[PATCH bpf-next/net 0/6] bpf: Allow opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated.

[PATCH bpf-next/net 0/6] bpf: Allow opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

This series allows opting out of the global per-protocol memory
accounting if socket is configured as such by sysctl or BPF prog.

This series is v11 of the series below [0], but I start as a new series
because the changes now fall in net and bpf subsystems only.

I discussed with Roman Gushchin offlist, and he suggested not mixing
two independent subsystems and it would be cleaner not to depend on
memcg.

So, sk->sk_memcg and memcg code are no longer touched, and instead we
use another hole near sk->sk_prot to store a flag for the net feature.

Overview of the series:

  patch 1 is misc cleanup
  patch 2 allows opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated
  patch 3 introduces net.core.bypass_prot_mem
  patch 4 & 5 supports flagging sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem via bpf_setsockopt()
  patch 6 is selftest


[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250920000751.2091731-1-kuniyu@google.com/


Note: de7342228b73 is needed to build selftest on bpf-next/net.


Kuniyuki Iwashima (6):
  tcp: Save lock_sock() for memcg in inet_csk_accept().
  net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.
  net: Introduce net.core.bypass_prot_mem sysctl.
  bpf: Support bpf_setsockopt() for BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE.
  bpf: Introduce SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM.
  selftest: bpf: Add test for sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem.

 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst      |   8 +
 include/net/netns/core.h                      |   1 +
 include/net/proto_memory.h                    |   3 +
 include/net/sock.h                            |   3 +
 include/net/tcp.h                             |   3 +
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h                      |   2 +
 net/core/filter.c                             |  79 +++++
 net/core/sock.c                               |  37 ++-
 net/core/sysctl_net_core.c                    |   9 +
 net/ipv4/af_inet.c                            |  22 ++
 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c               |  25 --
 net/ipv4/tcp.c                                |   3 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c                         |   7 +-
 net/mptcp/protocol.c                          |   7 +-
 net/tls/tls_device.c                          |   3 +-
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h                |   1 +
 .../bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c       | 282 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c  | 104 +++++++
 18 files changed, 561 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c

-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

[PATCH bpf-next/net 1/6] tcp: Save lock_sock() for memcg in inet_csk_accept().

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

If memcg is enabled, accept() acquires lock_sock() twice for each new
TCP/MPTCP socket in inet_csk_accept() and __inet_accept().

Let's move memcg operations from inet_csk_accept() to __inet_accept().

Note that SCTP somehow allocates a new socket by sk_alloc() in
sk->sk_prot->accept() and clones fields manually, instead of using
sk_clone_lock().

mem_cgroup_sk_alloc() is called for SCTP before __inet_accept(),
so I added the protocol check in __inet_accept(), but this can be
removed once SCTP uses sk_clone_lock().

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
---
 net/ipv4/af_inet.c              | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 25 -------------------------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 3109c5ec38f3..e8771faa5bbf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -755,6 +755,28 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_stream_connect);
 
 void __inet_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock, struct sock *newsk)
 {
+	/* TODO: use sk_clone_lock() in SCTP and remove protocol checks */
+	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled &&
+	    (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IP_SCTP) || sk_is_tcp(newsk))) {
+		gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+		mem_cgroup_sk_alloc(newsk);
+
+		if (mem_cgroup_from_sk(newsk)) {
+			int amt;
+
+			/* The socket has not been accepted yet, no need
+			 * to look at newsk->sk_wmem_queued.
+			 */
+			amt = sk_mem_pages(newsk->sk_forward_alloc +
+					   atomic_read(&newsk->sk_rmem_alloc));
+			if (amt)
+				mem_cgroup_sk_charge(newsk, amt, gfp);
+		}
+
+		kmem_cache_charge(newsk, gfp);
+	}
+
 	sock_rps_record_flow(newsk);
 	WARN_ON(!((1 << newsk->sk_state) &
 		  (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_SYN_RECV |
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index cdd1e12aac8c..3b83b66b2284 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -712,31 +712,6 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_accept(struct sock *sk, struct proto_accept_arg *arg)
 
 	release_sock(sk);
 
-	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled) {
-		gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL;
-		int amt = 0;
-
-		/* atomically get the memory usage, set and charge the
-		 * newsk->sk_memcg.
-		 */
-		lock_sock(newsk);
-
-		mem_cgroup_sk_alloc(newsk);
-		if (mem_cgroup_from_sk(newsk)) {
-			/* The socket has not been accepted yet, no need
-			 * to look at newsk->sk_wmem_queued.
-			 */
-			amt = sk_mem_pages(newsk->sk_forward_alloc +
-					   atomic_read(&newsk->sk_rmem_alloc));
-		}
-
-		if (amt)
-			mem_cgroup_sk_charge(newsk, amt, gfp);
-		kmem_cache_charge(newsk, gfp);
-
-		release_sock(newsk);
-	}
-
 	if (req)
 		reqsk_put(req);
 
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 1/6] tcp: Save lock_sock() for memcg in inet_csk_accept().

[Eric Dumazet]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> wrote:
>
> If memcg is enabled, accept() acquires lock_sock() twice for each new
> TCP/MPTCP socket in inet_csk_accept() and __inet_accept().
>
> Let's move memcg operations from inet_csk_accept() to __inet_accept().
>
> Note that SCTP somehow allocates a new socket by sk_alloc() in
> sk->sk_prot->accept() and clones fields manually, instead of using
> sk_clone_lock().
>
> mem_cgroup_sk_alloc() is called for SCTP before __inet_accept(),
> so I added the protocol check in __inet_accept(), but this can be
> removed once SCTP uses sk_clone_lock().
>
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

[PATCH bpf-next/net 2/6] net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

Some protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP) implement memory accounting for socket
buffers and charge memory to per-protocol global counters pointed to by
sk->sk_proto->memory_allocated.

Sometimes, system processes do not want that limitation.  For a similar
purpose, there is SO_RESERVE_MEM for sockets under memcg.

Also, by opting out of the per-protocol accounting, sockets under memcg
can avoid paying costs for two orthogonal memory accounting mechanisms.
A microbenchmark result is in the subsequent bpf patch.

Let's allow opt-out from the per-protocol memory accounting if
sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem is true.

sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem and sk->sk_prot are placed in the same cache
line, and sk_has_account() always fetches sk->sk_prot before accessing
sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem, so there is no extra cache miss for this patch.

The following patches will set sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem to true, and
then, the per-protocol memory accounting will be skipped.

Note that this does NOT disable memcg, but rather the per-protocol one.

