Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/9] net: sched: act_sample: add action cookie to sample

From: Ilya Maximets
Date: Mon Jun 17 2024 - 06:01:00 EST


On 6/3/24 20:56, Adrian Moreno wrote:
> If the action has a user_cookie, pass it along to the sample so it can
> be easily identified.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno <amorenoz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sched/act_sample.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/act_sample.c b/net/sched/act_sample.c
> index a69b53d54039..5c3f86ec964a 100644
> --- a/net/sched/act_sample.c
> +++ b/net/sched/act_sample.c
> @@ -165,9 +165,11 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_sample_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
> const struct tc_action *a,
> struct tcf_result *res)
> {
> + u8 cookie_data[TC_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE] = {};

Is it necessary to initialize these 16 bytes on every call?
Might be expensive. We're passing the data length around,
so the uninitialized parts should not be accessed.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.

> struct tcf_sample *s = to_sample(a);
> struct psample_group *psample_group;
> struct psample_metadata md = {};
> + struct tc_cookie *user_cookie;
> int retval;
>
> tcf_lastuse_update(&s->tcf_tm);
> @@ -189,6 +191,16 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_sample_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
> if (skb_at_tc_ingress(skb) && tcf_sample_dev_ok_push(skb->dev))
> skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
>
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + user_cookie = rcu_dereference(a->user_cookie);
> + if (user_cookie) {
> + memcpy(cookie_data, user_cookie->data,
> + user_cookie->len);
> + md.user_cookie = cookie_data;
> + md.user_cookie_len = user_cookie->len;
> + }
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> md.trunc_size = s->truncate ? s->trunc_size : skb->len;
> psample_sample_packet(psample_group, skb, s->rate, &md);
>