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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/map_xskmap.rst b/Documentation/bpf/map_xskmap.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dc143edd9233 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/map_xskmap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +.. Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc. + +=================== +BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP +=================== + +.. note:: + - ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP`` was introduced in kernel version 4.18 + +The ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP`` is used as a backend map for XDP BPF helper +call ``bpf_redirect_map()`` and ``XDP_REDIRECT`` action, like 'devmap' and 'cpumap'. +This map type redirects raw XDP frames to `AF_XDP`_ sockets (XSKs), a new type of +address family in the kernel that allows redirection of frames from a driver to +user space without having to traverse the full network stack. An AF_XDP socket +binds to a single netdev queue. A mapping of XSKs to queues is shown below: + +.. code-block:: none + + +---------------------------------------------------+ + | xsk A | xsk B | xsk C |<---+ User space + =========================================================|========== + | Queue 0 | Queue 1 | Queue 2 | | Kernel + +---------------------------------------------------+ | + | Netdev eth0 | | + +---------------------------------------------------+ | + | +=============+ | | + | | key | xsk | | | + | +---------+ +=============+ | | + | | | | 0 | xsk A | | | + | | | +-------------+ | | + | | | | 1 | xsk B | | | + | | BPF |-- redirect -->+-------------+-------------+ + | | prog | | 2 | xsk C | | + | | | +-------------+ | + | | | | + | | | | + | +---------+ | + | | + +---------------------------------------------------+ + +.. note:: + An AF_XDP socket that is bound to a certain <netdev/queue_id> will *only* + accept XDP frames from that <netdev/queue_id>. If an XDP program tries to redirect + from a <netdev/queue_id> other than what the socket is bound to, the frame will + not be received on the socket. + +Typically an XSKMAP is created per netdev. This map contains an array of XSK File +Descriptors (FDs). The number of array elements is typically set or adjusted using +the ``max_entries`` map parameter. For AF_XDP ``max_entries`` is equal to the number +of queues supported by the netdev. + +.. note:: + Both the map key and map value size must be 4 bytes. + +Usage +===== + +Kernel BPF +---------- +bpf_redirect_map() +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +.. code-block:: c + + long bpf_redirect_map(struct bpf_map *map, u32 key, u64 flags) + +Redirect the packet to the endpoint referenced by ``map`` at index ``key``. +For ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP`` this map contains references to XSK FDs +for sockets attached to a netdev's queues. + +.. note:: + If the map is empty at an index, the packet is dropped. This means that it is + necessary to have an XDP program loaded with at least one XSK in the + XSKMAP to be able to get any traffic to user space through the socket. + +bpf_map_lookup_elem() +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +.. code-block:: c + + void *bpf_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, const void *key) + +XSK entry references of type ``struct xdp_sock *`` can be retrieved using the +``bpf_map_lookup_elem()`` helper. + +User space +---------- +.. note:: + XSK entries can only be updated/deleted from user space and not from + a BPF program. Trying to call these functions from a kernel BPF program will + result in the program failing to load and a verifier warning. + +bpf_map_update_elem() +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +.. code-block:: c + + int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value, __u64 flags) + +XSK entries can be added or updated using the ``bpf_map_update_elem()`` +helper. The ``key`` parameter is equal to the queue_id of the queue the XSK +is attaching to. And the ``value`` parameter is the FD value of that socket. + +Under the hood, the XSKMAP update function uses the XSK FD value to retrieve the +associated ``struct xdp_sock`` instance. + +The flags argument can be one of the following: + +- BPF_ANY: Create a new element or update an existing element. +- BPF_NOEXIST: Create a new element only if it did not exist. +- BPF_EXIST: Update an existing element. + +bpf_map_lookup_elem() +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +.. code-block:: c + + int bpf_map_lookup_elem(int fd, const void *key, void *value) + +Returns ``struct xdp_sock *`` or negative error in case of failure. + +bpf_map_delete_elem() +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +.. code-block:: c + + int bpf_map_delete_elem(int fd, const void *key) + +XSK entries can be deleted using the ``bpf_map_delete_elem()`` +helper. This helper will return 0 on success, or negative error in case of +failure. + +.. note:: + When `libxdp`_ deletes an XSK it also removes the associated socket + entry from the XSKMAP. + +Examples +======== +Kernel +------ + +The following code snippet shows how to declare a ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP`` called +``xsks_map`` and how to redirect packets to an XSK. + +.. code-block:: c + + struct { + __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP); + __type(key, __u32); + __type(value, __u32); + __uint(max_entries, 64); + } xsks_map SEC(".maps"); + + + SEC("xdp") + int xsk_redir_prog(struct xdp_md *ctx) + { + __u32 index = ctx->rx_queue_index; + + if (bpf_map_lookup_elem(&xsks_map, &index)) + return bpf_redirect_map(&xsks_map, index, 0); + return XDP_PASS; + } + +User space +---------- + +The following code snippet shows how to update an XSKMAP with an XSK entry. + +.. code-block:: c + + int update_xsks_map(struct bpf_map *xsks_map, int queue_id, int xsk_fd) + { + int ret; + + ret = bpf_map_update_elem(bpf_map__fd(xsks_map), &queue_id, &xsk_fd, 0); + if (ret < 0) + fprintf(stderr, "Failed to update xsks_map: %s\n", strerror(errno)); + + return ret; + } + +For an example on how create AF_XDP sockets, please see the AF_XDP-example and +AF_XDP-forwarding programs in the `bpf-examples`_ directory in the `libxdp`_ repository. +For a detailed explanation of the AF_XDP interface please see: + +- `libxdp-readme`_. +- `AF_XDP`_ kernel documentation. + +.. note:: + The most comprehensive resource for using XSKMAPs and AF_XDP is `libxdp`_. + +.. _libxdp: https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools/tree/master/lib/libxdp +.. _AF_XDP: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/af_xdp.html +.. _bpf-examples: https://github.com/xdp-project/bpf-examples +.. _libxdp-readme: https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools/tree/master/lib/libxdp#using-af_xdp-sockets |