Another option not to use the hole in struct sock_common is create
sk_prot variants like tcp_prot_bypass, but this would complicate
SOCKMAP logic, tcp_bpf_prots etc.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 include/net/proto_memory.h |  3 +++
 include/net/sock.h         |  3 +++
 include/net/tcp.h          |  3 +++
 net/core/sock.c            | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 net/ipv4/tcp.c             |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c      |  7 ++++++-
 net/mptcp/protocol.c       |  7 ++++---
 net/tls/tls_device.c       |  3 ++-
 8 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/proto_memory.h b/include/net/proto_memory.h
index 8e91a8fa31b5..ad6d703ce6fe 100644
--- a/include/net/proto_memory.h
+++ b/include/net/proto_memory.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ static inline bool sk_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 	    mem_cgroup_sk_under_memory_pressure(sk))
 		return true;
 
+	if (sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		return false;
+
 	return !!READ_ONCE(*sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 60bcb13f045c..5cf8de6b6bf2 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __addrpair;
  *	@skc_reuseport: %SO_REUSEPORT setting
  *	@skc_ipv6only: socket is IPV6 only
  *	@skc_net_refcnt: socket is using net ref counting
+ *	@skc_bypass_prot_mem:
  *	@skc_bound_dev_if: bound device index if != 0
  *	@skc_bind_node: bind hash linkage for various protocol lookup tables
  *	@skc_portaddr_node: second hash linkage for UDP/UDP-Lite protocol
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ struct sock_common {
 	unsigned char		skc_reuseport:1;
 	unsigned char		skc_ipv6only:1;
 	unsigned char		skc_net_refcnt:1;
+	unsigned char		skc_bypass_prot_mem:1;
 	int			skc_bound_dev_if;
 	union {
 		struct hlist_node	skc_bind_node;
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ struct sock {
 #define sk_reuseport		__sk_common.skc_reuseport
 #define sk_ipv6only		__sk_common.skc_ipv6only
 #define sk_net_refcnt		__sk_common.skc_net_refcnt
+#define sk_bypass_prot_mem		__sk_common.skc_bypass_prot_mem
 #define sk_bound_dev_if		__sk_common.skc_bound_dev_if
 #define sk_bind_node		__sk_common.skc_bind_node
 #define sk_prot			__sk_common.skc_prot
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 5ca230ed526a..d52ed4fe2335 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ static inline bool tcp_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 	    mem_cgroup_sk_under_memory_pressure(sk))
 		return true;
 
+	if (sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		return false;
+
 	return READ_ONCE(tcp_memory_pressure);
 }
 /*
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index dc03d4b5909a..7de189ec2556 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1046,9 +1046,13 @@ static int sock_reserve_memory(struct sock *sk, int bytes)
 	if (!charged)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		goto success;
+
 	/* pre-charge to forward_alloc */
 	sk_memory_allocated_add(sk, pages);
 	allocated = sk_memory_allocated(sk);
+
 	/* If the system goes into memory pressure with this
 	 * precharge, give up and return error.
 	 */
@@ -1057,6 +1061,8 @@ static int sock_reserve_memory(struct sock *sk, int bytes)
 		mem_cgroup_sk_uncharge(sk, pages);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+
+success:
 	sk_forward_alloc_add(sk, pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_reserved_mem,
@@ -3136,8 +3142,11 @@ bool sk_page_frag_refill(struct sock *sk, struct page_frag *pfrag)
 	if (likely(skb_page_frag_refill(32U, pfrag, sk->sk_allocation)))
 		return true;
 
-	sk_enter_memory_pressure(sk);
+	if (!sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		sk_enter_memory_pressure(sk);
+
 	sk_stream_moderate_sndbuf(sk);
+
 	return false;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_page_frag_refill);
@@ -3254,10 +3263,12 @@ int __sk_mem_raise_allocated(struct sock *sk, int size, int amt, int kind)
 {
 	bool memcg_enabled = false, charged = false;
 	struct proto *prot = sk->sk_prot;
-	long allocated;
+	long allocated = 0;
 
-	sk_memory_allocated_add(sk, amt);
-	allocated = sk_memory_allocated(sk);
+	if (!sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem) {
+		sk_memory_allocated_add(sk, amt);
+		allocated = sk_memory_allocated(sk);
+	}
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_sk_enabled(sk)) {
 		memcg_enabled = true;
@@ -3266,6 +3277,9 @@ int __sk_mem_raise_allocated(struct sock *sk, int size, int amt, int kind)
 			goto suppress_allocation;
 	}
 
+	if (!allocated)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* Under limit. */
 	if (allocated <= sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 0)) {
 		sk_leave_memory_pressure(sk);
@@ -3344,7 +3358,8 @@ int __sk_mem_raise_allocated(struct sock *sk, int size, int amt, int kind)
 
 	trace_sock_exceed_buf_limit(sk, prot, allocated, kind);
 
-	sk_memory_allocated_sub(sk, amt);
+	if (allocated)
+		sk_memory_allocated_sub(sk, amt);
 
 	if (charged)
 		mem_cgroup_sk_uncharge(sk, amt);
@@ -3383,11 +3398,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sk_mem_schedule);
  */
 void __sk_mem_reduce_allocated(struct sock *sk, int amount)
 {
-	sk_memory_allocated_sub(sk, amount);
-
 	if (mem_cgroup_sk_enabled(sk))
 		mem_cgroup_sk_uncharge(sk, amount);
 
+	if (sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		return;
+
+	sk_memory_allocated_sub(sk, amount);
+
 	if (sk_under_global_memory_pressure(sk) &&
 	    (sk_memory_allocated(sk) < sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 0)))
 		sk_leave_memory_pressure(sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 7949d16506a4..feb0aea23a59 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -928,7 +928,8 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_stream_alloc_skb(struct sock *sk, gfp_t gfp,
 		}
 		__kfree_skb(skb);
 	} else {
-		sk->sk_prot->enter_memory_pressure(sk);
+		if (!sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+			tcp_enter_memory_pressure(sk);
 		sk_stream_moderate_sndbuf(sk);
 	}
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index bb3576ac0ad7..0fb2a3bb62cd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3732,12 +3732,17 @@ void sk_forced_mem_schedule(struct sock *sk, int size)
 	delta = size - sk->sk_forward_alloc;
 	if (delta <= 0)
 		return;
+
 	amt = sk_mem_pages(delta);
 	sk_forward_alloc_add(sk, amt << PAGE_SHIFT);
-	sk_memory_allocated_add(sk, amt);
 
 	if (mem_cgroup_sk_enabled(sk))
 		mem_cgroup_sk_charge(sk, amt, gfp_memcg_charge() | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+
+	if (sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+		return;
+
+	sk_memory_allocated_add(sk, amt);
 }
 
 /* Send a FIN. The caller locks the socket for us.
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 0292162a14ee..94a5f6dcc577 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1065,11 +1065,12 @@ static void mptcp_enter_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 
-		if (first)
+		if (first && !ssk->sk_bypass_prot_mem) {
 			tcp_enter_memory_pressure(ssk);
-		sk_stream_moderate_sndbuf(ssk);
+			first = false;
+		}
 
-		first = false;
+		sk_stream_moderate_sndbuf(ssk);
 	}
 	__mptcp_sync_sndbuf(sk);
 }
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index a64ae15b1a60..caa2b5d24622 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ static int tls_do_allocation(struct sock *sk,
 	if (!offload_ctx->open_record) {
 		if (unlikely(!skb_page_frag_refill(prepend_size, pfrag,
 						   sk->sk_allocation))) {
-			READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->enter_memory_pressure(sk);
+			if (!sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem)
+				READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->enter_memory_pressure(sk);
 			sk_stream_moderate_sndbuf(sk);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 2/6] net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.

