[PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] libbpf: add helpers for preparing netlink attributes

[Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi]

This change introduces a few helpers to wrap open coded attribute
preparation in netlink.c.

Every nested attribute's closure must happen using the helper
nlattr_end_nested, which sets its length properly. NLA_F_NESTED is
enforeced using nlattr_begin_nested helper. Other simple attributes
can be added directly.

The maxsz parameter corresponds to the size of the request structure
which is being filled in, so for instance with req being:

struct {
	struct nlmsghdr nh;
	struct tcmsg t;
	char buf[4096];
} req;

Then, maxsz should be sizeof(req).

This change also converts the open coded attribute preparation with the
helpers. Note that the only failure the internal call to nlattr_add
could result in the nested helper would be -EMSGSIZE, hence that is what
we return to our caller.

Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c | 37 ++++++++++++++-----------------
 tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h  | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index d2cb28e9ef52..c79e30484e81 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(int ifindex, int fd, int old_fd,
 					 __u32 flags)
 {
 	int sock, seq = 0, ret;
-	struct nlattr *nla, *nla_xdp;
+	struct nlattr *nla;
 	struct {
 		struct nlmsghdr  nh;
 		struct ifinfomsg ifinfo;
@@ -157,36 +157,31 @@ static int __bpf_set_link_xdp_fd_replace(int ifindex, int fd, int old_fd,
 	req.ifinfo.ifi_index = ifindex;
 
 	/* started nested attribute for XDP */
-	nla = (struct nlattr *)(((char *)&req)
-				+ NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len));
-	nla->nla_type = NLA_F_NESTED | IFLA_XDP;
-	nla->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN;
+	nla = nlattr_begin_nested(&req.nh, sizeof(req), IFLA_XDP);
+	if (!nla) {
+		ret = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
 
 	/* add XDP fd */
-	nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
-	nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_FD;
-	nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(int);
-	memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &fd, sizeof(fd));
-	nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+	ret = nlattr_add(&req.nh, sizeof(req), IFLA_XDP_FD, &fd, sizeof(fd));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* if user passed in any flags, add those too */
 	if (flags) {
-		nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
-		nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_FLAGS;
-		nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(flags);
-		memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &flags, sizeof(flags));
-		nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+		ret = nlattr_add(&req.nh, sizeof(req), IFLA_XDP_FLAGS, &flags, sizeof(flags));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
 	if (flags & XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE) {
-		nla_xdp = (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + nla->nla_len);
-		nla_xdp->nla_type = IFLA_XDP_EXPECTED_FD;
-		nla_xdp->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + sizeof(old_fd);
-		memcpy((char *)nla_xdp + NLA_HDRLEN, &old_fd, sizeof(old_fd));
-		nla->nla_len += nla_xdp->nla_len;
+		ret = nlattr_add(&req.nh, sizeof(req), IFLA_XDP_EXPECTED_FD, &flags, sizeof(flags));
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	req.nh.nlmsg_len += NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
+	nlattr_end_nested(&req.nh, nla);
 
 	if (send(sock, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len, 0) < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h
index 6cc3ac91690f..1c94cdb6e89d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.h
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 #define __LIBBPF_NLATTR_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
+
 /* avoid multiple definition of netlink features */
 #define __LINUX_NETLINK_H
 
@@ -103,4 +106,49 @@ int libbpf_nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
 
 int libbpf_nla_dump_errormsg(struct nlmsghdr *nlh);
 
+static inline struct nlattr *nla_data(struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+	return (struct nlattr *)((char *)nla + NLA_HDRLEN);
+}
+
+static inline struct nlattr *nh_tail(struct nlmsghdr *nh)
+{
+	return (struct nlattr *)((char *)nh + NLMSG_ALIGN(nh->nlmsg_len));
+}
+
+static inline int nlattr_add(struct nlmsghdr *nh, size_t maxsz, int type,
+			     const void *data, int len)
+{
+	struct nlattr *nla;
+
+	if (NLMSG_ALIGN(nh->nlmsg_len) + NLA_ALIGN(NLA_HDRLEN + len) > maxsz)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	if ((!data && len) || (data && !len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	nla = nh_tail(nh);
+	nla->nla_type = type;
+	nla->nla_len = NLA_HDRLEN + len;
+	if (data)
+		memcpy(nla_data(nla), data, len);
+	nh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(nh->nlmsg_len) + NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline struct nlattr *nlattr_begin_nested(struct nlmsghdr *nh,
+						 size_t maxsz, int type)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tail;
+
+	tail = nh_tail(nh);
+	if (nlattr_add(nh, maxsz, type | NLA_F_NESTED, NULL, 0))
+		return NULL;
+	return tail;
+}
+
+static inline void nlattr_end_nested(struct nlmsghdr *nh, struct nlattr *tail)
+{
+	tail->nla_len = (char *)nh_tail(nh) - (char *)tail;
+}
+
 #endif /* __LIBBPF_NLATTR_H */
-- 
2.30.2