[v3] net/af_xdp: AF_XDP PMD CNI Integration

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Koikkara Reeny, Shibin Feb. 2, 2023, 4:55 p.m. UTC
  Integrate support for the AF_XDP CNI and device plugin [1] so that the
DPDK AF_XDP PMD can work in an unprivileged container environment.
Part of the AF_XDP PMD initialization process involves loading
an eBPF program onto the given netdev. This operation requires
privileges, which prevents the PMD from being able to work in an
unprivileged container (without root access). The plugin CNI handles
the program loading. CNI open Unix Domain Socket (UDS) and waits
listening for a client to make requests over that UDS. The client(DPDK)
connects and a "handshake" occurs, then the File Descriptor which points
to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF program is handed over
to the client. The client can then proceed with creating an AF_XDP
socket and inserting the socket into the XSKMAP pointed to by the
FD received on the UDS.

A new vdev arg "use_cni" is created to indicate user wishes to run
the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP FD from the CNI.
When this flag is set, the XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD libbpf flag
should be used when creating the socket, which tells libbpf not to load the
default libbpf program on the netdev. We tell libbpf not to do this because
the loading is handled by the CNI in this scenario.

Patch include howto doc explain how to configure AF_XDP CNI to
working with DPDK.

[1]: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes

Signed-off-by: Shibin Koikkara Reeny <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
---
 doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst     | 254 +++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/howto/index.rst          |   1 +
 drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c | 337 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 580 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
  

Comments

John McNamara Feb. 3, 2023, 9:46 a.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koikkara Reeny, Shibin <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 4:55 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: Loftus, Ciara <ciara.loftus@intel.com>; Koikkara Reeny, Shibin
> <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/af_xdp: AF_XDP PMD CNI Integration
> 
> Integrate support for the AF_XDP CNI and device plugin [1] so that the
> DPDK AF_XDP PMD can work in an unprivileged container environment.
> ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shibin Koikkara Reeny <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst     | 254 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/howto/index.rst          |   1 +

For the docs section of the patch:

Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
  
Qi Zhang Feb. 8, 2023, 8:23 a.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koikkara Reeny, Shibin <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 12:55 AM
> To: dev@dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: Loftus, Ciara <ciara.loftus@intel.com>; Koikkara Reeny, Shibin
> <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] net/af_xdp: AF_XDP PMD CNI Integration
> 
> Integrate support for the AF_XDP CNI and device plugin [1] so that the DPDK
> AF_XDP PMD can work in an unprivileged container environment.
> Part of the AF_XDP PMD initialization process involves loading an eBPF
> program onto the given netdev. This operation requires privileges, which
> prevents the PMD from being able to work in an unprivileged container
> (without root access). The plugin CNI handles the program loading. CNI open
> Unix Domain Socket (UDS) and waits listening for a client to make requests
> over that UDS. The client(DPDK) connects and a "handshake" occurs, then
> the File Descriptor which points to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded
> eBPF program is handed over to the client. The client can then proceed with
> creating an AF_XDP socket and inserting the socket into the XSKMAP pointed
> to by the FD received on the UDS.
> 
> A new vdev arg "use_cni" is created to indicate user wishes to run the PMD in
> unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP FD from the CNI.
> When this flag is set, the XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD libbpf
> flag should be used when creating the socket, which tells libbpf not to load
> the default libbpf program on the netdev. We tell libbpf not to do this
> because the loading is handled by the CNI in this scenario.
> 
> Patch include howto doc explain how to configure AF_XDP CNI to working
> with DPDK.
> 
> [1]: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shibin Koikkara Reeny <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>
  
Ferruh Yigit Feb. 8, 2023, 6:30 p.m. UTC | #3
On 2/2/2023 4:55 PM, Shibin Koikkara Reeny wrote:
> Integrate support for the AF_XDP CNI and device plugin [1] so that the
> DPDK AF_XDP PMD can work in an unprivileged container environment.
> Part of the AF_XDP PMD initialization process involves loading
> an eBPF program onto the given netdev. This operation requires
> privileges, which prevents the PMD from being able to work in an
> unprivileged container (without root access). The plugin CNI handles
> the program loading. CNI open Unix Domain Socket (UDS) and waits
> listening for a client to make requests over that UDS. The client(DPDK)
> connects and a "handshake" occurs, then the File Descriptor which points
> to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF program is handed over
> to the client. The client can then proceed with creating an AF_XDP
> socket and inserting the socket into the XSKMAP pointed to by the
> FD received on the UDS.
> 
> A new vdev arg "use_cni" is created to indicate user wishes to run
> the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP FD from the CNI.
> When this flag is set, the XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD libbpf flag
> should be used when creating the socket, which tells libbpf not to load the
> default libbpf program on the netdev. We tell libbpf not to do this because
> the loading is handled by the CNI in this scenario.
> 
> Patch include howto doc explain how to configure AF_XDP CNI to
> working with DPDK.
> 

I can't able to test this but I will rely on Anatoly's tested-by to proceed.

> [1]: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shibin Koikkara Reeny <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst     | 254 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/howto/index.rst          |   1 +
>  drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c | 337 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 580 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..1cda08b2c6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
> +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +    Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation.

2023?

> +
> +
> +Using a CNI with the AF_XDP driver
> +==================================
> +
> +
> +

Is multiple empty lines required?