[Shakeel Butt]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 12:07:27AM +0000, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> Some protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP) implement memory accounting for socket
> buffers and charge memory to per-protocol global counters pointed to by
> sk->sk_proto->memory_allocated.
> 
> Sometimes, system processes do not want that limitation.  For a similar
> purpose, there is SO_RESERVE_MEM for sockets under memcg.
> 
> Also, by opting out of the per-protocol accounting, sockets under memcg
> can avoid paying costs for two orthogonal memory accounting mechanisms.
> A microbenchmark result is in the subsequent bpf patch.
> 
> Let's allow opt-out from the per-protocol memory accounting if
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem is true.
> 
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem and sk->sk_prot are placed in the same cache
> line, and sk_has_account() always fetches sk->sk_prot before accessing
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem, so there is no extra cache miss for this patch.
> 
> The following patches will set sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem to true, and
> then, the per-protocol memory accounting will be skipped.
> 
> Note that this does NOT disable memcg, but rather the per-protocol one.
> 
> Another option not to use the hole in struct sock_common is create
> sk_prot variants like tcp_prot_bypass, but this would complicate
> SOCKMAP logic, tcp_bpf_prots etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 2/6] net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.

[Eric Dumazet]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> wrote:
>
> Some protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP) implement memory accounting for socket
> buffers and charge memory to per-protocol global counters pointed to by
> sk->sk_proto->memory_allocated.
>
> Sometimes, system processes do not want that limitation.  For a similar
> purpose, there is SO_RESERVE_MEM for sockets under memcg.
>
> Also, by opting out of the per-protocol accounting, sockets under memcg
> can avoid paying costs for two orthogonal memory accounting mechanisms.
> A microbenchmark result is in the subsequent bpf patch.
>
> Let's allow opt-out from the per-protocol memory accounting if
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem is true.
>
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem and sk->sk_prot are placed in the same cache
> line, and sk_has_account() always fetches sk->sk_prot before accessing
> sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem, so there is no extra cache miss for this patch.
>
> The following patches will set sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem to true, and
> then, the per-protocol memory accounting will be skipped.
>
> Note that this does NOT disable memcg, but rather the per-protocol one.
>
> Another option not to use the hole in struct sock_common is create
> sk_prot variants like tcp_prot_bypass, but this would complicate
> SOCKMAP logic, tcp_bpf_prots etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 2/6] net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.

[Martin KaFai Lau]

On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> index 60bcb13f045c..5cf8de6b6bf2 100644
> --- a/include/net/sock.h
> +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __addrpair;
>    *	@skc_reuseport: %SO_REUSEPORT setting
>    *	@skc_ipv6only: socket is IPV6 only
>    *	@skc_net_refcnt: socket is using net ref counting
> + *	@skc_bypass_prot_mem:

While it needs a respin, maybe useful to add comment on "@skc_bypass_prot_mem"

>    *	@skc_bound_dev_if: bound device index if != 0
>    *	@skc_bind_node: bind hash linkage for various protocol lookup tables
>    *	@skc_portaddr_node: second hash linkage for UDP/UDP-Lite protocol
> @@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ struct sock_common {
>   	unsigned char		skc_reuseport:1;
>   	unsigned char		skc_ipv6only:1;
>   	unsigned char		skc_net_refcnt:1;
> +	unsigned char		skc_bypass_prot_mem:1;
>   	int			skc_bound_dev_if;
>   	union {
>   		struct hlist_node	skc_bind_node;

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 2/6] net: Allow opt-out from global protocol memory accounting.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev> wrote:
>
> On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
> > index 60bcb13f045c..5cf8de6b6bf2 100644
> > --- a/include/net/sock.h
> > +++ b/include/net/sock.h
> > @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __addrpair;
> >    *  @skc_reuseport: %SO_REUSEPORT setting
> >    *  @skc_ipv6only: socket is IPV6 only
> >    *  @skc_net_refcnt: socket is using net ref counting
> > + *   @skc_bypass_prot_mem:
>
> While it needs a respin, maybe useful to add comment on "@skc_bypass_prot_mem"

Ah, I forgot to fill the placeholder, will fix it.

Thanks!

>
> >    *  @skc_bound_dev_if: bound device index if != 0
> >    *  @skc_bind_node: bind hash linkage for various protocol lookup tables
> >    *  @skc_portaddr_node: second hash linkage for UDP/UDP-Lite protocol
> > @@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ struct sock_common {
> >       unsigned char           skc_reuseport:1;
> >       unsigned char           skc_ipv6only:1;
> >       unsigned char           skc_net_refcnt:1;
> > +     unsigned char           skc_bypass_prot_mem:1;
> >       int                     skc_bound_dev_if;
> >       union {
> >               struct hlist_node       skc_bind_node;
>
>

[PATCH bpf-next/net 3/6] net: Introduce net.core.bypass_prot_mem sysctl.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

If a socket has sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem flagged, the socket opts out
of the global protocol memory accounting.

Let's control the flag by a new sysctl knob.

The flag is written once during socket(2) and is inherited to child
sockets.

Tested with a script that creates local socket pairs and send()s a
bunch of data without recv()ing.

Setup:

  # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test
  # echo $$ >> /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.procs
  # sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_mem="1000 1000 1000"
  # ulimit -n 524288

Without net.core.bypass_prot_mem, charged to tcp_mem & memcg

  # python3 pressure.py &
  # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
  sock 22642688 <-------------------------------------- charged to memcg
  # cat /proc/net/sockstat| grep TCP
  TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 5376 <-- charged to tcp_mem
  # ss -tn | head -n 5
  State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
  ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53188
  ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:49972
  ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53868
  ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53554
  # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
  TcpExtTCPMemoryPressures        1                  0.0

With net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1, charged to memcg only:

  # sysctl -q net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1
  # python3 pressure.py &
  # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
  sock 2757468160 <------------------------------------ charged to memcg
  # cat /proc/net/sockstat | grep TCP
  TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 0 <- NOT charged to tcp_mem
  # ss -tn | head -n 5
  State Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
  ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:49026
  ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45630
  ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:44870
  ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45274
  # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
  no pressure

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 8 ++++++++
 include/net/netns/core.h                 | 1 +
 net/core/sock.c                          | 5 +++++
 net/core/sysctl_net_core.c               | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 2ef50828aff1..3dbe0ea212e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ mem_pcpu_rsv
 
 Per-cpu reserved forward alloc cache size in page units. Default 1MB per CPU.
 
