bpf: Add bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock() helper

The helper is used in tracing programs to cast a socket
pointer to a tcp6_sock pointer.
The return value could be NULL if the casting is illegal.

A new helper return type RET_PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL is added
so the verifier is able to deduce proper return types for the helper.

Different from the previous BTF_ID based helpers,
the bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock() argument can be several possible
btf_ids. More specifically, all possible socket data structures
with sock_common appearing in the first in the memory layout.
This patch only added socket types related to tcp and udp.

All possible argument btf_id and return value btf_id
for helper bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock() are pre-calculcated and
cached. In the future, it is even possible to precompute
these btf_id's at kernel build time.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200623230809.3988195-1-yhs@fb.com

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
index 91fa668fa860..6c2f64118651 100755
--- a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
             'struct sockaddr',
             'struct tcphdr',
             'struct seq_file',
+            'struct tcp6_sock',
 
             'struct __sk_buff',
             'struct sk_msg_md',
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ class PrinterHelpers(Printer):
             'struct sockaddr',
             'struct tcphdr',
             'struct seq_file',
+            'struct tcp6_sock',
     }
     mapped_types = {
             'u8': '__u8',