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Alexei Starovoitov
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40ec00abf1 |
bpf: Remember BTF of inner maps.
BTF is required for 'struct bpf_timer' to be recognized inside map value.
The bpf timers are supported inside inner maps.
Remember 'struct btf *' in inner_map_meta to make it available
to the verifier in the sequence:
struct bpf_map *inner_map = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&outer_map, ...);
if (inner_map)
timer = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&inner_map, ...);
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210715005417.78572-7-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
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Alexei Starovoitov
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68134668c1 |
bpf: Add map side support for bpf timers.
Restrict bpf timers to array, hash (both preallocated and kmalloced), and lru map types. The per-cpu maps with timers don't make sense, since 'struct bpf_timer' is a part of map value. bpf timers in per-cpu maps would mean that the number of timers depends on number of possible cpus and timers would not be accessible from all cpus. lpm map support can be added in the future. The timers in inner maps are supported. The bpf_map_update/delete_elem() helpers and sys_bpf commands cancel and free bpf_timer in a given map element. Similar to 'struct bpf_spin_lock' BTF is required and it is used to validate that map element indeed contains 'struct bpf_timer'. Make check_and_init_map_value() init both bpf_spin_lock and bpf_timer when map element data is reused in preallocated htab and lru maps. Teach copy_map_value() to support both bpf_spin_lock and bpf_timer in a single map element. There could be one of each, but not more than one. Due to 'one bpf_timer in one element' restriction do not support timers in global data, since global data is a map of single element, but from bpf program side it's seen as many global variables and restriction of single global timer would be odd. The sys_bpf map_freeze and sys_mmap syscalls are not allowed on maps with timers, since user space could have corrupted mmap element and crashed the kernel. The maps with timers cannot be readonly. Due to these restrictions search for bpf_timer in datasec BTF in case it was placed in the global data to report clear error. The previous patch allowed 'struct bpf_timer' as a first field in a map element only. Relax this restriction. Refactor lru map to s/bpf_lru_push_free/htab_lru_push_free/ to cancel and free the timer when lru map deletes an element as a part of it eviction algorithm. Make sure that bpf program cannot access 'struct bpf_timer' via direct load/store. The timer operation are done through helpers only. This is similar to 'struct bpf_spin_lock'. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210715005417.78572-5-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com |
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Martin KaFai Lau
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134fede4ee |
bpf: Relax max_entries check for most of the inner map types
Most of the maps do not use max_entries during verification time. Thus, those map_meta_equal() do not need to enforce max_entries when it is inserted as an inner map during runtime. The max_entries check is removed from the default implementation bpf_map_meta_equal(). The prog_array_map and xsk_map are exception. Its map_gen_lookup uses max_entries to generate inline lookup code. Thus, they will implement its own map_meta_equal() to enforce max_entries. Since there are only two cases now, the max_entries check is not refactored and stays in its own .c file. Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200828011813.1970516-1-kafai@fb.com |
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Martin KaFai Lau
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f4d0525921 |
bpf: Add map_meta_equal map ops
Some properties of the inner map is used in the verification time. When an inner map is inserted to an outer map at runtime, bpf_map_meta_equal() is currently used to ensure those properties of the inserting inner map stays the same as the verification time. In particular, the current bpf_map_meta_equal() checks max_entries which turns out to be too restrictive for most of the maps which do not use max_entries during the verification time. It limits the use case that wants to replace a smaller inner map with a larger inner map. There are some maps do use max_entries during verification though. For example, the map_gen_lookup in array_map_ops uses the max_entries to generate the inline lookup code. To accommodate differences between maps, the map_meta_equal is added to bpf_map_ops. Each map-type can decide what to check when its map is used as an inner map during runtime. Also, some map types cannot be used as an inner map and they are currently black listed in bpf_map_meta_alloc() in map_in_map.c. It is not unusual that the new map types may not aware that such blacklist exists. This patch enforces an explicit opt-in and only allows a map to be used as an inner map if it has implemented the map_meta_equal ops. It is based on the discussion in [1]. All maps that support inner map has its map_meta_equal points to bpf_map_meta_equal in this patch. A later patch will relax the max_entries check for most maps. bpf_types.h counts 28 map types. This patch adds 23 ".map_meta_equal" by using coccinelle. -5 for BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY BPF_MAP_TYPE_(PERCPU)_CGROUP_STORAGE BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS The "if (inner_map->inner_map_meta)" check in bpf_map_meta_alloc() is moved such that the same error is returned. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200522022342.899756-1-kafai@fb.com/ Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200828011806.1970400-1-kafai@fb.com |