+bypass_prot_mem
+---------------
+
+Skip charging socket buffers to the global per-protocol memory
+accounting controlled by net.ipv4.tcp_mem, net.ipv4.udp_mem, etc.
+
+Default: 0 (off)
+
 rmem_default
 ------------
 
diff --git a/include/net/netns/core.h b/include/net/netns/core.h
index 9b36f0ff0c20..e9053d64c8ef 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/core.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/core.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct netns_core {
 	int	sysctl_optmem_max;
 	u8	sysctl_txrehash;
 	u8	sysctl_tstamp_allow_data;
+	u8	sysctl_bypass_prot_mem;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct prot_inuse __percpu *prot_inuse;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 7de189ec2556..b28373e20d74 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2306,8 +2306,13 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
 		 * why we need sk_prot_creator -acme
 		 */
 		sk->sk_prot = sk->sk_prot_creator = prot;
+
+		if (READ_ONCE(net->core.sysctl_bypass_prot_mem))
+			sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem = 1;
+
 		sk->sk_kern_sock = kern;
 		sock_lock_init(sk);
+
 		sk->sk_net_refcnt = kern ? 0 : 1;
 		if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt)) {
 			get_net_track(net, &sk->ns_tracker, priority);
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 8cf04b57ade1..2e91fe728969 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -676,6 +676,15 @@ static struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "bypass_prot_mem",
+		.data		= &init_net.core.sysctl_bypass_prot_mem,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(u8),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dou8vec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE
+	},
 	/* sysctl_core_net_init() will set the values after this
 	 * to readonly in network namespaces
 	 */
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 3/6] net: Introduce net.core.bypass_prot_mem sysctl.

[Shakeel Butt]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 12:07:28AM +0000, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> If a socket has sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem flagged, the socket opts out
> of the global protocol memory accounting.
> 
> Let's control the flag by a new sysctl knob.
> 
> The flag is written once during socket(2) and is inherited to child
> sockets.
> 
> Tested with a script that creates local socket pairs and send()s a
> bunch of data without recv()ing.
> 
> Setup:
> 
>   # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test
>   # echo $$ >> /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.procs
>   # sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_mem="1000 1000 1000"
>   # ulimit -n 524288
> 
> Without net.core.bypass_prot_mem, charged to tcp_mem & memcg
> 
>   # python3 pressure.py &
>   # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
>   sock 22642688 <-------------------------------------- charged to memcg
>   # cat /proc/net/sockstat| grep TCP
>   TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 5376 <-- charged to tcp_mem
>   # ss -tn | head -n 5
>   State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
>   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53188
>   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:49972
>   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53868
>   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53554
>   # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
>   TcpExtTCPMemoryPressures        1                  0.0
> 
> With net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1, charged to memcg only:
> 
>   # sysctl -q net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1
>   # python3 pressure.py &
>   # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
>   sock 2757468160 <------------------------------------ charged to memcg
>   # cat /proc/net/sockstat | grep TCP
>   TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 0 <- NOT charged to tcp_mem
>   # ss -tn | head -n 5
>   State Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
>   ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:49026
>   ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45630
>   ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:44870
>   ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45274
>   # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
>   no pressure
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 3/6] net: Introduce net.core.bypass_prot_mem sysctl.

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 12:07:28AM +0000, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > If a socket has sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem flagged, the socket opts out
> > of the global protocol memory accounting.
> >
> > Let's control the flag by a new sysctl knob.
> >
> > The flag is written once during socket(2) and is inherited to child
> > sockets.
> >
> > Tested with a script that creates local socket pairs and send()s a
> > bunch of data without recv()ing.
> >
> > Setup:
> >
> >   # mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test
> >   # echo $$ >> /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.procs
> >   # sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_mem="1000 1000 1000"
> >   # ulimit -n 524288
> >
> > Without net.core.bypass_prot_mem, charged to tcp_mem & memcg
> >
> >   # python3 pressure.py &
> >   # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
> >   sock 22642688 <-------------------------------------- charged to memcg
> >   # cat /proc/net/sockstat| grep TCP
> >   TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 5376 <-- charged to tcp_mem
> >   # ss -tn | head -n 5
> >   State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
> >   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53188
> >   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:49972
> >   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53868
> >   ESTAB 2000   0          127.0.0.1:34479    127.0.0.1:53554
> >   # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
> >   TcpExtTCPMemoryPressures        1                  0.0
> >
> > With net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1, charged to memcg only:
> >
> >   # sysctl -q net.core.bypass_prot_mem=1
> >   # python3 pressure.py &
> >   # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/memory.stat | grep sock
> >   sock 2757468160 <------------------------------------ charged to memcg
> >   # cat /proc/net/sockstat | grep TCP
> >   TCP: inuse 2006 orphan 0 tw 0 alloc 2008 mem 0 <- NOT charged to tcp_mem
> >   # ss -tn | head -n 5
> >   State Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address:Port  Peer Address:Port
> >   ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:49026
> >   ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45630
> >   ESTAB 110000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:44870
> >   ESTAB 111000 0           127.0.0.1:36019    127.0.0.1:45274
> >   # nstat | grep Pressure || echo no pressure
> >   no pressure
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

[PATCH bpf-next/net 4/6] bpf: Support bpf_setsockopt() for BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

We will support flagging sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem via bpf_setsockopt()
at the BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE hook.

BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE is invoked by __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sk()
that passes a pointer to struct sock to the bpf prog as void *ctx.

But there are no bpf_func_proto for bpf_setsockopt() that receives
the ctx as a pointer to struct sock.

Also, bpf_getsockopt() will be necessary for a cgroup with multiple
bpf progs running.

Let's add new bpf_setsockopt() and bpf_getsockopt() variants for
BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE.

Note that inet_create() is not under lock_sock() and has the same
semantics with bpf_lsm_unlocked_sockopt_hooks.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 net/core/filter.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 5d1838ff1ab9..83f40ac3392f 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -5731,6 +5731,40 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sock_addr_getsockopt_proto = {
 	.arg5_type	= ARG_CONST_SIZE,
 };
 
+BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_create_setsockopt, struct sock *, sk, int, level,
+	   int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
+{
+	return __bpf_setsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
+}
+
+static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sock_create_setsockopt_proto = {
+	.func		= bpf_sock_create_setsockopt,
+	.gpl_only	= false,
+	.ret_type	= RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_CTX,
+	.arg2_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+	.arg3_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+	.arg4_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY,
+	.arg5_type	= ARG_CONST_SIZE,
+};
+
+BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_create_getsockopt, struct sock *, sk, int, level,
+	   int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
+{
+	return __bpf_getsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
+}
+
+static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sock_create_getsockopt_proto = {
+	.func		= bpf_sock_create_getsockopt,
+	.gpl_only	= false,
+	.ret_type	= RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_CTX,
+	.arg2_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+	.arg3_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+	.arg4_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_UNINIT_MEM,
+	.arg5_type	= ARG_CONST_SIZE,
+};
+
 BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_ops_setsockopt, struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *, bpf_sock,
 	   int, level, int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
 {
@@ -8060,6 +8094,20 @@ sock_filter_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
 		return &bpf_sk_storage_get_cg_sock_proto;
 	case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_coarse_ns:
 		return &bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns_proto;
+	case BPF_FUNC_setsockopt:
+		switch (prog->expected_attach_type) {
+		case BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE:
+			return &bpf_sock_create_setsockopt_proto;
+		default:
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	case BPF_FUNC_getsockopt:
+		switch (prog->expected_attach_type) {
+		case BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE:
+			return &bpf_sock_create_getsockopt_proto;
+		default:
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	default:
 		return bpf_base_func_proto(func_id, prog);
 	}
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

[PATCH bpf-next/net 5/6] bpf: Introduce SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

If a socket has sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem flagged, the socket opts out
of the global protocol memory accounting.

