bpf: Introduce SK_LOOKUP program type with a dedicated attach point
Add a new program type BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP with a dedicated attach type BPF_SK_LOOKUP. The new program kind is to be invoked by the transport layer when looking up a listening socket for a new connection request for connection oriented protocols, or when looking up an unconnected socket for a packet for connection-less protocols. When called, SK_LOOKUP BPF program can select a socket that will receive the packet. This serves as a mechanism to overcome the limits of what bind() API allows to express. Two use-cases driving this work are: (1) steer packets destined to an IP range, on fixed port to a socket 192.0.2.0/24, port 80 -> NGINX socket (2) steer packets destined to an IP address, on any port to a socket 198.51.100.1, any port -> L7 proxy socket In its run-time context program receives information about the packet that triggered the socket lookup. Namely IP version, L4 protocol identifier, and address 4-tuple. Context can be further extended to include ingress interface identifier. To select a socket BPF program fetches it from a map holding socket references, like SOCKMAP or SOCKHASH, and calls bpf_sk_assign(ctx, sk, ...) helper to record the selection. Transport layer then uses the selected socket as a result of socket lookup. In its basic form, SK_LOOKUP acts as a filter and hence must return either SK_PASS or SK_DROP. If the program returns with SK_PASS, transport should look for a socket to receive the packet, or use the one selected by the program if available, while SK_DROP informs the transport layer that the lookup should fail. This patch only enables the user to attach an SK_LOOKUP program to a network namespace. Subsequent patches hook it up to run on local delivery path in ipv4 and ipv6 stacks. Suggested-by: Marek Majkowski <marek@cloudflare.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200717103536.397595-3-jakub@cloudflare.com
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