On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:04:16 -0500
Tom Herbert <t...@herbertland.com> wrote:
> > +/* User return codes for XDP prog type.
> > + * A valid XDP program must return one of these defined values. All other
> > + * return codes are reserved for future use. Unknown return codes will
> > result
> > + * in driver-dependent behavior.
> > + */
> > +enum xdp_action {
> > + XDP_DROP,
> > + XDP_PASS,
>
> I think that we should be able to distinguish an abort in BPF program
> from a normal programmatic drop. e.g.:
>
> enum xdp_action {
> XDP_ABORTED = 0,
> XDP_DROP,
> XDP_PASS,
> };
I agree. And maybe we can re-use the bpf_warn_invalid_xdp_action() call
to keep the branch/jump-table as simple as possible, handling the
distinguishing on the slow path.
--
Best regards,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer
MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
Author of http://www.iptv-analyzer.org
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