> +Introduction
> +------------
> +
> +CNI, the Container Network Interface, is a technology for configuring container
> +network interfaces and which can be used to setup Kubernetes networking. AF_XDP
> +is a Linux socket Address Family that enables an XDP program to redirect packets
> +to a memory buffer in userspace.
> +
> +This document explains how to enable the `AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes`_ within
> +a DPDK application using the `AF_XDP PMD`_ to connect and use these technologies.
> +
> +.. _AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
> +
> +Background
> +----------
> +
> +The standard `AF_XDP PMD`_ initialization process involves loading an eBPF program
> +onto the kernel netdev to be used by the PMD. This operation requires root or
> +escalated Linux privileges and thus prevents the PMD from working in an
> +unprivileged container. The AF_XDP CNI plugin handles this situation by
> +providing a device plugin that performs the program loading.
> +
> +At a technical level the CNI opens a Unix Domain Socket and listens for a client
> +to make requests over that socket. A DPDK application acting as a client
> +connects and initiates a configuration "handshake". The client then receives a
> +file descriptor which points to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF
> +program. The XSKMAP is a BPF map of AF_XDP sockets (XSK). The client can then
> +proceed with creating an AF_XDP socket and inserting that socket into the XSKMAP
> +pointed to by the descriptor.
> +
> +The EAL vdev argument ``use_cni`` is used to indicate that the user wishes to
> +run the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP file descriptor from
> +the CNI. When this flag is set, the ``XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD``
> +libbpf flag should be used when creating the socket to instruct libbpf not to
> +load the default libbpf program on the netdev. Instead the loading is handled by
> +the CNI.
> +
> +.. _AF_XDP PMD: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/af_xdp.html
> +
> +.. Note::
> +
> +     The Unix Domain Socket file path appear in the end user is "/tmp/afxdp.sock".
> +

@Anatoly, I guess you did a patch in the past to group runtime files in
a common folder, it was something like '/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/'.
Does that runtime folder includes the socket files?

Also is this fixes socket name a blocker to have multiple primary
process (--file-prefix)? (assuming both using af_xdp driver).


> +Prerequisites
> +-------------
> +
> +Docker and container prerequisites:
> +
> +* Set up the device plugin as described in  the instructions for `AF_XDP Plugin
> +  for Kubernetes`_.
> +
> +* The Docker image should contain the libbpf and libxdp libraries, which
> +  are dependencies for AF_XDP, and should include support for the ``ethtool``
> +  command.
> +

Is there any specific library version dependency? If so can you please
document?

<...>

> +
> +  For further reference please use the `config.json`_
> +
> +  .. _config.json: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test/e2e/config.json
> +


Should references have a fixed tag instead of a dynamic branch that can
change later, like:
https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/v0.0.2/test/e2e/config.json

What do you think?

<...>

> @@ -81,6 +82,24 @@ RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(af_xdp_logtype, NOTICE);
>  
>  #define ETH_AF_XDP_MP_KEY "afxdp_mp_send_fds"
>  
> +#define MAX_LONG_OPT_SZ			64
> +#define UDS_MAX_FD_NUM			2
> +#define UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN			64
> +#define UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP		128
> +#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
> +#define UDS_SOCK			"/tmp/afxdp.sock"
> +#define UDS_CONNECT_MSG			"/connect"
> +#define UDS_HOST_OK_MSG			"/host_ok"
> +#define UDS_HOST_NAK_MSG		"/host_nak"
> +#define UDS_VERSION_MSG			"/version"
> +#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
> +#define UDS_XSK_SOCKET_MSG		"/xsk_socket"
> +#define UDS_FD_ACK_MSG			"/fd_ack"
> +#define UDS_FD_NAK_MSG			"/fd_nak"
> +#define UDS_FIN_MSG			"/fin"
> +#define UDS_FIN_ACK_MSG			"/fin_ack"
> +
> +

extra empty line

>  static int afxdp_dev_count;
>  
>  /* Message header to synchronize fds via IPC */
> @@ -151,6 +170,7 @@ struct pmd_internals {
>  	char prog_path[PATH_MAX];
>  	bool custom_prog_configured;
>  	bool force_copy;
> +	bool use_cni;
>  	struct bpf_map *map;
>  
>  	struct rte_ether_addr eth_addr;
> @@ -170,6 +190,7 @@ struct pmd_process_private {
>  #define ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG			"xdp_prog"
>  #define ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG			"busy_budget"
>  #define ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG		"force_copy"
> +#define ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG			"use_cni"
>  

Should document new devarg in driver documentation:
doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst

Also need to add it to 'RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING' macro for pmdinfo.py.

>  static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
>  	ETH_AF_XDP_IFACE_ARG,
> @@ -179,8 +200,8 @@ static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
>  	ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG,
>  	ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG,
>  	ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG,
> -	NULL
> -};
> +	ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG,
> +	NULL};
>  

please keep '}' in next line.

<...>

> +static int
> +make_request_cni(int sock, struct sockaddr_un *server, char *request,
> +		 int *req_fd, char *response, int *out_fd)
> +{
> +	int rval;
> +
> +	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Request: [%s]\n", request);
> +

Isn't INFO level logging too verbose for log each request and response,
what do you think for debug level?

<...>

> @@ -1584,6 +1865,26 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
>  	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr,
>  };
>  
> +/* CNI option works in unprivileged container environment
> + * and ethernet device functionality will be reduced. So
> + * additional customiszed eth_dev_ops struct is needed
> + * for cni.
> + **/
> +static const struct eth_dev_ops ops_cni = {
> +	.dev_start = eth_dev_start,
> +	.dev_stop = eth_dev_stop,
> +	.dev_close = eth_dev_close,
> +	.dev_configure = eth_dev_configure,
> +	.dev_infos_get = eth_dev_info,
> +	.mtu_set = eth_dev_mtu_set,
> +	.rx_queue_setup = eth_rx_queue_setup,
> +	.tx_queue_setup = eth_tx_queue_setup,
> +	.link_update = eth_link_update,
> +	.stats_get = eth_stats_get,
> +	.stats_reset = eth_stats_reset,
> +	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr,
> +};
> +

The customisation is reduced dev_ops, right? Can you please comment
which functionality is removed and why (what kind of permission
requirement prevents that functionality to be used)?

