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From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs-jkUAjuhPggJWk0Htik3J/w@public•gmane.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast-uqk4Ao+rVK5Wk0Htik3J/w@public•gmane.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel-FeC+5ew28dpmcu3hnIyYJQ@public•gmane.org>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public•gmane.org>,
	linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tc: bpf: generalize pedit action
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:52:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <55189E5F.3050302@mojatatu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1427424837-7757-1-git-send-email-ast-uqk4Ao+rVK5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

On 03/26/15 22:53, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> existing TC action 'pedit' can munge any bits of the packet.
> Generalize it for use in bpf programs attached as cls_bpf and act_bpf via
> bpf_skb_store_bytes() helper function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast-uqk4Ao+rVK5Wk0Htik3J/w@public•gmane.org>
> ---
>
> pedit is limited to 32-bit masked rewrites. Here let it be flexible.
>
> ptr = skb_header_pointer(skb, offset, len, buf);
> memcpy(ptr, from, len);
> if (ptr == buf)
>    skb_store_bits(skb, offset, ptr, len);
>
> ^^ logic is the same as in pedit.
> shifts, mask, invert style of rewrite is easily done by the program.
> Just like arbitrary parsing of the packet and applying rewrites on demand.
>

Alexei/Daniel - I am backlogged on email; however, i didn quiet follow:
Is there another patch to pedit that help achieve the above?

cheers,
jamal

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-03-30  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-27  2:53 [PATCH net-next] tc: bpf: generalize pedit action Alexei Starovoitov
     [not found] ` <1427424837-7757-1-git-send-email-ast-uqk4Ao+rVK5Wk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-27  6:38   ` Jiri Pirko
2015-03-27 10:42   ` Daniel Borkmann
2015-03-27 16:01     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2015-03-28  0:14   ` Daniel Borkmann
2015-03-29 20:27   ` David Miller
2015-03-30  0:52   ` Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
     [not found]     ` <55189E5F.3050302-jkUAjuhPggJWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2015-03-30  1:18       ` Alexei Starovoitov

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