fix(network-monitor): Include the packet payload regarless of L4 prot…

…ocol

* User-space part of pulsar is expecting the buffer to be initialized
  regardless of L4 protocol (TCP or UDP).
* DNS responses, if long enough, might go through TCP. Not very common,
  but possible.
* Stop returning an error when packet payload length is 0. It's totally
  normal for SYN, SYN-ACK and ACK packets. Logging errors for them is
  an unnecessary noise.

Fixes #297

crates/bpf-builder/include/buffer.bpf.h

@@ -132,10 +132,16 @@ static __always_inline int buffer_append_skb_bytes(struct buffer *buffer,
     return -1;
   }
 
+  // * The `< 0` case is impossible to reproduce (otherwise it would mean
+  //   `skb->len` is somehow lower than the size of packet headers we already
+  //   consumed from that SKB).
+  //   It's here only to appease the eBPF verifier (using `u32` and checking
+  //   just for `0` doesn't work).
+  // * The `= 0` case usually applies to SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK or any other packets
+  //   which don't contain any payload after L4 headers.
+  //   Therefore, we don't return any error here.
   if (len <= 0) {
-    LOG_ERROR("Invalid offset (%zu) exceeding the packet length (%zu).",
-              offset, skb->len);
-    return -1;
+    return 0;
   }
 
   int r = bpf_skb_load_bytes(skb, offset, &((char *)buffer->buffer)[pos],

crates/modules/network-monitor/probes.bpf.c

@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ __always_inline int process_skb(struct __sk_buff *skb,
   void *data_end = (void *)(long)skb->data_end;
   void *data = (void *)(long)skb->data;
 
+  buffer_index_init(&network_event->buffer, &msg_event->data);
+
   // Parse L3 header (IPv4 / IPv6).
   switch (l3_proto) {
   case ETH_P_IPV4: {
@@ -653,19 +655,18 @@ __always_inline int process_skb(struct __sk_buff *skb,
       }
       break;
     }
-
-    buffer_index_init(&network_event->buffer, &msg_event->data);
-    if (buffer_append_skb_bytes(&network_event->buffer, &msg_event->data, skb,
-                                headers_len) < 0) {
-      LOG_ERROR("Failed to retrieve the packet payload. The event is going to miss the `data` part.");
-    }
     break;
   }
   default:
     LOG_DEBUG("ignored unsupported L4 protocol %d", l4_proto);
     goto send_event;
   }
 
+  if (buffer_append_skb_bytes(&network_event->buffer, &msg_event->data, skb,
+                              headers_len) < 0) {
+    LOG_ERROR("Failed to retrieve the packet payload. The event is going to miss the `data` part.");
+  }
+
   msg_event->data_len = skb->len - headers_len;
 
 send_event:

crates/modules/network-monitor/src/lib.rs

@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ pub mod pulsar {
         let data = data
             .bytes(&event.buffer)
             .map_err(|err| {
-                log::error!("[dns] Error getting message: {}", err);
+                log::error!("Error getting network packet payload: {err}");
             })
             .ok()?;
 
-        // any valid dns data?
+        // Check wheter the payload contains any DNS data.
         let dns = dns_parser::Packet::parse(data).ok()?;
         let with_q = !dns.questions.is_empty();
         let with_a = !dns.answers.is_empty();