From 1107a4d0d4b06b2fb79e6dac4fa3239b8a0bf7a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrii Nakryiko Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:17:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] libbpf: Fix XDP program load regression for old kernels Fix regression in libbpf, introduced by XDP link change, which causes XDP programs to fail to be loaded into kernel due to specified BPF_XDP expected_attach_type. While kernel doesn't enforce expected_attach_type for BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, some old kernels already support XDP program, but they don't yet recognize expected_attach_type field in bpf_attr, so setting it to non-zero value causes program load to fail. Luckily, libbpf already has a mechanism to deal with such cases, so just make expected_attach_type optional for XDP programs. Fixes: dc8698cac7aa ("libbpf: Add support for BPF XDP link") Reported-by: Nikita Shirokov Reported-by: Udip Pant Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200924171705.3803628-1-andriin@fb.com (cherry picked from commit 2200fefd8741c057cf8e90a3c8aad3ea34b832f5) --- src/libbpf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c index 5d20b2d..d9ece93 100644 --- a/src/libbpf.c +++ b/src/libbpf.c @@ -6925,7 +6925,7 @@ static const struct bpf_sec_def section_defs[] = { BPF_XDP_DEVMAP), BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp_cpumap/", BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, BPF_XDP_CPUMAP), - BPF_EAPROG_SEC("xdp", BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, + BPF_APROG_SEC("xdp", BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, BPF_XDP), BPF_PROG_SEC("perf_event", BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT), BPF_PROG_SEC("lwt_in", BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_IN),