This is easily controlled by net.core.bypass_prot_mem sysctl, but it
lacks flexibility.

Let's support flagging (and clearing) sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem via
bpf_setsockopt() at the BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE hook.

  int val = 1;

  bpf_setsockopt(ctx, SOL_SOCKET, SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM,
                 &val, sizeof(val));

As with net.core.bypass_prot_mem, this is inherited to child sockets,
and BPF always takes precedence over sysctl at socket(2) and accept(2).

SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM is only supported at BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE
and not supported on other hooks for some reasons:

  1. UDP charges memory under sk->sk_receive_queue.lock instead
     of lock_sock()

  2. Modifying the flag after skb is charged to sk requires such
     adjustment during bpf_setsockopt() and complicates the logic
     unnecessarily

We can support other hooks later if a real use case justifies that.

Most changes are inline and hard to trace, but a microbenchmark on
__sk_mem_raise_allocated() during neper/tcp_stream showed that more
samples completed faster with sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem == 1.  This will
be more visible under tcp_mem pressure (but it's not a fair comparison).

  # bpftrace -e 'kprobe:__sk_mem_raise_allocated { @start[tid] = nsecs; }
    kretprobe:__sk_mem_raise_allocated /@start[tid]/
    { @end[tid] = nsecs - @start[tid]; @times = hist(@end[tid]); delete(@start[tid]); }'
  # tcp_stream -6 -F 1000 -N -T 256

Without bpf prog:

  [128, 256)          3846 |                                                    |
  [256, 512)       1505326 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@|
  [512, 1K)        1371006 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@     |
  [1K, 2K)          198207 |@@@@@@                                              |
  [2K, 4K)           31199 |@                                                   |

With bpf prog in the next patch:
  (must be attached before tcp_stream)
  # bpftool prog load sk_bypass_prot_mem.bpf.o /sys/fs/bpf/test type cgroup/sock_create
  # bpftool cgroup attach /sys/fs/cgroup/test cgroup_inet_sock_create pinned /sys/fs/bpf/test

  [128, 256)          6413 |                                                    |
  [256, 512)       1868425 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@|
  [512, 1K)        1101697 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@                      |
  [1K, 2K)          117031 |@@@@                                                |
  [2K, 4K)           11773 |                                                    |

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       |  2 ++
 net/core/filter.c              | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 6829936d33f5..6eb75ad900b1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -7200,6 +7200,8 @@ enum {
 	TCP_BPF_SYN_MAC         = 1007, /* Copy the MAC, IP[46], and TCP header */
 	TCP_BPF_SOCK_OPS_CB_FLAGS = 1008, /* Get or Set TCP sock ops flags */
 	SK_BPF_CB_FLAGS		= 1009, /* Get or set sock ops flags in socket */
+	SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM	= 1010, /* Get or Set sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem */
+
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 83f40ac3392f..02a783cbd7af 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -5731,9 +5731,37 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sock_addr_getsockopt_proto = {
 	.arg5_type	= ARG_CONST_SIZE,
 };
 
+static int sk_bpf_set_get_bypass_prot_mem(struct sock *sk,
+					  char *optval, int optlen,
+					  bool getopt)
+{
+	int val;
+
+	if (optlen != sizeof(int))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!sk_has_account(sk))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (getopt) {
+		*(int *)optval = sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	val = *(int *)optval;
+	if (val < 0 || val > 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem = val;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_create_setsockopt, struct sock *, sk, int, level,
 	   int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
 {
+	if (level == SOL_SOCKET && optname == SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM)
+		return sk_bpf_set_get_bypass_prot_mem(sk, optval, optlen, false);
+
 	return __bpf_setsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
@@ -5751,6 +5779,9 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sock_create_setsockopt_proto = {
 BPF_CALL_5(bpf_sock_create_getsockopt, struct sock *, sk, int, level,
 	   int, optname, char *, optval, int, optlen)
 {
+	if (level == SOL_SOCKET && optname == SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM)
+		return sk_bpf_set_get_bypass_prot_mem(sk, optval, optlen, true);
+
 	return __bpf_getsockopt(sk, level, optname, optval, optlen);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 6829936d33f5..9b17d937edf7 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -7200,6 +7200,7 @@ enum {
 	TCP_BPF_SYN_MAC         = 1007, /* Copy the MAC, IP[46], and TCP header */
 	TCP_BPF_SOCK_OPS_CB_FLAGS = 1008, /* Get or Set TCP sock ops flags */
 	SK_BPF_CB_FLAGS		= 1009, /* Get or set sock ops flags in socket */
+	SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM	= 1010, /* Get or Set sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem */
 };
 
 enum {
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

[PATCH bpf-next/net 6/6] selftest: bpf: Add test for sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

The test does the following for IPv4/IPv6 x TCP/UDP sockets
with/without sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem, which can be turned on by
net.core.bypass_prot_mem or bpf_setsockopt(SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM).

  1. Create socket pairs
  2. Send NR_PAGES (32) of data (TCP consumes around 35 pages,
     and UDP consuems 66 pages due to skb overhead)
  3. Read memory_allocated from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated and
     sk->sk_prot->memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc
  4. Check if unread data is charged to memory_allocated

If sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem is set, memory_allocated should not be
changed, but we allow a small error (up to 10 pages) in case
other processes on the host use some amounts of TCP/UDP memory.

The amount of allocated pages are buffered to per-cpu variable
{tcp,udp}_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc up to +/- net.core.mem_pcpu_rsv
before reported to {tcp,udp}_memory_allocated.

At 3., memory_allocated is calculated from the 2 variables at
fentry of socket create function.

We drain the receive queue only for UDP before close() because UDP
recv queue is destroyed after RCU grace period.  When I printed
memory_allocated, UDP bypass cases sometimes saw the no-bypass
case's leftover, but it's still in the small error range (<10 pages).

  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0   <-- TCP no-bypass
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 35
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0   <-- TCP w/ sysctl
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0   <-- TCP w/ bpf
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 0   <-- UDP no-bypass
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 66
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 2   <-- UDP w/ sysctl (2 pages leftover)
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 2
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 2   <-- UDP w/ bpf (2 pages leftover)
  bpf_trace_printk: memory_allocated: 2

We prefer finishing tests faster than oversleeping for call_rcu()
 + sk_destruct().

