[bpf-next,0/5] libbpf: Add TC-BPF API

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Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi March 25, 2021, 11:59 a.m. UTC

This series adds support to libbpf for attaching SCHED_CLS and SCHED_ACT bpf
programs to their respective tc attach points.

Currently, a user needs to shell out to the tc command line for add, change,
replace, and del operations, which is not ideal.

Some of the features that have been omitted for the CLS API:

* TCA_BPF_POLICE
  Support for adding police actions to filter has been omitted for now.
* TCA_RATE
  Support for packet rate estimator has been omitted for now.
* Attaching actions directly to the classifier
  This allows the attached actions to be bound to classifier and get auto detached
  when it is deleted. It translates to 'bind' refcount in the kernel internally.
  They run after a successful classification from the SCHED_CLS prog.
  Support for this can be added later, but has been omitted for now, primarily
  because direct-action mode provides a better alternative.

A high level TC-BPF API is also provided, and currently only supports attach and
destroy operations. These functions return a pointer to a bpf_link object. When
falling back to the low level API, the link must be disconnected to take over
its ownership. It can be released using bpf_link__destroy, which will also cause
the filter/action to be detached if not disconnected.

The individual commits contain a general API summary and examples.

Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi (5):
  tools pkt_cls.h: sync with kernel sources
  libbpf: add helpers for preparing netlink attributes
  libbpf: add low level TC-BPF API
  libbpf: add high level TC-BPF API
  libbpf: add selftests for TC-BPF API

 tools/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h            | 174 +++-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        | 110 ++-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h                        | 133 ++++
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map                      |  17 +
 tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c                       | 752 +++++++++++++++++-
 tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h                        |  43 +
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tc_bpf.c    | 261 ++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_bpf_kern.c    |  18 +
 8 files changed, 1476 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tc_bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_tc_bpf_kern.c

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