Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 2/5] net/smc: Introduce generic hook smc_ops

From: Dust Li <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:22:59 +0800

On 2025-01-16 15:44:39, D. Wythe wrote:
>The introduction of IPPROTO_SMC enables eBPF programs to determine
>whether to use SMC based on the context of socket creation, such as
>network namespaces, PID and comm name, etc.
>
>As a subsequent enhancement, to introduce a new generic hook that
>allows decisions on whether to use SMC or not at runtime, including
>but not limited to local/remote IP address or ports.
>
>Moreover, in the future, we can achieve more complex extensions to the
>protocol stack by extending this ops.
>
>Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <[email-masked]>
>---
> include/net/netns/smc.h |  3 ++
> include/net/smc.h       | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c   | 18 ++++++--
> net/smc/Kconfig         | 12 ++++++
> net/smc/Makefile        |  1 +
> net/smc/smc_ops.c       | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/smc/smc_ops.h       | 28 ++++++++++++
> net/smc/smc_sysctl.c    | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 8 files changed, 258 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 net/smc/smc_ops.c
> create mode 100644 net/smc/smc_ops.h
>
>diff --git a/include/net/netns/smc.h b/include/net/netns/smc.h
>index fc752a50f91b..81b3fdb39cd2 100644
>--- a/include/net/netns/smc.h
>+++ b/include/net/netns/smc.h
>@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ struct netns_smc {
> #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> 	struct ctl_table_header		*smc_hdr;
> #endif
>+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMC_OPS)
>+	struct smc_ops __rcu		*ops;
>+#endif /* CONFIG_SMC_OPS */
> 	unsigned int			sysctl_autocorking_size;
> 	unsigned int			sysctl_smcr_buf_type;
> 	int				sysctl_smcr_testlink_time;
>diff --git a/include/net/smc.h b/include/net/smc.h
>index db84e4e35080..271838591b63 100644
>--- a/include/net/smc.h
>+++ b/include/net/smc.h
>@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
> #include "linux/ism.h"
> 
> struct sock;
>+struct tcp_sock;
>+struct inet_request_sock;
> 
> #define SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN	16	/* Max. length of PNET id */
> 
>@@ -97,4 +99,55 @@ struct smcd_dev {
> 	u8 going_away : 1;
> };
> 
>+#define  SMC_OPS_NAME_MAX 16
>+
>+enum {
>+	/* ops can be inherit from init_net */
>+	SMC_OPS_FLAG_INHERITABLE = 0x1,
>+
>+	SMC_OPS_ALL_FLAGS = SMC_OPS_FLAG_INHERITABLE,
>+};
>+
>+struct smc_ops {
>+	/* priavte */
>+
>+	struct list_head list;
>+	struct module *owner;
>+
>+	/* public */
>+
>+	/* unique name */
>+	char name[SMC_OPS_NAME_MAX];
>+	int flags;
>+
>+	/* Invoked before computing SMC option for SYN packets.
>+	 * We can control whether to set SMC options by returning varios value.
>+	 * Return 0 to disable SMC, or return any other value to enable it.
>+	 */
>+	int (*set_option)(struct tcp_sock *tp);
>+
>+	/* Invoked before Set up SMC options for SYN-ACK packets
>+	 * We can control whether to respond SMC options by returning varios
>+	 * value. Return 0 to disable SMC, or return any other value to enable
>+	 * it.
>+	 */
>+	int (*set_option_cond)(const struct tcp_sock *tp,
>+			       struct inet_request_sock *ireq);
>+};
>+
>+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMC_OPS)
>+#define smc_call_retops(init_val, sk, func, ...) ({	\
>+	typeof(init_val) __ret = (init_val);		\
>+	struct smc_ops *ops;				\
>+	rcu_read_lock();				\
>+	ops = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->smc.ops);		\
>+	if (ops && ops->func)				\
>+		__ret = ops->func(__VA_ARGS__);		\
>+	rcu_read_unlock();				\
>+	!!__ret;					\
>+})

Here you force the return value to be bool by !!ret, what if the
future caller expects the return value to be an integer or other types ?

Best regards,
Dust