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Alexei Starovoitov
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2c78ee898d |
bpf: Implement CAP_BPF
Implement permissions as stated in uapi/linux/capability.h In order to do that the verifier allow_ptr_leaks flag is split into four flags and they are set as: env->allow_ptr_leaks = bpf_allow_ptr_leaks(); env->bypass_spec_v1 = bpf_bypass_spec_v1(); env->bypass_spec_v4 = bpf_bypass_spec_v4(); env->bpf_capable = bpf_capable(); The first three currently equivalent to perfmon_capable(), since leaking kernel pointers and reading kernel memory via side channel attacks is roughly equivalent to reading kernel memory with cap_perfmon. 'bpf_capable' enables bounded loops, precision tracking, bpf to bpf calls and other verifier features. 'allow_ptr_leaks' enable ptr leaks, ptr conversions, subtraction of pointers. 'bypass_spec_v1' disables speculative analysis in the verifier, run time mitigations in bpf array, and enables indirect variable access in bpf programs. 'bypass_spec_v4' disables emission of sanitation code by the verifier. That means that the networking BPF program loaded with CAP_BPF + CAP_NET_ADMIN will have speculative checks done by the verifier and other spectre mitigation applied. Such networking BPF program will not be able to leak kernel pointers and will not be able to access arbitrary kernel memory. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200513230355.7858-3-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com |
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Martin KaFai Lau
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85d33df357 |
bpf: Introduce BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS
The patch introduces BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS. The map value
is a kernel struct with its func ptr implemented in bpf prog.
This new map is the interface to register/unregister/introspect
a bpf implemented kernel struct.
The kernel struct is actually embedded inside another new struct
(or called the "value" struct in the code). For example,
"struct tcp_congestion_ops" is embbeded in:
struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops {
refcount_t refcnt;
enum bpf_struct_ops_state state;
struct tcp_congestion_ops data; /* <-- kernel subsystem struct here */
}
The map value is "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops".
The "bpftool map dump" will then be able to show the
state ("inuse"/"tobefree") and the number of subsystem's refcnt (e.g.
number of tcp_sock in the tcp_congestion_ops case). This "value" struct
is created automatically by a macro. Having a separate "value" struct
will also make extending "struct bpf_struct_ops_XYZ" easier (e.g. adding
"void (*init)(void)" to "struct bpf_struct_ops_XYZ" to do some
initialization works before registering the struct_ops to the kernel
subsystem). The libbpf will take care of finding and populating the
"struct bpf_struct_ops_XYZ" from "struct XYZ".
Register a struct_ops to a kernel subsystem:
1. Load all needed BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog(s)
2. Create a BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS with attr->btf_vmlinux_value_type_id
set to the btf id "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops" of the
running kernel.
Instead of reusing the attr->btf_value_type_id,
btf_vmlinux_value_type_id s added such that attr->btf_fd can still be
used as the "user" btf which could store other useful sysadmin/debug
info that may be introduced in the furture,
e.g. creation-date/compiler-details/map-creator...etc.
3. Create a "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops" object as described
in the running kernel btf. Populate the value of this object.
The function ptr should be populated with the prog fds.
4. Call BPF_MAP_UPDATE with the object created in (3) as
the map value. The key is always "0".
During BPF_MAP_UPDATE, the code that saves the kernel-func-ptr's
args as an array of u64 is generated. BPF_MAP_UPDATE also allows
the specific struct_ops to do some final checks in "st_ops->init_member()"
(e.g. ensure all mandatory func ptrs are implemented).
If everything looks good, it will register this kernel struct
to the kernel subsystem. The map will not allow further update
from this point.
Unregister a struct_ops from the kernel subsystem:
BPF_MAP_DELETE with key "0".
Introspect a struct_ops:
BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM with key "0". The map value returned will
have the prog _id_ populated as the func ptr.
