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Multiple BPF-helpers that can manipulate/increase the size of the SKB uses __bpf_skb_max_len() as the max-length. This function limit size against the current net_device MTU (skb->dev->mtu). When a BPF-prog grow the packet size, then it should not be limited to the MTU. The MTU is a transmit limitation, and software receiving this packet should be allowed to increase the size. Further more, current MTU check in __bpf_skb_max_len uses the MTU from ingress/current net_device, which in case of redirects uses the wrong net_device. This patch keeps a sanity max limit of SKB_MAX_ALLOC (16KiB). The real limit is elsewhere in the system. Jesper's testing[1] showed it was not possible to exceed 8KiB when expanding the SKB size via BPF-helper. The limiting factor is the define KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE which is 8192 for SLUB-allocator (CONFIG_SLUB) in-case PAGE_SIZE is 4096. This define is in-effect due to this being called from softirq context see code __gfp_pfmemalloc_flags() and __do_kmalloc_node(). Jakub's testing showed that frames above 16KiB can cause NICs to reset (but not crash). Keep this sanity limit at this level as memory layer can differ based on kernel config. [1] https://github.com/xdp-project/bpf-examples/tree/master/MTU-tests Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/161287788936.790810.2937823995775097177.stgit@firesoul
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.