The test completes within 2s on QEMU (64 CPUs) w/ KVM.

  # time ./test_progs -t sk_bypass
  #371/1   sk_bypass_prot_mem/TCP  :OK
  #371/2   sk_bypass_prot_mem/UDP  :OK
  #371/3   sk_bypass_prot_mem/TCPv6:OK
  #371/4   sk_bypass_prot_mem/UDPv6:OK
  #371     sk_bypass_prot_mem:OK
  Summary: 1/4 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED

  real	0m1.481s
  user	0m0.181s
  sys	0m0.441s

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 .../bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c       | 282 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c  | 104 +++++++
 2 files changed, 386 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce4fc47b6bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright 2025 Google LLC */
+
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include "sk_bypass_prot_mem.skel.h"
+#include "network_helpers.h"
+
+#define NR_PAGES	32
+#define NR_SOCKETS	2
+#define BUF_TOTAL	(NR_PAGES * 4096 / NR_SOCKETS)
+#define BUF_SINGLE	1024
+#define NR_SEND		(BUF_TOTAL / BUF_SINGLE)
+
+struct test_case {
+	char name[8];
+	int family;
+	int type;
+	int (*create_sockets)(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len);
+	long (*get_memory_allocated)(struct test_case *test_case, struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel);
+};
+
+static int tcp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
+{
+	int server, i;
+
+	server = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(server, 0, "start_server_str");
+
+	/* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
+		sk[i] = connect_to_fd(server, 0);
+		if (sk[i] < 0) {
+			ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "connect_to_fd");
+			return sk[i];
+		}
+
+		sk[i + 1] = accept(server, NULL, NULL);
+		if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
+			ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "accept");
+			return sk[i + 1];
+		}
+	}
+
+	close(server);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int udp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
+{
+	int i, j, err, rcvbuf = BUF_TOTAL;
+
+	/* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
+		sk[i] = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
+		if (sk[i] < 0) {
+			ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "start_server");
+			return sk[i];
+		}
+
+		sk[i + 1] = connect_to_fd(sk[i], 0);
+		if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
+			ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "connect_to_fd");
+			return sk[i + 1];
+		}
+
+		err = connect_fd_to_fd(sk[i], sk[i + 1], 0);
+		if (err) {
+			ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "connect_fd_to_fd");
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+			err = setsockopt(sk[i + j], SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &rcvbuf, sizeof(int));
+			if (err) {
+				ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF)");
+				return err;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long get_memory_allocated(struct test_case *test_case,
+				 bool *activated, long *memory_allocated)
+{
+	int sk;
+
+	*activated = true;
+
+	/* AF_INET and AF_INET6 share the same memory_allocated.
+	 * tcp_init_sock() is called by AF_INET and AF_INET6,
+	 * but udp_lib_init_sock() is inline.
+	 */
+	sk = socket(AF_INET, test_case->type, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(sk, 0, "get_memory_allocated"))
+		return -1;
+
+	close(sk);
+
+	return *memory_allocated;
+}
+
+static long tcp_get_memory_allocated(struct test_case *test_case, struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel)
+{
+	return get_memory_allocated(test_case,
+				    &skel->bss->tcp_activated,
+				    &skel->bss->tcp_memory_allocated);
+}
+
+static long udp_get_memory_allocated(struct test_case *test_case, struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel)
+{
+	return get_memory_allocated(test_case,
+				    &skel->bss->udp_activated,
+				    &skel->bss->udp_memory_allocated);
+}
+
+static int check_bypass(struct test_case *test_case,
+			struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel, bool bypass)
+{
+	char buf[BUF_SINGLE] = {};
+	long memory_allocated[2];
+	int sk[NR_SOCKETS] = {};
+	int err, i, j;
+
+	err = test_case->create_sockets(test_case, sk, ARRAY_SIZE(sk));
+	if (err)
+		goto close;
+
+	memory_allocated[0] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
+
+	/* allocate pages >= NR_PAGES */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
+			int bytes = send(sk[i], buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+
+			/* Avoid too noisy logs when something failed. */
+			if (bytes != sizeof(buf)) {
+				ASSERT_EQ(bytes, sizeof(buf), "send");
+				if (bytes < 0) {
+					err = bytes;
+					goto drain;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	memory_allocated[1] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
+
+	if (bypass)
+		ASSERT_LE(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + 10, "bypass");
+	else
+		ASSERT_GT(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + NR_PAGES, "no bypass");
+
+drain:
+	if (test_case->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
+		/* UDP starts purging sk->sk_receive_queue after one RCU
+		 * grace period, then udp_memory_allocated goes down,
+		 * so drain the queue before close().
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
+			for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
+				int bytes = recv(sk[i], buf, 1, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_TRUNC);
+
+				if (bytes == sizeof(buf))
+					continue;
+				if (bytes != -1 || errno != EAGAIN)
+					PRINT_FAIL("bytes: %d, errno: %s\n", bytes, strerror(errno));
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+close:
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++)
+		close(sk[i]);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void run_test(struct test_case *test_case)
+{
+	struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel;
+	struct nstoken *nstoken;
+	int cgroup, err;
+
+	skel = sk_bypass_prot_mem__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	skel->bss->nr_cpus = libbpf_num_possible_cpus();
+
+	err = sk_bypass_prot_mem__attach(skel);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "attach"))
+		goto destroy_skel;
+
+	cgroup = test__join_cgroup("/sk_bypass_prot_mem");
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(cgroup, 0, "join_cgroup"))
+		goto destroy_skel;
+
+	err = make_netns("sk_bypass_prot_mem");
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "make_netns"))
+		goto close_cgroup;
+
+	nstoken = open_netns("sk_bypass_prot_mem");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(nstoken, "open_netns"))
+		goto remove_netns;
+
+	err = check_bypass(test_case, skel, false);
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "test_bypass(false)"))
+		goto close_netns;
+
+	err = write_sysctl("/proc/sys/net/core/bypass_prot_mem", "1");
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "write_sysctl(1)"))
+		goto close_netns;
+
+	err = check_bypass(test_case, skel, true);
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "test_bypass(true by sysctl)"))
+		goto close_netns;
+
+	err = write_sysctl("/proc/sys/net/core/bypass_prot_mem", "0");
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "write_sysctl(0)"))
+		goto close_netns;
+
+	skel->links.sock_create = bpf_program__attach_cgroup(skel->progs.sock_create, cgroup);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel->links.sock_create, "attach_cgroup(sock_create)"))
+		goto close_netns;
+
+	err = check_bypass(test_case, skel, true);
+	ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "test_bypass(true by bpf)");
+
+close_netns:
+	close_netns(nstoken);
+remove_netns:
+	remove_netns("sk_bypass_prot_mem");
+close_cgroup:
+	close(cgroup);
+destroy_skel:
+	sk_bypass_prot_mem__destroy(skel);
+}
+
+struct test_case test_cases[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "TCP  ",
+		.family = AF_INET,
+		.type = SOCK_STREAM,
+		.create_sockets = tcp_create_sockets,
+		.get_memory_allocated = tcp_get_memory_allocated,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "UDP  ",
+		.family = AF_INET,
+		.type = SOCK_DGRAM,
+		.create_sockets = udp_create_sockets,
+		.get_memory_allocated = udp_get_memory_allocated,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "TCPv6",
+		.family = AF_INET6,
+		.type = SOCK_STREAM,
+		.create_sockets = tcp_create_sockets,
+		.get_memory_allocated = tcp_get_memory_allocated,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "UDPv6",
+		.family = AF_INET6,
+		.type = SOCK_DGRAM,
+		.create_sockets = udp_create_sockets,
+		.get_memory_allocated = udp_get_memory_allocated,
+	},
+};
+
+void serial_test_sk_bypass_prot_mem(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(test_cases); i++) {
+		if (test__start_subtest(test_cases[i].name))
+			run_test(&test_cases[i]);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09a00d11ffcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/sk_bypass_prot_mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright 2025 Google LLC */
+
+#include "bpf_tracing_net.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+extern int tcp_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc __ksym;
+extern int udp_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc __ksym;
+
+int nr_cpus;
+bool tcp_activated, udp_activated;
+long tcp_memory_allocated, udp_memory_allocated;
+
+struct sk_prot {
+	long *memory_allocated;
+	int *memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc;
+};
+
+static int drain_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc(__u32 i, struct sk_prot *sk_prot_ctx)
+{
+	int *memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc;
+
+	memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc = bpf_per_cpu_ptr(sk_prot_ctx->memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc, i);
+	if (memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc)
+		*sk_prot_ctx->memory_allocated += *memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long get_memory_allocated(struct sock *_sk, int *memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = bpf_core_cast(_sk, struct sock);
+	struct sk_prot sk_prot_ctx;
+	long memory_allocated;
+
+	/* net_aligned_data.{tcp,udp}_memory_allocated was not available. */
+	memory_allocated = sk->__sk_common.skc_prot->memory_allocated->counter;
+
+	sk_prot_ctx.memory_allocated = &memory_allocated;
+	sk_prot_ctx.memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc = memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc;
+
+	bpf_loop(nr_cpus, drain_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc, &sk_prot_ctx, 0);
+
+	return memory_allocated;
+}
+
+static void fentry_init_sock(struct sock *sk, bool *activated,
+			     long *memory_allocated, int *memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc)
+{
+	if (!*activated)
+		return;
+
+	*memory_allocated = get_memory_allocated(sk, memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc);
+	*activated = false;
+}
+
+SEC("fentry/tcp_init_sock")
+int BPF_PROG(fentry_tcp_init_sock, struct sock *sk)
+{
+	fentry_init_sock(sk, &tcp_activated,
+			 &tcp_memory_allocated, &tcp_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("fentry/udp_init_sock")
+int BPF_PROG(fentry_udp_init_sock, struct sock *sk)
+{
+	fentry_init_sock(sk, &udp_activated,
+			 &udp_memory_allocated, &udp_memory_per_cpu_fw_alloc);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("cgroup/sock_create")
+int sock_create(struct bpf_sock *ctx)
+{
+	int err, val = 1;
+
+	err = bpf_setsockopt(ctx, SOL_SOCKET, SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM,
+			     &val, sizeof(val));
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	val = 0;
+
+	err = bpf_getsockopt(ctx, SOL_SOCKET, SK_BPF_BYPASS_PROT_MEM,
+			     &val, sizeof(val));
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (val != 1) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+
+err:
+	bpf_set_retval(err);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+char LICENSE[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
-- 
2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 6/6] selftest: bpf: Add test for sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem.