And can you please document in the driver documentation that 'use_cni'
will cause reduced functionality and what those dropped functionalities are?

>  /** parse busy_budget argument */
>  static int
>  parse_budget_arg(const char *key __rte_unused,
> @@ -1704,8 +2005,8 @@ xdp_get_channels_info(const char *if_name, int *max_queues,
>  
>  static int
>  parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int *start_queue,
> -			int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char *prog_path,
> -			int *busy_budget, int *force_copy)
> +		 int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char *prog_path,
> +		 int *busy_budget, int *force_copy, int *use_cni)

At some point need to put these variables for paramters into a struct,
instead of keep increasing the parameter list. Feel free to make a
preperation patch before this patch if you want.
  
Koikkara Reeny, Shibin Feb. 9, 2023, 11:49 a.m. UTC | #4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 6:31 PM
> To: Koikkara Reeny, Shibin <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>;
> dev@dpdk.org; Zhang, Qi Z <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: Loftus, Ciara <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net/af_xdp: AF_XDP PMD CNI Integration
> 
> On 2/2/2023 4:55 PM, Shibin Koikkara Reeny wrote:
> > Integrate support for the AF_XDP CNI and device plugin [1] so that the
> > DPDK AF_XDP PMD can work in an unprivileged container environment.
> > Part of the AF_XDP PMD initialization process involves loading an eBPF
> > program onto the given netdev. This operation requires privileges,
> > which prevents the PMD from being able to work in an unprivileged
> > container (without root access). The plugin CNI handles the program
> > loading. CNI open Unix Domain Socket (UDS) and waits listening for a
> > client to make requests over that UDS. The client(DPDK) connects and a
> > "handshake" occurs, then the File Descriptor which points to the
> > XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF program is handed over to the
> > client. The client can then proceed with creating an AF_XDP socket and
> > inserting the socket into the XSKMAP pointed to by the FD received on
> > the UDS.
> >
> > A new vdev arg "use_cni" is created to indicate user wishes to run the
> > PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP FD from the CNI.
> > When this flag is set, the XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD libbpf
> > flag should be used when creating the socket, which tells libbpf not
> > to load the default libbpf program on the netdev. We tell libbpf not
> > to do this because the loading is handled by the CNI in this scenario.
> >
> > Patch include howto doc explain how to configure AF_XDP CNI to working
> > with DPDK.
> >
> 
> I can't able to test this but I will rely on Anatoly's tested-by to proceed.
> 
> > [1]: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shibin Koikkara Reeny <shibin.koikkara.reeny@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst     | 254 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  doc/guides/howto/index.rst          |   1 +
> >  drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c | 337
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  3 files changed, 580 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)  create mode
> > 100644 doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> > b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst new file mode 100644 index
> > 0000000000..1cda08b2c6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
> > +..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> > +    Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation.
> 
> 2023?

Will update it in the next patch.

> 
> > +
> > +
> > +Using a CNI with the AF_XDP driver
> > +==================================
> > +
> > +
> > +
> 
> Is multiple empty lines required?


Will update it in the next patch.

> 
> > +Introduction
> > +------------
> > +
> > +CNI, the Container Network Interface, is a technology for configuring
> > +container network interfaces and which can be used to setup
> > +Kubernetes networking. AF_XDP is a Linux socket Address Family that
> > +enables an XDP program to redirect packets to a memory buffer in
> userspace.
> > +
> > +This document explains how to enable the `AF_XDP Plugin for
> > +Kubernetes`_ within a DPDK application using the `AF_XDP PMD`_ to
> connect and use these technologies.
> > +
> > +.. _AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes:
> > +https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
> > +
> > +Background
> > +----------
> > +
> > +The standard `AF_XDP PMD`_ initialization process involves loading an
> > +eBPF program onto the kernel netdev to be used by the PMD. This
> > +operation requires root or escalated Linux privileges and thus
> > +prevents the PMD from working in an unprivileged container. The
> > +AF_XDP CNI plugin handles this situation by providing a device plugin that
> performs the program loading.
> > +
> > +At a technical level the CNI opens a Unix Domain Socket and listens
> > +for a client to make requests over that socket. A DPDK application
> > +acting as a client connects and initiates a configuration
> > +"handshake". The client then receives a file descriptor which points
> > +to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF program. The XSKMAP is
> > +a BPF map of AF_XDP sockets (XSK). The client can then proceed with
> > +creating an AF_XDP socket and inserting that socket into the XSKMAP
> pointed to by the descriptor.
> > +
> > +The EAL vdev argument ``use_cni`` is used to indicate that the user
> > +wishes to run the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP
> > +file descriptor from the CNI. When this flag is set, the
> > +``XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD``
> > +libbpf flag should be used when creating the socket to instruct
> > +libbpf not to load the default libbpf program on the netdev. Instead
> > +the loading is handled by the CNI.
> > +
> > +.. _AF_XDP PMD: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/af_xdp.html
> > +
> > +.. Note::
> > +
> > +     The Unix Domain Socket file path appear in the end user is
> "/tmp/afxdp.sock".
> > +
> 
> @Anatoly, I guess you did a patch in the past to group runtime files in a
> common folder, it was something like '/tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/'.
> Does that runtime folder includes the socket files?
> 
/tmp/afxdp.sock is created by the AF_XDP CNI plugin not  by the DPDK testpmd.
So we don’t have the control over the creation of this socket. 

