4 The stream parser (strparser) is a utility that parses messages of an
5 application layer protocol running over a TCP connection. The stream
6 parser works in conjunction with an upper layer in the kernel to provide
7 kernel support for application layer messages. For instance, Kernel
8 Connection Multiplexor (KCM) uses the Stream Parser to parse messages
14 The API includes a context structure, a set of callbacks, utility
15 functions, and a data_ready function. The callbacks include
16 a parse_msg function that is called to perform parsing (e.g.
17 BPF parsing in case of KCM), and a rcv_msg function that is called
18 when a full message has been completed.
20 A stream parser can be instantiated for a TCP connection. This is done
23 strp_init(struct strparser *strp, struct sock *csk,
24 struct strp_callbacks *cb)
26 strp is a struct of type strparser that is allocated by the upper layer.
27 csk is the TCP socket associated with the stream parser. Callbacks are
28 called by the stream parser.
33 There are four callbacks:
35 int (*parse_msg)(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb);
37 parse_msg is called to determine the length of the next message
38 in the stream. The upper layer must implement this function. It
39 should parse the sk_buff as containing the headers for the
40 next application layer messages in the stream.
42 The skb->cb in the input skb is a struct strp_rx_msg. Only
43 the offset field is relevant in parse_msg and gives the offset
44 where the message starts in the skb.
46 The return values of this function are:
48 >0 : indicates length of successfully parsed message
49 0 : indicates more data must be received to parse the message
50 -ESTRPIPE : current message should not be processed by the
51 kernel, return control of the socket to userspace which
52 can proceed to read the messages itself
53 other < 0 : Error is parsing, give control back to userspace
54 assuming that synchronization is lost and the stream
55 is unrecoverable (application expected to close TCP socket)
57 In the case that an error is returned (return value is less than
58 zero) the stream parser will set the error on TCP socket and wake
59 it up. If parse_msg returned -ESTRPIPE and the stream parser had
60 previously read some bytes for the current message, then the error
61 set on the attached socket is ENODATA since the stream is
62 unrecoverable in that case.
64 void (*rcv_msg)(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb);
66 rcv_msg is called when a full message has been received and
67 is queued. The callee must consume the sk_buff; it can
68 call strp_pause to prevent any further messages from being
69 received in rcv_msg (see strp_pause below). This callback
72 The skb->cb in the input skb is a struct strp_rx_msg. This
73 struct contains two fields: offset and full_len. Offset is
74 where the message starts in the skb, and full_len is the
75 the length of the message. skb->len - offset may be greater
76 then full_len since strparser does not trim the skb.
78 int (*read_sock_done)(struct strparser *strp, int err);
80 read_sock_done is called when the stream parser is done reading
81 the TCP socket. The stream parser may read multiple messages
82 in a loop and this function allows cleanup to occur when existing
83 the loop. If the callback is not set (NULL in strp_init) a
84 default function is used.
86 void (*abort_parser)(struct strparser *strp, int err);
88 This function is called when stream parser encounters an error
89 in parsing. The default function stops the stream parser for the
90 TCP socket and sets the error in the socket. The default function
91 can be changed by setting the callback to non-NULL in strp_init.
96 The upper layer calls strp_tcp_data_ready when data is ready on the lower
97 socket for strparser to process. This should be called from a data_ready
98 callback that is set on the socket.
100 strp_stop is called to completely stop stream parser operations. This
101 is called internally when the stream parser encounters an error, and
102 it is called from the upper layer when unattaching a TCP socket.
104 strp_done is called to unattach the stream parser from the TCP socket.
105 This must be called after the stream processor has be stopped.
107 strp_check_rcv is called to check for new messages on the socket. This
108 is normally called at initialization of the a stream parser instance
109 of after strp_unpause.
114 Various counters are kept for each stream parser for a TCP socket.
115 These are in the strp_stats structure. strp_aggr_stats is a convenience
116 structure for accumulating statistics for multiple stream parser
117 instances. save_strp_stats and aggregate_strp_stats are helper functions
118 to save and aggregate statistics.
120 Message assembly limits
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123 The stream parser provide mechanisms to limit the resources consumed by
126 A timer is set when assembly starts for a new message. The message
127 timeout is taken from rcvtime for the associated TCP socket. If the
128 timer fires before assembly completes the stream parser is aborted
129 and the ETIMEDOUT error is set on the TCP socket.
131 Message length is limited to the receive buffer size of the associated
132 TCP socket. If the length returned by parse_msg is greater than
133 the socket buffer size then the stream parser is aborted with
134 EMSGSIZE error set on the TCP socket. Note that this makes the
135 maximum size of receive skbuffs for a socket with a stream parser
136 to be 2*sk_rcvbuf of the TCP socket.