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author | Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com> | 2022-11-01 14:45:42 +0300 |
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committer | Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> | 2022-11-11 22:32:49 +0300 |
commit | 83177c0dca3811faa051124731a692609caee7c7 (patch) | |
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docs/bpf: Document BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE map
Add documentation for BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE including kernel
BPF helper usage, userspace usage and examples.
Signed-off-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221101114542.24481-2-donald.hunter@gmail.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst b/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..31be1aa7ba2c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/map_lpm_trie.rst @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +.. Copyright (C) 2022 Red Hat, Inc. + +===================== +BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE +===================== + +.. note:: + - ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE`` was introduced in kernel version 4.11 + +``BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE`` provides a longest prefix match algorithm that +can be used to match IP addresses to a stored set of prefixes. +Internally, data is stored in an unbalanced trie of nodes that uses +``prefixlen,data`` pairs as its keys. The ``data`` is interpreted in +network byte order, i.e. big endian, so ``data[0]`` stores the most +significant byte. + +LPM tries may be created with a maximum prefix length that is a multiple +of 8, in the range from 8 to 2048. The key used for lookup and update +operations is a ``struct bpf_lpm_trie_key``, extended by +``max_prefixlen/8`` bytes. + +- For IPv4 addresses the data length is 4 bytes +- For IPv6 addresses the data length is 16 bytes + +The value type stored in the LPM trie can be any user defined type. + +.. note:: + When creating a map of type ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE`` you must set the + ``BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC`` flag. + +Usage +===== + +Kernel BPF +---------- + +.. c:function:: + void *bpf_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, const void *key) + +The longest prefix entry for a given data value can be found using the +``bpf_map_lookup_elem()`` helper. This helper returns a pointer to the +value associated with the longest matching ``key``, or ``NULL`` if no +entry was found. + +The ``key`` should have ``prefixlen`` set to ``max_prefixlen`` when +performing longest prefix lookups. For example, when searching for the +longest prefix match for an IPv4 address, ``prefixlen`` should be set to +``32``. + +.. c:function:: + long bpf_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, const void *key, const void *value, u64 flags) + +Prefix entries can be added or updated using the ``bpf_map_update_elem()`` +helper. This helper replaces existing elements atomically. + +``bpf_map_update_elem()`` returns ``0`` on success, or negative error in +case of failure. + + .. note:: + The flags parameter must be one of BPF_ANY, BPF_NOEXIST or BPF_EXIST, + but the value is ignored, giving BPF_ANY semantics. + +.. c:function:: + long bpf_map_delete_elem(struct bpf_map *map, const void *key) + +Prefix entries can be deleted using the ``bpf_map_delete_elem()`` +helper. This helper will return 0 on success, or negative error in case +of failure. + +Userspace +--------- + +Access from userspace uses libbpf APIs with the same names as above, with +the map identified by ``fd``. + +.. c:function:: + int bpf_map_get_next_key (int fd, const void *cur_key, void *next_key) + +A userspace program can iterate through the entries in an LPM trie using +libbpf's ``bpf_map_get_next_key()`` function. The first key can be +fetched by calling ``bpf_map_get_next_key()`` with ``cur_key`` set to +``NULL``. Subsequent calls will fetch the next key that follows the +current key. ``bpf_map_get_next_key()`` returns ``0`` on success, +``-ENOENT`` if ``cur_key`` is the last key in the trie, or negative +error in case of failure. + +``bpf_map_get_next_key()`` will iterate through the LPM trie elements +from leftmost leaf first. This means that iteration will return more +specific keys before less specific ones. + +Examples +======== + +Please see ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lpm_map.c`` for examples +of LPM trie usage from userspace. The code snippets below demonstrate +API usage. + +Kernel BPF +---------- + +The following BPF code snippet shows how to declare a new LPM trie for IPv4 +address prefixes: + +.. code-block:: c + + #include <linux/bpf.h> + #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h> + + struct ipv4_lpm_key { + __u32 prefixlen; + __u32 data; + }; + + struct { + __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE); + __type(key, struct ipv4_lpm_key); + __type(value, __u32); + __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC); + __uint(max_entries, 255); + } ipv4_lpm_map SEC(".maps"); + +The following BPF code snippet shows how to lookup by IPv4 address: + +.. code-block:: c + + void *lookup(__u32 ipaddr) + { + struct ipv4_lpm_key key = { + .prefixlen = 32, + .data = ipaddr + }; + + return bpf_map_lookup_elem(&ipv4_lpm_map, &key); + } + +Userspace +--------- + +The following snippet shows how to insert an IPv4 prefix entry into an +LPM trie: + +.. code-block:: c + + int add_prefix_entry(int lpm_fd, __u32 addr, __u32 prefixlen, struct value *value) + { + struct ipv4_lpm_key ipv4_key = { + .prefixlen = prefixlen, + .data = addr + }; + return bpf_map_update_elem(lpm_fd, &ipv4_key, value, BPF_ANY); + } + +The following snippet shows a userspace program walking through the entries +of an LPM trie: + + +.. code-block:: c + + #include <bpf/libbpf.h> + #include <bpf/bpf.h> + + void iterate_lpm_trie(int map_fd) + { + struct ipv4_lpm_key *cur_key = NULL; + struct ipv4_lpm_key next_key; + struct value value; + int err; + + for (;;) { + err = bpf_map_get_next_key(map_fd, cur_key, &next_key); + if (err) + break; + + bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &next_key, &value); + + /* Use key and value here */ + + cur_key = &next_key; + } + } |