The map value state (enum bpf_struct_ops_state) will transit from:
INIT (map created) =>
INUSE (map updated, i.e. reg) =>
TOBEFREE (map value deleted, i.e. unreg)
The kernel subsystem needs to call bpf_struct_ops_get() and
bpf_struct_ops_put() to manage the "refcnt" in the
"struct bpf_struct_ops_XYZ". This patch uses a separate refcnt
for the purose of tracking the subsystem usage. Another approach
is to reuse the map->refcnt and then "show" (i.e. during map_lookup)
the subsystem's usage by doing map->refcnt - map->usercnt to filter out
the map-fd/pinned-map usage. However, that will also tie down the
future semantics of map->refcnt and map->usercnt.
The very first subsystem's refcnt (during reg()) holds one
count to map->refcnt. When the very last subsystem's refcnt
is gone, it will also release the map->refcnt. All bpf_prog will be
freed when the map->refcnt reaches 0 (i.e. during map_free()).
Here is how the bpftool map command will look like:
[root@arch-fb-vm1 bpf]# bpftool map show
6: struct_ops name dctcp flags 0x0
key 4B value 256B max_entries 1 memlock 4096B
btf_id 6
[root@arch-fb-vm1 bpf]# bpftool map dump id 6
[{
"value": {
"refcnt": {
"refs": {
"counter": 1
}
},
"state": 1,
"data": {
"list": {
"next": 0,
"prev": 0
},
"key": 0,
"flags": 2,
"init": 24,
"release": 0,
"ssthresh": 25,
"cong_avoid": 30,
"set_state": 27,
"cwnd_event": 28,
"in_ack_event": 26,
"undo_cwnd": 29,
"pkts_acked": 0,
"min_tso_segs": 0,
"sndbuf_expand": 0,
"cong_control": 0,
"get_info": 0,
"name": [98,112,102,95,100,99,116,99,112,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
],
"owner": 0
}
}
}
]
Misc Notes:
* bpf_struct_ops_map_sys_lookup_elem() is added for syscall lookup.
It does an inplace update on "*value" instead returning a pointer
to syscall.c. Otherwise, it needs a separate copy of "zero" value
for the BPF_STRUCT_OPS_STATE_INIT to avoid races.
* The bpf_struct_ops_map_delete_elem() is also called without
preempt_disable() from map_delete_elem(). It is because
the "->unreg()" may requires sleepable context, e.g.
the "tcp_unregister_congestion_control()".
* "const" is added to some of the existing "struct btf_func_model *"
function arg to avoid a compiler warning caused by this patch.
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003505.3855919-1-kafai@fb.com
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Daniel Borkmann
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2beee5f574 |
bpf: Move owner type, jited info into array auxiliary data
We're going to extend this with further information which is only relevant for prog array at this point. Given this info is not used in critical path, move it into its own structure such that the main array map structure can be kept on diet. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/b9ddccdb0f6f7026489ee955f16c96381e1e7238.1574452833.git.daniel@iogearbox.net |
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Andrii Nakryiko
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1e0bd5a091 |
bpf: Switch bpf_map ref counter to atomic64_t so bpf_map_inc() never fails
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Thomas Gleixner
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25763b3c86 |
treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206
Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the gnu general public license as published by the free software foundation extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier GPL-2.0-only has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 107 file(s). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Steve Winslow <swinslow@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@intel.com> Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190528171438.615055994@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
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Yonghong Song
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a115d0ed72 |
bpf: set inner_map_meta->spin_lock_off correctly
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Alexei Starovoitov
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d83525ca62 |
bpf: introduce bpf_spin_lock
Introduce 'struct bpf_spin_lock' and bpf_spin_lock/unlock() helpers to let
bpf program serialize access to other variables.
Example:
struct hash_elem {
int cnt;
struct bpf_spin_lock lock;
};
struct hash_elem * val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&hash_map, &key);
if (val) {
bpf_spin_lock(&val->lock);
val->cnt++;
bpf_spin_unlock(&val->lock);
}
Restrictions and safety checks:
- bpf_spin_lock is only allowed inside HASH and ARRAY maps.
