Merge branch 'bpf-reuseport-map'

Martin KaFai Lau says:

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This series introduces a new map type "BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY"
and a new prog type BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT.

Here is a snippet from a commit message:

"To unleash the full potential of a bpf prog, it is essential for the
userspace to be capable of directly setting up a bpf map which can then
be consumed by the bpf prog to make decision.  In this case, decide which
SO_REUSEPORT sk to serve the incoming request.

By adding BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY, the userspace has total control
and visibility on where a SO_REUSEPORT sk should be located in a bpf map.
The later patch will introduce BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT such that
the bpf prog can directly select a sk from the bpf map.  That will
raise the programmability of the bpf prog attached to a reuseport
group (a group of sk serving the same IP:PORT).

For example, in UDP, the bpf prog can peek into the payload (e.g.
through the "data" pointer introduced in the later patch) to learn
the application level's connection information and then decide which sk
to pick from a bpf map.  The userspace can tightly couple the sk's location
in a bpf map with the application logic in generating the UDP payload's
connection information.  This connection info contact/API stays within the
userspace.

Also, when used with map-in-map, the userspace can switch the
old-server-process's inner map to a new-server-process's inner map
in one call "bpf_map_update_elem(outer_map, &index, &new_reuseport_array)".
The bpf prog will then direct incoming requests to the new process instead
of the old process.  The old process can finish draining the pending
requests (e.g. by "accept()") before closing the old-fds.  [Note that
deleting a fd from a bpf map does not necessary mean the fd is closed]"
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Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

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