> Also is this fixes socket name a blocker to have multiple primary process (--
> file-prefix)? (assuming both using af_xdp driver).
> 
> 
> > +Prerequisites
> > +-------------
> > +
> > +Docker and container prerequisites:
> > +
> > +* Set up the device plugin as described in  the instructions for
> > +`AF_XDP Plugin
> > +  for Kubernetes`_.
> > +
> > +* The Docker image should contain the libbpf and libxdp libraries,
> > +which
> > +  are dependencies for AF_XDP, and should include support for the
> > +``ethtool``
> > +  command.
> > +
> 
> Is there any specific library version dependency? If so can you please
> document?
> 

Library Libbpf and Libxdp are dependence for AF_XDP and it is already documented in the 
https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/af_xdp.html. This link is also added as part of the Prerequisites.

> <...>
> 
> > +
> > +  For further reference please use the `config.json`_
> > +
> > +  .. _config.json:
> > + https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test
> > + /e2e/config.json
> > +
> 
> 
> Should references have a fixed tag instead of a dynamic branch that can
> change later, like:
> https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-
> kubernetes/blob/v0.0.2/test/e2e/config.json
> 
> What do you think?
> 

I agree will update in the next version.


> <...>
> 
> > @@ -81,6 +82,24 @@ RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(af_xdp_logtype,
> NOTICE);
> >
> >  #define ETH_AF_XDP_MP_KEY "afxdp_mp_send_fds"
> >
> > +#define MAX_LONG_OPT_SZ			64
> > +#define UDS_MAX_FD_NUM			2
> > +#define UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN			64
> > +#define UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP		128
> > +#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
> > +#define UDS_SOCK			"/tmp/afxdp.sock"
> > +#define UDS_CONNECT_MSG			"/connect"
> > +#define UDS_HOST_OK_MSG			"/host_ok"
> > +#define UDS_HOST_NAK_MSG		"/host_nak"
> > +#define UDS_VERSION_MSG			"/version"
> > +#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
> > +#define UDS_XSK_SOCKET_MSG		"/xsk_socket"
> > +#define UDS_FD_ACK_MSG			"/fd_ack"
> > +#define UDS_FD_NAK_MSG			"/fd_nak"
> > +#define UDS_FIN_MSG			"/fin"
> > +#define UDS_FIN_ACK_MSG			"/fin_ack"
> > +
> > +
> 
> extra empty line

Will remove it in the next version.


> 
> >  static int afxdp_dev_count;
> >
> >  /* Message header to synchronize fds via IPC */ @@ -151,6 +170,7 @@
> > struct pmd_internals {
> >  	char prog_path[PATH_MAX];
> >  	bool custom_prog_configured;
> >  	bool force_copy;
> > +	bool use_cni;
> >  	struct bpf_map *map;
> >
> >  	struct rte_ether_addr eth_addr;
> > @@ -170,6 +190,7 @@ struct pmd_process_private {
> >  #define ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG			"xdp_prog"
> >  #define ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG
> 	"busy_budget"
> >  #define ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG		"force_copy"
> > +#define ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG			"use_cni"
> >
> 
> Should document new devarg in driver documentation:
> doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
> 
Will update it.

> Also need to add it to 'RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING' macro for
> pmdinfo.py.
> 
Will be updating it in the next version.

> >  static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
> >  	ETH_AF_XDP_IFACE_ARG,
> > @@ -179,8 +200,8 @@ static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
> >  	ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG,
> >  	ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG,
> >  	ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG,
> > -	NULL
> > -};
> > +	ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG,
> > +	NULL};
> >
> 
> please keep '}' in next line.
> 

Will update it in the next version.

> <...>
> 
> > +static int
> > +make_request_cni(int sock, struct sockaddr_un *server, char *request,
> > +		 int *req_fd, char *response, int *out_fd) {
> > +	int rval;
> > +
> > +	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Request: [%s]\n", request);
> > +
> 
> Isn't INFO level logging too verbose for log each request and response, what
> do you think for debug level?
> 

I agree. Will update in the next version.

> <...>
> 
> > @@ -1584,6 +1865,26 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
> >  	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr,  };
> >
> > +/* CNI option works in unprivileged container environment
> > + * and ethernet device functionality will be reduced. So
> > + * additional customiszed eth_dev_ops struct is needed
> > + * for cni.
> > + **/
> > +static const struct eth_dev_ops ops_cni = {
> > +	.dev_start = eth_dev_start,
> > +	.dev_stop = eth_dev_stop,
> > +	.dev_close = eth_dev_close,
> > +	.dev_configure = eth_dev_configure,
> > +	.dev_infos_get = eth_dev_info,
> > +	.mtu_set = eth_dev_mtu_set,
> > +	.rx_queue_setup = eth_rx_queue_setup,
> > +	.tx_queue_setup = eth_tx_queue_setup,
> > +	.link_update = eth_link_update,
> > +	.stats_get = eth_stats_get,
> > +	.stats_reset = eth_stats_reset,
> > +	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr, };
> > +
> 
> The customisation is reduced dev_ops, right? Can you please comment
> which functionality is removed and why (what kind of permission
> requirement prevents that functionality to be used)?
> 
Will update in the next version.

> And can you please document in the driver documentation that 'use_cni'
> will cause reduced functionality and what those dropped functionalities are?
> 

This is updated in the Prerequisites as Pod should enable some capabilities as PMD 
will have only limited functionality. 

> >  /** parse busy_budget argument */
> >  static int
> >  parse_budget_arg(const char *key __rte_unused, @@ -1704,8 +2005,8
> @@
> > xdp_get_channels_info(const char *if_name, int *max_queues,
> >
> >  static int
> >  parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int
> *start_queue,
> > -			int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char
> *prog_path,
> > -			int *busy_budget, int *force_copy)
> > +		 int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char *prog_path,
> > +		 int *busy_budget, int *force_copy, int *use_cni)
> 
> At some point need to put these variables for paramters into a struct, instead
> of keep increasing the parameter list. Feel free to make a preperation patch
> before this patch if you want.