[Martin KaFai Lau]

On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> +static int tcp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
> +{
> +	int server, i;
> +
> +	server = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
> +	ASSERT_GE(server, 0, "start_server_str");
> +
> +	/* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
> +	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
> +		sk[i] = connect_to_fd(server, 0);
> +		if (sk[i] < 0) {
> +			ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "connect_to_fd");
> +			return sk[i];

The "server" fd is leaked, and...

> +		}
> +
> +		sk[i + 1] = accept(server, NULL, NULL);
> +		if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
> +			ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "accept");
> +			return sk[i + 1];

same here.

> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	close(server);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int udp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
> +{
> +	int i, j, err, rcvbuf = BUF_TOTAL;
> +
> +	/* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
> +	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
> +		sk[i] = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
> +		if (sk[i] < 0) {
> +			ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "start_server");
> +			return sk[i];
> +		}
> +
> +		sk[i + 1] = connect_to_fd(sk[i], 0);
> +		if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
> +			ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "connect_to_fd");
> +			return sk[i + 1];
> +		}
> +
> +		err = connect_fd_to_fd(sk[i], sk[i + 1], 0);
> +		if (err) {
> +			ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "connect_fd_to_fd");
> +			return err;
> +		}
> +
> +		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
> +			err = setsockopt(sk[i + j], SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &rcvbuf, sizeof(int));
> +			if (err) {
> +				ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF)");
> +				return err;
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +


> +
> +static int check_bypass(struct test_case *test_case,
> +			struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel, bool bypass)
> +{
> +	char buf[BUF_SINGLE] = {};
> +	long memory_allocated[2];
> +	int sk[NR_SOCKETS] = {};
> +	int err, i, j;
> +
> +	err = test_case->create_sockets(test_case, sk, ARRAY_SIZE(sk));
> +	if (err)
> +		goto close;
> +
> +	memory_allocated[0] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
> +
> +	/* allocate pages >= NR_PAGES */
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
> +		for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
> +			int bytes = send(sk[i], buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
> +
> +			/* Avoid too noisy logs when something failed. */
> +			if (bytes != sizeof(buf)) {
> +				ASSERT_EQ(bytes, sizeof(buf), "send");
> +				if (bytes < 0) {
> +					err = bytes;
> +					goto drain;
> +				}
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	memory_allocated[1] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
> +
> +	if (bypass)
> +		ASSERT_LE(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + 10, "bypass");
> +	else
> +		ASSERT_GT(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + NR_PAGES, "no bypass");
> +
> +drain:
> +	if (test_case->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
> +		/* UDP starts purging sk->sk_receive_queue after one RCU
> +		 * grace period, then udp_memory_allocated goes down,
> +		 * so drain the queue before close().
> +		 */
> +		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
> +			for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
> +				int bytes = recv(sk[i], buf, 1, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_TRUNC);
> +
> +				if (bytes == sizeof(buf))
> +					continue;
> +				if (bytes != -1 || errno != EAGAIN)
> +					PRINT_FAIL("bytes: %d, errno: %s\n", bytes, strerror(errno));
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +close:
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++)
> +		close(sk[i]);

It could close(0) here depending on how the "->create_sockets()" above has 
failed. The fd 0 could be something useful for the test_progs.

