From: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>, Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Arthur Fabre <arthur@arthurfabre.com>,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@cloudflare.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 03/16] bpf: Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:19:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-3-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-0-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com>
Currently bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta() marks the dynptr as read-only when
the skb is cloned, preventing writes to metadata.
Remove this restriction and unclone the skb head on bpf_dynptr_write() to
metadata, now that the metadata is preserved during uncloning. This makes
metadata dynptr consistent with skb dynptr, allowing writes regardless of
whether the skb is cloned.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
---
include/linux/filter.h | 9 +++++++++
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 6 ++----
net/core/filter.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index f5c859b8131a..2ff4fc1c2386 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1781,6 +1781,8 @@ int __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, void *buf, u32 len);
void *bpf_xdp_pointer(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, u32 len);
void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off,
void *buf, unsigned long len, bool flush);
+int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+ const void *from, u32 len, u64 flags);
void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset);
#else /* CONFIG_NET */
static inline int __bpf_skb_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
@@ -1817,6 +1819,13 @@ static inline void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off, voi
{
}
+static inline int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+ const void *from, u32 len,
+ u64 flags)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
static inline void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset)
{
return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 865b0dae38d1..050783245c0f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1890,10 +1890,8 @@ int __bpf_dynptr_write(const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *dst, u64 offset, void *src,
return -EINVAL;
return __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src, len);
case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META:
- if (flags)
- return -EINVAL;
- memmove(bpf_skb_meta_pointer(dst->data, dst->offset + offset), src, len);
- return 0;
+ return __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src,
+ len, flags);
default:
WARN_ONCE(true, "bpf_dynptr_write: unknown dynptr type %d\n", type);
return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 1efec0d70d78..96714eab9c91 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -12023,6 +12023,18 @@ void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset)
return skb_metadata_end(skb) - skb_metadata_len(skb) + offset;
}
+int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+ const void *from, u32 len, u64 flags)
+{
+ if (unlikely(flags))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (unlikely(bpf_try_make_writable(skb, 0)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ memmove(bpf_skb_meta_pointer(skb, offset), from, len);
+ return 0;
+}
+
__bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
__bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb(struct __sk_buff *s, u64 flags,
struct bpf_dynptr *ptr__uninit)
@@ -12050,9 +12062,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb(struct __sk_buff *s, u64 flags,
* XDP context with bpf_xdp_adjust_meta(). Serves as an alternative to
* &__sk_buff->data_meta.
*
- * If passed @skb_ is a clone which shares the data with the original, the
- * dynptr will be read-only. This limitation may be lifted in the future.
- *
* Return:
* * %0 - dynptr ready to use
* * %-EINVAL - invalid flags, dynptr set to null
@@ -12070,9 +12079,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta(struct __sk_buff *skb_, u64 flags,
bpf_dynptr_init(ptr, skb, BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META, 0, skb_metadata_len(skb));
- if (skb_cloned(skb))
- bpf_dynptr_set_rdonly(ptr);
-
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-05 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-05 20:19 [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/16] Make TC BPF helpers preserve skb metadata Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/16] net: Helper to move packet data and metadata after skb_push/pull Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 02/16] net: Preserve metadata on pskb_expand_head Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` Jakub Sitnicki [this message]
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/16] vlan: Make vlan_remove_tag return nothing Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 05/16] bpf: Make bpf_skb_vlan_pop helper metadata-safe Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 06/16] bpf: Make bpf_skb_vlan_push " Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 07/16] bpf: Make bpf_skb_adjust_room metadata-safe Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:42 ` bot+bpf-ci
2025-11-10 12:17 ` Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 08/16] bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_proto helper metadata-safe Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/16] bpf: Make bpf_skb_change_head " Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/16] selftests/bpf: Verify skb metadata in BPF instead of userspace Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 11/16] selftests/bpf: Dump skb metadata on verification failure Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 12/16] selftests/bpf: Expect unclone to preserve skb metadata Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 13/16] selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after vlan push/pop helper Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 14/16] selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after bpf_skb_adjust_room Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 15/16] selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after change_head/tail helper Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-05 20:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 16/16] selftests/bpf: Cover skb metadata access after bpf_skb_change_proto Jakub Sitnicki
2025-11-10 19:30 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/16] Make TC BPF helpers preserve skb metadata patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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