I think it will be good to do. But I prefer to do it after this patch.
  

Patch

diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cda08b2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/howto/af_xdp_cni.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@ 
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+
+
+Using a CNI with the AF_XDP driver
+==================================
+
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+CNI, the Container Network Interface, is a technology for configuring container
+network interfaces and which can be used to setup Kubernetes networking. AF_XDP
+is a Linux socket Address Family that enables an XDP program to redirect packets
+to a memory buffer in userspace.
+
+This document explains how to enable the `AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes`_ within
+a DPDK application using the `AF_XDP PMD`_ to connect and use these technologies.
+
+.. _AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes
+
+Background
+----------
+
+The standard `AF_XDP PMD`_ initialization process involves loading an eBPF program
+onto the kernel netdev to be used by the PMD. This operation requires root or
+escalated Linux privileges and thus prevents the PMD from working in an
+unprivileged container. The AF_XDP CNI plugin handles this situation by
+providing a device plugin that performs the program loading.
+
+At a technical level the CNI opens a Unix Domain Socket and listens for a client
+to make requests over that socket. A DPDK application acting as a client
+connects and initiates a configuration "handshake". The client then receives a
+file descriptor which points to the XSKMAP associated with the loaded eBPF
+program. The XSKMAP is a BPF map of AF_XDP sockets (XSK). The client can then
+proceed with creating an AF_XDP socket and inserting that socket into the XSKMAP
+pointed to by the descriptor.
+
+The EAL vdev argument ``use_cni`` is used to indicate that the user wishes to
+run the PMD in unprivileged mode and to receive the XSKMAP file descriptor from
+the CNI. When this flag is set, the ``XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD``
+libbpf flag should be used when creating the socket to instruct libbpf not to
+load the default libbpf program on the netdev. Instead the loading is handled by
+the CNI.
+
+.. _AF_XDP PMD: https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/nics/af_xdp.html
+
+.. Note::
+
+     The Unix Domain Socket file path appear in the end user is "/tmp/afxdp.sock".
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+Docker and container prerequisites:
+
+* Set up the device plugin as described in  the instructions for `AF_XDP Plugin
+  for Kubernetes`_.
+
+* The Docker image should contain the libbpf and libxdp libraries, which
+  are dependencies for AF_XDP, and should include support for the ``ethtool``
+  command.
+
+* The Pod should have enabled the capabilities ``CAP_NET_RAW`` and ``CAP_BPF``
+  for AF_XDP along with support for hugepages.
+
+* Increase locked memory limit so containers have enough memory for packet
+  buffers.
+  For example:
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service.d/limits.conf
+     [Service]
+     LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
+     EOF
+
+* dpdk-testpmd application should have AF_XDP Feature enabled.
+
+    For further information see the docs for the: :doc:`../../nics/af_xdp`.
+
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Howto run dpdk-testpmd with CNI plugin:
+
+* Clone the CNI plugin
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+	 # git clone https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes.git
+
+* Build the CNI plugin
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     # cd afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/
+     # make build
+
+  .. Note::
+
+     CNI plugin has a dependence on the config.json.
+
+  Sample Config.json
+
+  .. code-block:: json
+
+     {
+        "logLevel":"debug",
+        "logFile":"afxdp-dp-e2e.log",
+        "pools":[
+           {
+              "name":"e2e",
+              "mode":"primary",
+              "timeout":30,
+              "ethtoolCmds" : ["-L -device- combined 1"],
+              "devices":[
+                 {
+                    "name":"ens785f0"
+                 }
+              ]
+           }
+        ]
+     }
+
+  For further reference please use the `config.json`_
+
+  .. _config.json: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test/e2e/config.json
+
+* Create the Network Attachment definition
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     # kubectl create -f nad.yaml
+
+  Sample nad.yml
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+      apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
+      kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
+      metadata:
+        name: afxdp-e2e-test
+        annotations:
+          k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: afxdp/e2e
+      spec:
+        config: '{
+            "cniVersion": "0.3.0",
+            "type": "afxdp",
+            "mode": "cdq",
+            "logFile": "afxdp-cni-e2e.log",
+            "logLevel": "debug",
+            "ipam": {
+              "type": "host-local",
+              "subnet": "192.168.1.0/24",
+              "rangeStart": "192.168.1.200",
+              "rangeEnd": "192.168.1.216",
+              "routes": [
+                { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" }
+              ],
+              "gateway": "192.168.1.1"
+            }
+          }'
+
+  For further reference please use the `nad.yaml`_
+
+  .. _nad.yaml: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test/e2e/nad.yaml
+
+* Build the Docker image
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     # docker build -t afxdp-e2e-test -f Dockerfile .
+
+  Sample Dockerfile:
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+	 FROM ubuntu:20.04
+	 RUN apt-get update -y
+	 RUN apt install build-essential libelf-dev -y
+	 RUN apt-get install iproute2  acl -y
+	 RUN apt install python3-pyelftools ethtool -y
+	 RUN apt install libnuma-dev libjansson-dev libpcap-dev net-tools -y
+	 RUN apt-get install clang llvm -y
+	 COPY ./libbpf<version>.tar.gz /tmp
+	 RUN cd /tmp && tar -xvmf libbpf<version>.tar.gz && cd libbpf/src && make install
+	 COPY ./libxdp<version>.tar.gz /tmp
+	 RUN cd /tmp && tar -xvmf libxdp<version>.tar.gz && cd libxdp && make install
+
+  .. Note::
+
+	 All the files that need to COPY-ed should be in the same directory as the Dockerfile
+
+* Run the Pod
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+     # kubectl create -f pod.yaml
+
+  Sample pod.yaml:
+
+  .. code-block:: yaml
+
+	 apiVersion: v1
+	 kind: Pod
+	 metadata:
+	   name: afxdp-e2e-test
+	   annotations:
+	     k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: afxdp-e2e-test
+	 spec:
+	   containers:
+	   - name: afxdp
+	     image: afxdp-e2e-test:latest
+	     imagePullPolicy: Never
+	     env:
+	     - name: LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+	       value: /usr/lib64/:/usr/local/lib/
+	     command: ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
+	     securityContext:
+	      capabilities:
+	         add:
+	           - CAP_NET_RAW
+	           - CAP_BPF
+	     resources:
+	       requests:
+	         hugepages-2Mi: 2Gi
+	         memory: 2Gi
+	         afxdp/e2e: '1'
+	       limits:
+	         hugepages-2Mi: 2Gi
+	         memory: 2Gi
+	         afxdp/e2e: '1'
+
+  For further reference please use the `pod.yaml`_
+
+  .. _pod.yaml: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test/e2e/pod-1c1d.yam
+
+* Run DPDK with a command like the following:
+
+  .. code-block:: console
+
+	kubectl exec -i <Pod name> --container <containers name> -- \
+           /<Path>/dpdk-testpmd -l 0,1 --no-pci \
+           --vdev=net_af_xdp0,use_cni=1,iface=<interface name> \
+           -- --no-mlockall --in-memory
+
+
+For further reference please use the `e2e`_ test case in `AF_XDP Plugin for Kubernetes`_
+
+
+  .. _e2e: https://github.com/intel/afxdp-plugins-for-kubernetes/blob/main/test/e2e/
diff --git a/doc/guides/howto/index.rst b/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
index bf6337d021..3349b383ac 100644
--- a/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/howto/index.rst
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@  HowTo Guides
     debug_troubleshoot
     openwrt
     avx512
+    af_xdp_cni
diff --git a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
index b6ec9bf490..196d98ad97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <net/if.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
@@ -81,6 +82,24 @@  RTE_LOG_REGISTER_DEFAULT(af_xdp_logtype, NOTICE);
 