Other than that, the set lgtm. Please re-spin and carry the review/ack tags.

pw-bot: cr

> +
> +	return err;
> +}
> +

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 6/6] selftest: bpf: Add test for sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev> wrote:
>
> On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > +static int tcp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
> > +{
> > +     int server, i;
> > +
> > +     server = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
> > +     ASSERT_GE(server, 0, "start_server_str");
> > +
> > +     /* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
> > +     for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
> > +             sk[i] = connect_to_fd(server, 0);
> > +             if (sk[i] < 0) {
> > +                     ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "connect_to_fd");
> > +                     return sk[i];
>
> The "server" fd is leaked, and...
>
> > +             }
> > +
> > +             sk[i + 1] = accept(server, NULL, NULL);
> > +             if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
> > +                     ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "accept");
> > +                     return sk[i + 1];
>
> same here.

Will fix them by err = sk[x] and break;.


>
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     close(server);
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int udp_create_sockets(struct test_case *test_case, int sk[], int len)
> > +{
> > +     int i, j, err, rcvbuf = BUF_TOTAL;
> > +
> > +     /* Keep for-loop so we can change NR_SOCKETS easily. */
> > +     for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
> > +             sk[i] = start_server(test_case->family, test_case->type, NULL, 0, 0);
> > +             if (sk[i] < 0) {
> > +                     ASSERT_GE(sk[i], 0, "start_server");
> > +                     return sk[i];
> > +             }
> > +
> > +             sk[i + 1] = connect_to_fd(sk[i], 0);
> > +             if (sk[i + 1] < 0) {
> > +                     ASSERT_GE(sk[i + 1], 0, "connect_to_fd");
> > +                     return sk[i + 1];
> > +             }
> > +
> > +             err = connect_fd_to_fd(sk[i], sk[i + 1], 0);
> > +             if (err) {
> > +                     ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "connect_fd_to_fd");
> > +                     return err;
> > +             }
> > +
> > +             for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
> > +                     err = setsockopt(sk[i + j], SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &rcvbuf, sizeof(int));
> > +                     if (err) {
> > +                             ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "setsockopt(SO_RCVBUF)");
> > +                             return err;
> > +                     }
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
>
>
> > +
> > +static int check_bypass(struct test_case *test_case,
> > +                     struct sk_bypass_prot_mem *skel, bool bypass)
> > +{
> > +     char buf[BUF_SINGLE] = {};
> > +     long memory_allocated[2];
> > +     int sk[NR_SOCKETS] = {};
> > +     int err, i, j;
> > +
> > +     err = test_case->create_sockets(test_case, sk, ARRAY_SIZE(sk));
> > +     if (err)
> > +             goto close;
> > +
> > +     memory_allocated[0] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
> > +
> > +     /* allocate pages >= NR_PAGES */
> > +     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
> > +             for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
> > +                     int bytes = send(sk[i], buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
> > +
> > +                     /* Avoid too noisy logs when something failed. */
> > +                     if (bytes != sizeof(buf)) {
> > +                             ASSERT_EQ(bytes, sizeof(buf), "send");
> > +                             if (bytes < 0) {
> > +                                     err = bytes;
> > +                                     goto drain;
> > +                             }
> > +                     }
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     memory_allocated[1] = test_case->get_memory_allocated(test_case, skel);
> > +
> > +     if (bypass)
> > +             ASSERT_LE(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + 10, "bypass");
> > +     else
> > +             ASSERT_GT(memory_allocated[1], memory_allocated[0] + NR_PAGES, "no bypass");
> > +
> > +drain:
> > +     if (test_case->type == SOCK_DGRAM) {
> > +             /* UDP starts purging sk->sk_receive_queue after one RCU
> > +              * grace period, then udp_memory_allocated goes down,
> > +              * so drain the queue before close().
> > +              */
> > +             for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++) {
> > +                     for (j = 0; j < NR_SEND; j++) {
> > +                             int bytes = recv(sk[i], buf, 1, MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_TRUNC);
> > +
> > +                             if (bytes == sizeof(buf))
> > +                                     continue;
> > +                             if (bytes != -1 || errno != EAGAIN)
> > +                                     PRINT_FAIL("bytes: %d, errno: %s\n", bytes, strerror(errno));
> > +                             break;
> > +                     }
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +
> > +close:
> > +     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sk); i++)
> > +             close(sk[i]);
>
> It could close(0) here depending on how the "->create_sockets()" above has
> failed. The fd 0 could be something useful for the test_progs.

Will add if (sk[i]) guard here.


>
> Other than that, the set lgtm. Please re-spin and carry the review/ack tags.

Thank you, Martin!

>
> pw-bot: cr
>
> > +
> > +     return err;
> > +}
> > +

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 0/6] bpf: Allow opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated.

[Roman Gushchin]

Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> writes:

> This series allows opting out of the global per-protocol memory
> accounting if socket is configured as such by sysctl or BPF prog.
>
> This series is v11 of the series below [0], but I start as a new series
> because the changes now fall in net and bpf subsystems only.
>
> I discussed with Roman Gushchin offlist, and he suggested not mixing
> two independent subsystems and it would be cleaner not to depend on
> memcg.
>
> So, sk->sk_memcg and memcg code are no longer touched, and instead we
> use another hole near sk->sk_prot to store a flag for the net feature.
>
> Overview of the series:
>
>   patch 1 is misc cleanup
>   patch 2 allows opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated
>   patch 3 introduces net.core.bypass_prot_mem
>   patch 4 & 5 supports flagging sk->sk_bypass_prot_mem via bpf_setsockopt()
>   patch 6 is selftest

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
for the series.

Thanks!

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 0/6] bpf: Allow opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated.

[Martin KaFai Lau]

On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> This series allows opting out of the global per-protocol memory
> accounting if socket is configured as such by sysctl or BPF prog.
> 
> This series is v11 of the series below [0], but I start as a new series
> because the changes now fall in net and bpf subsystems only.

netdev reviewers, please take a look and ack if it looks good.

Shakeel, you have reviewed the earlier revision, please take a look.

Johannes, please comment if there is concern on the changes.

> 
> I discussed with Roman Gushchin offlist, and he suggested not mixing
> two independent subsystems and it would be cleaner not to depend on
> memcg.
> 
> So, sk->sk_memcg and memcg code are no longer touched, and instead we
> use another hole near sk->sk_prot to store a flag for the net feature.

Re: [PATCH bpf-next/net 0/6] bpf: Allow opt-out from sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated.

[Shakeel Butt]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 11:28:05AM -0700, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> On 10/6/25 5:07 PM, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> > This series allows opting out of the global per-protocol memory
> > accounting if socket is configured as such by sysctl or BPF prog.
> > 
> > This series is v11 of the series below [0], but I start as a new series
> > because the changes now fall in net and bpf subsystems only.
> 
> netdev reviewers, please take a look and ack if it looks good.
> 
> Shakeel, you have reviewed the earlier revision, please take a look.

The series look good to me.