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    bpf: Adds field bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags to tcp_sock · b13d8807
    Lawrence Brakmo authored
    
    
    Adds field bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags to tcp_sock and bpf_sock_ops. Its primary
    use is to determine if there should be calls to sock_ops bpf program at
    various points in the TCP code. The field is initialized to zero,
    disabling the calls. A sock_ops BPF program can set it, per connection and
    as necessary, when the connection is established.
    
    It also adds support for reading and writting the field within a
    sock_ops BPF program. Reading is done by accessing the field directly.
    However, writing is done through the helper function
    bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags_set, in order to return an error if a BPF program
    is trying to set a callback that is not supported in the current kernel
    (i.e. running an older kernel). The helper function returns 0 if it was
    able to set all of the bits set in the argument, a positive number
    containing the bits that could not be set, or -EINVAL if the socket is
    not a full TCP socket.
    
    Examples of where one could call the bpf program:
    
    1) When RTO fires
    2) When a packet is retransmitted
    3) When the connection terminates
    4) When a packet is sent
    5) When a packet is received
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLawrence Brakmo <brakmo@fb.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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