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_MP_KEY "afxdp_mp_send_fds"
 
+#define MAX_LONG_OPT_SZ			64
+#define UDS_MAX_FD_NUM			2
+#define UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN			64
+#define UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP		128
+#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
+#define UDS_SOCK			"/tmp/afxdp.sock"
+#define UDS_CONNECT_MSG			"/connect"
+#define UDS_HOST_OK_MSG			"/host_ok"
+#define UDS_HOST_NAK_MSG		"/host_nak"
+#define UDS_VERSION_MSG			"/version"
+#define UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG		"/xsk_map_fd"
+#define UDS_XSK_SOCKET_MSG		"/xsk_socket"
+#define UDS_FD_ACK_MSG			"/fd_ack"
+#define UDS_FD_NAK_MSG			"/fd_nak"
+#define UDS_FIN_MSG			"/fin"
+#define UDS_FIN_ACK_MSG			"/fin_ack"
+
+
 static int afxdp_dev_count;
 
 /* Message header to synchronize fds via IPC */
@@ -151,6 +170,7 @@  struct pmd_internals {
 	char prog_path[PATH_MAX];
 	bool custom_prog_configured;
 	bool force_copy;
+	bool use_cni;
 	struct bpf_map *map;
 
 	struct rte_ether_addr eth_addr;
@@ -170,6 +190,7 @@  struct pmd_process_private {
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG			"xdp_prog"
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG			"busy_budget"
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG		"force_copy"
+#define ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG			"use_cni"
 
 static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
 	ETH_AF_XDP_IFACE_ARG,
@@ -179,8 +200,8 @@  static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
 	ETH_AF_XDP_PROG_ARG,
 	ETH_AF_XDP_BUDGET_ARG,
 	ETH_AF_XDP_FORCE_COPY_ARG,
-	NULL
-};
+	ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG,
+	NULL};
 
