 'l2_miss' are added / removed.
> 
> bridge change to mark the packet:
> https://github.com/idosch/linux/commit/3fab206492fcad9177f2340680f02ced1b9a0dec.patch
> 
> flow_dissector change to dissect the info from the extension:
> https://github.com/idosch/linux/commit/1533c078b02586547817a4e63989a0db62aa5315.patch
> 
> flower change to enable / disable the key:
> https://github.com/idosch/linux/commit/cf84b277511ec80fe565c41271abc6b2e2f629af.patch
> 
> Advantages compared to the previous approach are that we do not need a
> new bit in the skb and that overhead is kept to a minimum when feature
> is disabled. Disadvantage is that overhead is higher when feature is
> enabled.
> 
> WDYT?

Sounds good, yup. Thanks!