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* __sk_buff->delivery_time_type: This patch adds __sk_buff->delivery_time_type. It tells if the delivery_time is stored in __sk_buff->tstamp or not. It will be most useful for ingress to tell if the __sk_buff->tstamp has the (rcv) timestamp or delivery_time. If delivery_time_type is 0 (BPF_SKB_DELIVERY_TIME_NONE), it has the (rcv) timestamp. Two non-zero types are defined for the delivery_time_type, BPF_SKB_DELIVERY_TIME_MONO and BPF_SKB_DELIVERY_TIME_UNSPEC. For UNSPEC, it can only happen in egress because only mono delivery_time can be forwarded to ingress now. The clock of UNSPEC delivery_time can be deduced from the skb->sk->sk_clockid which is how the sch_etf doing it also. * Provide forwarded delivery_time to tc-bpf@ingress: With the help of the new delivery_time_type, the tc-bpf has a way to tell if the __sk_buff->tstamp has the (rcv) timestamp or the delivery_time. During bpf load time, the verifier will learn if the bpf prog has accessed the new __sk_buff->delivery_time_type. If it does, it means the tc-bpf@ingress is expecting the skb->tstamp could have the delivery_time. The kernel will then read the skb->tstamp as-is during bpf insn rewrite without checking the skb->mono_delivery_time. This is done by adding a new prog->delivery_time_access bit. The same goes for writing skb->tstamp. * bpf_skb_set_delivery_time(): The bpf_skb_set_delivery_time() helper is added to allow setting both delivery_time and the delivery_time_type at the same time. If the tc-bpf does not need to change the delivery_time_type, it can directly write to the __sk_buff->tstamp as the existing tc-bpf has already been doing. It will be most useful at ingress to change the __sk_buff->tstamp from the (rcv) timestamp to a mono delivery_time and then bpf_redirect_*(). bpf only has mono clock helper (bpf_ktime_get_ns), and the current known use case is the mono EDT for fq, and only mono delivery time can be kept during forward now, so bpf_skb_set_delivery_time() only supports setting BPF_SKB_DELIVERY_TIME_MONO. It can be extended later when use cases come up and the forwarding path also supports other clock bases. Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.