 static const struct rte_eth_link pmd_link = {
 	.link_speed = RTE_ETH_SPEED_NUM_10G,
@@ -1129,7 +1150,8 @@  xsk_umem_info *xdp_umem_configure(struct pmd_internals *internals,
 		ret = xsk_umem__create(&umem->umem, base_addr, umem_size,
 				&rxq->fq, &rxq->cq, &usr_config);
 		if (ret) {
-			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to create umem\n");
+			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to create umem [%d]: [%s]\n",
+				   errno, strerror(errno));
 			goto err;
 		}
 		umem->buffer = base_addr;
@@ -1314,6 +1336,245 @@  configure_preferred_busy_poll(struct pkt_rx_queue *rxq)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+init_uds_sock(struct sockaddr_un *server)
+{
+	int sock;
+
+	sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
+	if (sock < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to opening stream socket\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	server->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strlcpy(server->sun_path, UDS_SOCK, sizeof(server->sun_path));
+
+	if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)server, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0) {
+		close(sock);
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error connecting stream socket errno = [%d]: [%s]\n",
+			   errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return sock;
+}
+
+struct msg_internal {
+	char response[UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP];
+	int len_param;
+	int num_fds;
+	int fds[UDS_MAX_FD_NUM];
+};
+
+static int
+send_msg(int sock, char *request, int *fd)
+{
+	int snd;
+	struct iovec iov;
+	struct msghdr msgh;
+	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+	struct sockaddr_un dst;
+	char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*fd))];
+
+	memset(&dst, 0, sizeof(dst));
+	dst.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strlcpy(dst.sun_path, UDS_SOCK, sizeof(dst.sun_path));
+
+	/* Initialize message header structure */
+	memset(&msgh, 0, sizeof(msgh));
+	memset(control, 0, sizeof(control));
+	iov.iov_base = request;
+	iov.iov_len = strlen(request);
+
+	msgh.msg_name = &dst;
+	msgh.msg_namelen = sizeof(dst);
+	msgh.msg_iov = &iov;
+	msgh.msg_iovlen = 1;
+	msgh.msg_control = control;
+	msgh.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
+
+	/* Translate the FD. */
+	cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msgh);
+	cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(*fd));
+	cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
+	cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
+	memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), fd, sizeof(*fd));
+
+	/* Send the request message. */
+	do {
+		snd = sendmsg(sock, &msgh, 0);
+	} while (snd < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+	return snd;
+}
+
+static int
+read_msg(int sock, char *response, struct sockaddr_un *s, int *fd)
+{
+	int msglen;
+	struct msghdr msgh;
+	struct iovec iov;
+	char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*fd))];
+	struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+
+	/* Initialize message header structure */
+	memset(&msgh, 0, sizeof(msgh));
+	iov.iov_base = response;
+	iov.iov_len = UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP;
+
+	msgh.msg_name = s;
+	msgh.msg_namelen = sizeof(*s);
+	msgh.msg_iov = &iov;
+	msgh.msg_iovlen = 1;
+	msgh.msg_control = control;
+	msgh.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
+
+	msglen = recvmsg(sock, &msgh, 0);
+
+	/* zero length message means socket was closed */
+	if (msglen == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (msglen < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "recvmsg failed, %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* read auxiliary FDs if any */
+	for (cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msgh); cmsg != NULL;
+			cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR(&msgh, cmsg)) {
+		if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_SOCKET &&
+				cmsg->cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS) {
+			memcpy(fd, CMSG_DATA(cmsg), sizeof(*fd));
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	response[msglen] = '\0';
+	return msglen;
+}
+
+static int
+make_request_cni(int sock, struct sockaddr_un *server, char *request,
+		 int *req_fd, char *response, int *out_fd)
+{
+	int rval;
+
+	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Request: [%s]\n", request);
+
+	/* if no file descriptor to send then directly write to socket.
+	 * else use sendmsg() to send the file descriptor.
+	 */
+	if (req_fd == NULL)
+		rval = write(sock, request, strlen(request));
+	else
+		rval = send_msg(sock, request, req_fd);
+
+	if (rval < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Write error %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	rval = read_msg(sock, response, server, out_fd);
+	if (rval <= 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Read error %d\n", rval);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Response: [%s]\n", request);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+check_response(char *response, char *exp_resp, long size)
+{
+	return strncmp(response, exp_resp, size);
+}
+
+static int
+get_cni_fd(char *if_name)
+{
+	char request[UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN], response[UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP];
+	char hostname[MAX_LONG_OPT_SZ], exp_resp[UDS_MAX_CMD_RESP];
+	struct sockaddr_un server;
+	int xsk_map_fd = -1, out_fd = 0;
+	int sock, err;
+
+	err = gethostname(hostname, MAX_LONG_OPT_SZ - 1);
+	if (err)
+		return -1;
+
+	memset(&server, 0, sizeof(server));
+	sock = init_uds_sock(&server);
+
+	/* Initiates handshake to CNI send: /connect,hostname */
+	snprintf(request, sizeof(request), "%s,%s", UDS_CONNECT_MSG, hostname);
+	memset(response, 0, sizeof(response));
+	if (make_request_cni(sock, &server, request, NULL, response, &out_fd) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error in processing cmd [%s]\n", request);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	/* Expect /host_ok */
+	strlcpy(exp_resp, UDS_HOST_OK_MSG, UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN);
+	if (check_response(response, exp_resp, strlen(exp_resp)) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Unexpected response [%s]\n", response);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+	/* Request for "/version" */
+	strlcpy(request, UDS_VERSION_MSG, UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN);
+	memset(response, 0, sizeof(response));
+	if (make_request_cni(sock, &server, request, NULL, response, &out_fd) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error in processing cmd [%s]\n", request);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	/* Request for file descriptor for netdev name*/
+	snprintf(request, sizeof(request), "%s,%s", UDS_XSK_MAP_FD_MSG, if_name);
+	memset(response, 0, sizeof(response));
+	if (make_request_cni(sock, &server, request, NULL, response, &out_fd) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error in processing cmd [%s]\n", request);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	if (out_fd < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error in processing cmd [%s]\n", request);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	xsk_map_fd = out_fd;
+
+	/* Expect fd_ack with file descriptor */
+	strlcpy(exp_resp, UDS_FD_ACK_MSG, UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN);
+	if (check_response(response, exp_resp, strlen(exp_resp)) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Unexpected response [%s]\n", response);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	/* Initiate close connection */
+	strlcpy(request, UDS_FIN_MSG, UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN);
+	memset(response, 0, sizeof(response));
+	if (make_request_cni(sock, &server, request, NULL, response, &out_fd) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error in processing cmd [%s]\n", request);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	/* Connection close */
+	strlcpy(exp_resp, UDS_FIN_ACK_MSG, UDS_MAX_CMD_LEN);
+	if (check_response(response, exp_resp, strlen(exp_resp)) < 0) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Unexpected response [%s]\n", response);
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+	close(sock);
+
+	return xsk_map_fd;
+
+err_close:
+	close(sock);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static int
 xsk_configure(struct pmd_internals *internals, struct pkt_rx_queue *rxq,
 	      int ring_size)
@@ -1362,6 +1623,10 @@  xsk_configure(struct pmd_internals *internals, struct pkt_rx_queue *rxq,
 	cfg.bind_flags |= XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP;
 #endif
 
