bpf: add devmap, a map for storing net device references

Device map (devmap) is a BPF map, primarily useful for networking
applications, that uses a key to lookup a reference to a netdevice.

The map provides a clean way for BPF programs to build virtual port
to physical port maps. Additionally, it provides a scoping function
for the redirect action itself allowing multiple optimizations. Future
patches will leverage the map to provide batching at the XDP layer.

Another optimization/feature, that is not yet implemented, would be
to support multiple netdevices per key to support efficient multicast
and broadcast support.

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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John Fastabend
2017-07-17 09:28:56 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 5acaee0a89
commit 546ac1ffb7
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@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum bpf_map_type {
BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS,
BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP,
};
enum bpf_prog_type {