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XDP programs can release xdp_buff fragments when calling
bpf_xdp_adjust_tail(). The driver currently assumes the number of
fragments to be unchanged and may generate skb with wrong truesize or
containing invalid frags. Fix the bug by generating skb according to
xdp_buff after the XDP program runs.

Fixes: ea5d49b ("net/mlx5e: Add XDP multi buffer support to the non-linear legacy RQ")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
…ng RQ

XDP programs can change the layout of an xdp_buff through
bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() and bpf_xdp_adjust_head(). Therefore, the driver
cannot assume the size of the linear data area nor fragments. Fix the
bug in mlx5 by generating skb according to xdp_buff after XDP programs
run.

Currently, when handling multi-buf XDP, the mlx5 driver assumes the
layout of an xdp_buff to be unchanged. That is, the linear data area
continues to be empty and fragments remain the same. This may cause
the driver to generate erroneous skb or triggering a kernel
warning. When an XDP program added linear data through
bpf_xdp_adjust_head(), the linear data will be ignored as
mlx5e_build_linear_skb() builds an skb without linear data and then
pull data from fragments to fill the linear data area. When an XDP
program has shrunk the non-linear data through bpf_xdp_adjust_tail(),
the delta passed to __pskb_pull_tail() may exceed the actual nonlinear
data size and trigger the BUG_ON in it.

To fix the issue, first record the original number of fragments. If the
number of fragments changes after the XDP program runs, rewind the end
fragment pointer by the difference and recalculate the truesize. Then,
build the skb with the linear data area matching the xdp_buff. Finally,
only pull data in if there is non-linear data and fill the linear part
up to 256 bytes.

Fixes: f52ac70 ("net/mlx5e: RX, Add XDP multi-buffer support in Striding RQ")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
It is possible for bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() to free all fragments. The
kfunc currently clears the XDP_FLAGS_HAS_FRAGS bit, but not
XDP_FLAGS_FRAGS_PF_MEMALLOC. So far, this has not caused a issue when
building sk_buff from xdp_buff since all readers of xdp_buff->flags
use the flag only when there are fragments. Clear the
XDP_FLAGS_FRAGS_PF_MEMALLOC bit as well to make the flags correct.

Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
Move skb_frag_t adjustment into bpf_xdp_shrink_data() and extend its
functionality to be able to shrink an xdp fragment from both head and
tail. In a later patch, bpf_xdp_pull_data() will reuse it to shrink an
xdp fragment from head.

Additionally, in bpf_xdp_frags_shrink_tail(), breaking the loop when
bpf_xdp_shrink_data() returns false (i.e., not releasing the current
fragment) is not necessary as the loop condition, offset > 0, has the
same effect. Remove the else branch to simplify the code.

Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
Add kfunc, bpf_xdp_pull_data(), to support pulling data from xdp
fragments. Similar to bpf_skb_pull_data(), bpf_xdp_pull_data() makes
the first len bytes of data directly readable and writable in bpf
programs. If the "len" argument is larger than the linear data size,
data in fragments will be copied to the linear data area when there
is enough room. Specifically, the kfunc will try to use the tailroom
first. When the tailroom is not enough, metadata and data will be
shifted down to make room for pulling data.

A use case of the kfunc is to decapsulate headers residing in xdp
fragments. It is possible for a NIC driver to place headers in xdp
fragments. To keep using direct packet access for parsing and
decapsulating headers, users can pull headers into the linear data
area by calling bpf_xdp_pull_data() and then pop the header with
bpf_xdp_adjust_head().

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
bpf_xdp_pull_data() may change packet data and therefore packet pointers
need to be invalidated. Add bpf_xdp_pull_data() to the special kfunc
list instead of introducing a new KF_ flag until there are more kfuncs
changing packet data.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
Change the variable naming in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() to make the
overall logic less confusing. As different modes were added to the
function over the time, some variables got overloaded, making
it hard to understand and changing the code becomes error-prone.

Replace "size" with "linear_sz" where it refers to the size of metadata
and data. If "size" refers to input data size, use test.data_size_in
directly.

Replace "max_data_sz" with "max_linear_sz" to better reflect the fact
that it is the maximum size of metadata and data (i.e., linear_sz). Also,
xdp_rxq.frags_size is always PAGE_SIZE, so just set it directly instead
of subtracting headroom and tailroom and adding them back.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
…_RUN

To test bpf_xdp_pull_data(), an xdp packet containing fragments as well
as free linear data area after xdp->data_end needs to be created.
However, bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() always fills the linear area with
data_in before creating fragments, leaving no space to pull data. This
patch will allow users to specify the linear data size through
ctx->data_end.

Currently, ctx_in->data_end must match data_size_in and will not be the
final ctx->data_end seen by xdp programs. This is because ctx->data_end
is populated according to the xdp_buff passed to test_run. The linear
data area available in an xdp_buff, max_linear_sz, is alawys filled up
before copying data_in into fragments.

This patch will allow users to specify the size of data that goes into
the linear area. When ctx_in->data_end is different from data_size_in,
only ctx_in->data_end bytes of data will be put into the linear area when
creating the xdp_buff.

While ctx_in->data_end will be allowed to be different from data_size_in,
it cannot be larger than the data_size_in as there will be no data to
copy from user space. If it is larger than the maximum linear data area
size, the layout suggested by the user will not be honored. Data beyond
max_linear_sz bytes will still be copied into fragments.

Finally, since it is possible for a NIC to produce a xdp_buff with empty
linear data area, allow it when calling bpf_test_init() from
bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() so that we can test XDP kfuncs with such
xdp_buff. This is done by moving lower-bound check to callers as most of
them already do except bpf_prog_test_run_skb(). The change also fixes a
bug that allows passing an xdp_buff with data < ETH_HLEN. This can
happen when ctx is used and metadata is at least ETH_HLEN.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
Test bpf_xdp_pull_data() with xdp packets with different layouts. The
xdp bpf program first checks if the layout is as expected. Then, it
calls bpf_xdp_pull_data(). Finally, it checks the 0xbb marker at offset
1024 using directly packet access.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
It is possible for drivers to generate xdp packets with data residing
entirely in fragments. To keep parsing headers using direcy packet
access, call bpf_xdp_pull_data() to pull headers into the linear data
area.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
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