linux/net
Alexei Starovoitov d2ba09c17a net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module
bpfilter.ko consists of bpfilter_kern.c (normal kernel module code)
and user mode helper code that is embedded into bpfilter.ko

The steps to build bpfilter.ko are the following:
- main.c is compiled by HOSTCC into the bpfilter_umh elf executable file
- with quite a bit of objcopy and Makefile magic the bpfilter_umh elf file
  is converted into bpfilter_umh.o object file
  with _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_start and _end symbols
  Example:
  $ nm ./bld_x64/net/bpfilter/bpfilter_umh.o
  0000000000004cf8 T _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_end
  0000000000004cf8 A _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_size
  0000000000000000 T _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_start
- bpfilter_umh.o and bpfilter_kern.o are linked together into bpfilter.ko

bpfilter_kern.c is a normal kernel module code that calls
the fork_usermode_blob() helper to execute part of its own data
as a user mode process.

Notice that _binary_net_bpfilter_bpfilter_umh_start - end
is placed into .init.rodata section, so it's freed as soon as __init
function of bpfilter.ko is finished.
As part of __init the bpfilter.ko does first request/reply action
via two unix pipe provided by fork_usermode_blob() helper to
make sure that umh is healthy. If not it will kill it via pid.

Later bpfilter_process_sockopt() will be called from bpfilter hooks
in get/setsockopt() to pass iptable commands into umh via bpfilter.ko

If admin does 'rmmod bpfilter' the __exit code bpfilter.ko will
kill umh as well.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
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6lowpan
9p Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
802
8021q vlan: Add extack messages for link create 2018-05-17 17:08:55 -04:00
appletalk net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
atm net: atm: Fix potential Spectre v1 2018-05-04 12:52:47 -04:00
ax25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-04-01 19:49:34 -04:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Add __hci_cmd_send function 2018-05-18 06:37:52 +02:00
bpf bpf: making bpf_prog_test run aware of possible data_end ptr change 2018-04-18 23:34:16 +02:00
bpfilter net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
bridge Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
caif net: caif: fix spelling mistake "UKNOWN" -> "UNKNOWN" 2018-04-19 13:37:10 -04:00
can net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ceph libceph: add osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs() 2018-05-10 10:15:05 +02:00
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
dcb
dccp dccp: fix tasklet usage 2018-05-03 15:14:57 -04:00
decnet net: fib_rules: add extack support 2018-04-23 10:21:24 -04:00
dns_resolver KEYS: DNS: limit the length of option strings 2018-04-17 15:17:41 -04:00
dsa Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
ethernet net: core: rework basic flow dissection helper 2018-05-08 00:02:36 -04:00
hsr
ieee802154 net: ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix frag reassembly 2018-04-23 20:56:24 +02:00
ife net: sched: ife: check on metadata length 2018-04-22 21:12:00 -04:00
ipv4 net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
ipv6 net/ipv6: Simplify route replace and appending into multipath route 2018-05-22 14:44:18 -04:00
iucv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
kcm net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
key af_key: Always verify length of provided sadb_key 2018-04-09 07:06:38 +02:00
l2tp l2tp: consistent reference counting in procfs and debufs 2018-04-27 11:06:35 -04:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc llc: better deal with too small mtu 2018-05-08 00:11:40 -04:00
mac80211 mac80211: use timeout from the AddBA response instead of the request 2018-05-07 20:35:15 +02:00
mac802154 net/mac802154: disambiguate mac80215 vs mac802154 trace events 2018-03-28 22:55:18 +02:00
mpls net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ncsi net/ncsi: prevent a couple array underflows 2018-05-17 16:27:39 -04:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
netlabel
netlink net/netlink: make sure the headers line up actual value output 2018-05-04 13:00:57 -04:00
netrom net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
nfc
nsh nsh: fix infinite loop 2018-05-04 12:54:38 -04:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
phonet net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
psample
qrtr net: qrtr: Expose tunneling endpoint to user space 2018-04-27 15:06:10 -04:00
rds rds: do not leak kernel memory to user land 2018-05-03 11:26:14 -04:00
rfkill rfkill: gpio: fix memory leak in probe error path 2018-05-07 15:01:40 +02:00
rose net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Trace UDP transmission failure 2018-05-10 23:26:01 +01:00
sched net: sched: don't disable bh when accessing action idr 2018-05-22 15:34:34 -04:00
sctp sctp: checkpatch fixups 2018-05-14 23:15:27 -04:00
smc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
strparser strparser: Do not call mod_delayed_work with a timeout of LONG_MAX 2018-04-22 21:09:16 -04:00
sunrpc NFS client fixes for Linux 4.17-rc4 2018-05-11 13:56:43 -07:00
switchdev
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
tls Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-21 16:01:54 -04:00
unix af_unix: remove redundant lockdep class 2018-04-04 11:13:40 -04:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: make af_vsock.ko removable again 2018-04-17 09:44:30 -04:00
wimax
wireless nl80211: Free connkeys on external authentication failure 2018-04-20 09:58:03 +02:00
x25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
xdp xsk: fix 64-bit division 2018-05-09 18:12:21 +02:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
compat.c net: support compat 64-bit time in {s,g}etsockopt 2018-04-27 19:46:06 -04:00
Kconfig net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
Makefile net: add skeleton of bpfilter kernel module 2018-05-23 13:23:40 -04:00
socket.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2018-04-05 11:56:35 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00