[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] netlink: specs: Add XDP RX checksum capability to XDP metadata specs
Stanislav Fomichev
stfomichev at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 05:18:58 UTC 2026
On 02/10, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> Introduce XDP RX checksum capability to XDP metadata specs. XDP RX
> checksum will be use by devices capable of exposing receive checksum
> result via bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum().
> Moreover, introduce xmo_rx_checksum netdev callback in order allow the
> eBPF program bounded to the device to retrieve the RX checksum result
> computed by the hw NIC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo at kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml | 5 +++++
> include/net/xdp.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 3 +++
> net/core/xdp.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 3 +++
> 5 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
> index 596c306ce52b8303b20680ff0cd34d4fd9db0e48..58eda634668a07860447a65d9fc2284839af6244 100644
> --- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
> @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ definitions:
> doc: |
> Device is capable of exposing receive packet VLAN tag via
> bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_vlan_tag().
> + -
> + name: checksum
> + doc: |
> + Device is capable of exposing receive checksum result via
> + bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum().
> -
> type: flags
> name: xsk-flags
> diff --git a/include/net/xdp.h b/include/net/xdp.h
> index aa742f413c358575396530879af4570dc3fc18de..9ab9ac10ae2074b70618a9d4f32544d8b9a30b63 100644
> --- a/include/net/xdp.h
> +++ b/include/net/xdp.h
> @@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ void xdp_attachment_setup(struct xdp_attachment_info *info,
> NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_VLAN_TAG, \
> bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_vlan_tag, \
> xmo_rx_vlan_tag) \
> + XDP_METADATA_KFUNC(XDP_METADATA_KFUNC_RX_CHECKSUM, \
> + NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_CHECKSUM, \
> + bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum, \
> + xmo_rx_checksum)
>
> enum xdp_rx_metadata {
> #define XDP_METADATA_KFUNC(name, _, __, ___) name,
> @@ -643,12 +647,22 @@ enum xdp_rss_hash_type {
> XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_SCTP_EX = XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4_IPV6_SCTP | XDP_RSS_L3_DYNHDR,
> };
>
> +enum xdp_checksum {
> + XDP_CHECKSUM_NONE = CHECKSUM_NONE,
> + XDP_CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY,
> + XDP_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE,
> + XDP_CHECKSUM_PARTIAL = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL,
> +};
> +
> struct xdp_metadata_ops {
> int (*xmo_rx_timestamp)(const struct xdp_md *ctx, u64 *timestamp);
> int (*xmo_rx_hash)(const struct xdp_md *ctx, u32 *hash,
> enum xdp_rss_hash_type *rss_type);
> int (*xmo_rx_vlan_tag)(const struct xdp_md *ctx, __be16 *vlan_proto,
> u16 *vlan_tci);
> + int (*xmo_rx_checksum)(const struct xdp_md *ctx,
> + enum xdp_checksum *ip_summed,
> + u32 *cksum_meta);
> };
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_NET
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
> index e0b579a1df4f2126acec6c44c299e97bbbefe640..d20da430cfd57bc26b5ea2f406c27b48d8a81693 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
> @@ -47,11 +47,14 @@ enum netdev_xdp_act {
> * hash via bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_hash().
> * @NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_VLAN_TAG: Device is capable of exposing receive
> * packet VLAN tag via bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_vlan_tag().
> + * @NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_CHECKSUM: Device is capable of exposing receive
> + * checksum result via bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum().
> */
> enum netdev_xdp_rx_metadata {
> NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_TIMESTAMP = 1,
> NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_HASH = 2,
> NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_VLAN_TAG = 4,
> + NETDEV_XDP_RX_METADATA_CHECKSUM = 8,
> };
>
> /**
> diff --git a/net/core/xdp.c b/net/core/xdp.c
> index fee6d080ee85fc2d278bfdddfd1365633058ec06..e51346ad3031f28d11c11f8205da6cd954da82de 100644
> --- a/net/core/xdp.c
> +++ b/net/core/xdp.c
> @@ -961,6 +961,35 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_vlan_tag(const struct xdp_md *ctx,
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum - Read XDP frame RX checksum.
> + * @ctx: XDP context pointer.
> + * @ip_summed: Return value pointer indicating checksum result.
> + * @cksum_meta: Return value pointer indicating checksum result metadata.
> + *
> + * In case of success, ``ip_summed`` is set to the RX checksum result. Possible
> + * values are:
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_NONE``
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY``
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE``
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_PARTIAL``
> + *
> + * In case of success, ``cksum_meta`` contains the hw computed checksum value
> + * for ``XDP_CHECKSUM_COMPLETE`` or the ``csum_level`` for
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY``. It is set to 0 for ``XDP_CHECKSUM_NONE`` and
> + * ``XDP_CHECKSUM_PARTIAL``.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * * Returns 0 on success or ``-errno`` on error.
> + * * ``-EOPNOTSUPP`` : means device driver does not implement kfunc
> + * * ``-ENODATA`` : means no RX-timestamp available for this frame
> + */
> +__bpf_kfunc int bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum(const struct xdp_md *ctx,
> + u8 *ip_summed, u32 *cksum_meta)
> +{
Any reason not to do enum xdp_checksum *ip_summed here as well?
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