[PATCH bpf-next v5 2/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for xdp link_create
From: Leon Hwang
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 11:53:05 EST
With the syscall common attrs support for link_create, add syscall common
attrs support for xdp link_create in order to report the invalid target
ifindex error and the underlying driver's error.
Instead of passing bpf log to bpf_xdp_link_attach(), pass an extack to
receive the underlying driver's error message. If pass bpf log to
bpf_xdp_link_attach(), it will introduce bpf_verifier.h dependency for
net/core/dev.c, which is not acceptable for maintainability.
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 ++-
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 6 +++++-
net/core/dev.c | 9 +++++----
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c0ae442c4344..6f7fec24ca5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4440,7 +4440,8 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *d
struct sk_buff *dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct netdev_queue *txq, int *ret);
-int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog);
+int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
u8 dev_xdp_prog_count(struct net_device *dev);
int netif_xdp_propagate(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *bpf);
int dev_xdp_propagate(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *bpf);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index db870e795d04..ca72b35cdcc9 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -5865,6 +5865,7 @@ static int bpf_map_do_batch(const union bpf_attr *attr,
static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_attr *attr_common,
bpfptr_t uattr_common, u32 size_common)
{
+ struct netlink_ext_ack extack = {};
struct bpf_verifier_log *log;
struct bpf_log_attr attr_log;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
@@ -5944,7 +5945,7 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_a
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_NET
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP:
- ret = bpf_xdp_link_attach(attr, prog);
+ ret = bpf_xdp_link_attach(attr, prog, &extack);
break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS:
if (attr->link_create.attach_type == BPF_TCX_INGRESS ||
@@ -5980,6 +5981,9 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_a
if (ret < 0) {
int err;
+ if (extack._msg)
+ bpf_log(log, "%s\n", extack._msg);
+
err = bpf_log_attr_finalize(&attr_log, log);
ret = err ? err : ret;
if (prog)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1a09e7869118..4aa55259d5eb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10882,11 +10882,11 @@ static const struct bpf_link_ops bpf_xdp_link_lops = {
.update_prog = bpf_xdp_link_update,
};
-int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
+int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
struct bpf_link_primer link_primer;
- struct netlink_ext_ack extack = {};
struct bpf_xdp_link *link;
struct net_device *dev;
int err, fd;
@@ -10895,6 +10895,7 @@ int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
dev = dev_get_by_index(net, attr->link_create.target_ifindex);
if (!dev) {
rtnl_unlock();
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid target_ifindex.");
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -10916,14 +10917,14 @@ int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
}
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- err = dev_xdp_attach_link(dev, &extack, link);
+ err = dev_xdp_attach_link(dev, extack, link);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
rtnl_unlock();
if (err) {
link->dev = NULL;
bpf_link_cleanup(&link_primer);
- trace_bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed(extack._msg);
+ trace_bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed(extack->_msg);
goto out_put_dev;
}
--
2.55.0