+	/* Disable libbpf from loading XDP program */
+	if (internals->use_cni)
+		cfg.libbpf_flags |= XSK_LIBBPF_FLAGS__INHIBIT_PROG_LOAD;
+
 	if (strnlen(internals->prog_path, PATH_MAX)) {
 		if (!internals->custom_prog_configured) {
 			ret = load_custom_xdp_prog(internals->prog_path,
@@ -1413,7 +1678,23 @@  xsk_configure(struct pmd_internals *internals, struct pkt_rx_queue *rxq,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (rxq->busy_budget) {
+	if (internals->use_cni) {
+		int err, fd, map_fd;
+
+		/* get socket fd from CNI plugin */
+		map_fd = get_cni_fd(internals->if_name);
+		if (map_fd < 0) {
+			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to receive CNI plugin fd\n");
+			goto out_xsk;
+		}
+		/* get socket fd */
+		fd = xsk_socket__fd(rxq->xsk);
+		err = bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &rxq->xsk_queue_idx, &fd, 0);
+		if (err) {
+			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to insert unprivileged xsk in map.\n");
+			goto out_xsk;
+		}
+	} else if (rxq->busy_budget) {
 		ret = configure_preferred_busy_poll(rxq);
 		if (ret) {
 			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed configure busy polling.\n");
@@ -1584,6 +1865,26 @@  static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
 	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr,
 };
 
+/* CNI option works in unprivileged container environment
+ * and ethernet device functionality will be reduced. So
+ * additional customiszed eth_dev_ops struct is needed
+ * for cni.
+ **/
+static const struct eth_dev_ops ops_cni = {
+	.dev_start = eth_dev_start,
+	.dev_stop = eth_dev_stop,
+	.dev_close = eth_dev_close,
+	.dev_configure = eth_dev_configure,
+	.dev_infos_get = eth_dev_info,
+	.mtu_set = eth_dev_mtu_set,
+	.rx_queue_setup = eth_rx_queue_setup,
+	.tx_queue_setup = eth_tx_queue_setup,
+	.link_update = eth_link_update,
+	.stats_get = eth_stats_get,
+	.stats_reset = eth_stats_reset,
+	.get_monitor_addr = eth_get_monitor_addr,
+};
+
 /** parse busy_budget argument */
 static int
 parse_budget_arg(const char *key __rte_unused,
@@ -1704,8 +2005,8 @@  xdp_get_channels_info(const char *if_name, int *max_queues,
 
 static int
 parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int *start_queue,
-			int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char *prog_path,
-			int *busy_budget, int *force_copy)
+		 int *queue_cnt, int *shared_umem, char *prog_path,
+		 int *busy_budget, int *force_copy, int *use_cni)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1746,6 +2047,11 @@  parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int *start_queue,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto free_kvlist;
 
+	ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ETH_AF_XDP_USE_CNI_ARG,
+				 &parse_integer_arg, use_cni);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto free_kvlist;
+
 free_kvlist:
 	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
 	return ret;
@@ -1783,8 +2089,9 @@  get_iface_info(const char *if_name,
 
 static struct rte_eth_dev *
 init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, const char *if_name,
-		int start_queue_idx, int queue_cnt, int shared_umem,
-		const char *prog_path, int busy_budget, int force_copy)
+	       int start_queue_idx, int queue_cnt, int shared_umem,
+	       const char *prog_path, int busy_budget, int force_copy,
+	       int use_cni)
 {
 	const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
 	const unsigned int numa_node = dev->device.numa_node;
@@ -1813,6 +2120,7 @@  init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, const char *if_name,
 #endif
 	internals->shared_umem = shared_umem;
 	internals->force_copy = force_copy;
+	internals->use_cni = use_cni;
 
 	if (xdp_get_channels_info(if_name, &internals->max_queue_cnt,
 				  &internals->combined_queue_cnt)) {
@@ -1871,7 +2179,11 @@  init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, const char *if_name,
 	eth_dev->data->dev_link = pmd_link;
 	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = &internals->eth_addr;
 	eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_AUTOFILL_QUEUE_XSTATS;
-	eth_dev->dev_ops = &ops;
+	if (!internals->use_cni)
+		eth_dev->dev_ops = &ops;
+	else
+		eth_dev->dev_ops = &ops_cni;
+
 	eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = eth_af_xdp_rx;
 	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = eth_af_xdp_tx;
 	eth_dev->process_private = process_private;
@@ -1998,6 +2310,7 @@  rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 	char prog_path[PATH_MAX] = {'\0'};
 	int busy_budget = -1, ret;
 	int force_copy = 0;
+	int use_cni = 0;
 	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
 	const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
 
@@ -2043,7 +2356,7 @@  rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 
 	if (parse_parameters(kvlist, if_name, &xsk_start_queue_idx,
 			     &xsk_queue_cnt, &shared_umem, prog_path,
-			     &busy_budget, &force_copy) < 0) {
+			     &busy_budget, &force_copy, &use_cni) < 0) {
 		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Invalid kvargs value\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -2057,8 +2370,8 @@  rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 					busy_budget;
 
 	eth_dev = init_internals(dev, if_name, xsk_start_queue_idx,
-					xsk_queue_cnt, shared_umem, prog_path,
-					busy_budget, force_copy);
+				 xsk_queue_cnt, shared_umem, prog_path,
+				 busy_budget, force_copy, use_cni);
 	if (eth_dev == NULL) {
 		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to init internals\n");
 		return -1;