- BTF description of the map is mandatory for safety analysis.
- bpf program can take one bpf_spin_lock at a time, since two or more can
cause dead locks.
- only one 'struct bpf_spin_lock' is allowed per map element.
It drastically simplifies implementation yet allows bpf program to use
any number of bpf_spin_locks.
- when bpf_spin_lock is taken the calls (either bpf2bpf or helpers) are not allowed.
- bpf program must bpf_spin_unlock() before return.
- bpf program can access 'struct bpf_spin_lock' only via
bpf_spin_lock()/bpf_spin_unlock() helpers.
- load/store into 'struct bpf_spin_lock lock;' field is not allowed.
- to use bpf_spin_lock() helper the BTF description of map value must be
a struct and have 'struct bpf_spin_lock anyname;' field at the top level.
Nested lock inside another struct is not allowed.
- syscall map_lookup doesn't copy bpf_spin_lock field to user space.
- syscall map_update and program map_update do not update bpf_spin_lock field.
- bpf_spin_lock cannot be on the stack or inside networking packet.
bpf_spin_lock can only be inside HASH or ARRAY map value.
- bpf_spin_lock is available to root only and to all program types.
- bpf_spin_lock is not allowed in inner maps of map-in-map.
- ld_abs is not allowed inside spin_lock-ed region.
- tracing progs and socket filter progs cannot use bpf_spin_lock due to
insufficient preemption checks
Implementation details:
- cgroup-bpf class of programs can nest with xdp/tc programs.
Hence bpf_spin_lock is equivalent to spin_lock_irqsave.
Other solutions to avoid nested bpf_spin_lock are possible.
Like making sure that all networking progs run with softirq disabled.
spin_lock_irqsave is the simplest and doesn't add overhead to the
programs that don't use it.
- arch_spinlock_t is used when its implemented as queued_spin_lock
- archs can force their own arch_spinlock_t
- on architectures where queued_spin_lock is not available and
sizeof(arch_spinlock_t) != sizeof(__u32) trivial lock is used.
- presence of bpf_spin_lock inside map value could have been indicated via
extra flag during map_create, but specifying it via BTF is cleaner.
It provides introspection for map key/value and reduces user mistakes.
Next steps:
- allow bpf_spin_lock in other map types (like cgroup local storage)
- introduce BPF_F_LOCK flag for bpf_map_update() syscall and helper
to request kernel to grab bpf_spin_lock before rewriting the value.
That will serialize access to map elements.
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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Daniel Borkmann
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9d5564ddcf |
bpf: fix inner map masking to prevent oob under speculation
During review I noticed that inner meta map setup for map in
map is buggy in that it does not propagate all needed data
from the reference map which the verifier is later accessing.
In particular one such case is index masking to prevent out of
bounds access under speculative execution due to missing the
map's unpriv_array/index_mask field propagation. Fix this such
that the verifier is generating the correct code for inlined
lookups in case of unpriviledged use.
Before patch (test_verifier's 'map in map access' dump):
# bpftool prog dump xla id 3
0: (62) *(u32 *)(r10 -4) = 0
1: (bf) r2 = r10
2: (07) r2 += -4
3: (18) r1 = map[id:4]
5: (07) r1 += 272 |
6: (61) r0 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0) |
7: (35) if r0 >= 0x1 goto pc+6 | Inlined map in map lookup
8: (54) (u32) r0 &= (u32) 0 | with index masking for
9: (67) r0 <<= 3 | map->unpriv_array.
10: (0f) r0 += r1 |
11: (79) r0 = *(u64 *)(r0 +0) |
12: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+1 |
13: (05) goto pc+1 |
14: (b7) r0 = 0 |
15: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+11
16: (62) *(u32 *)(r10 -4) = 0
17: (bf) r2 = r10
18: (07) r2 += -4
19: (bf) r1 = r0
20: (07) r1 += 272 |
21: (61) r0 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0) | Index masking missing (!)
22: (35) if r0 >= 0x1 goto pc+3 | for inner map despite
23: (67) r0 <<= 3 | map->unpriv_array set.
24: (0f) r0 += r1 |
25: (05) goto pc+1 |
26: (b7) r0 = 0 |
27: (b7) r0 = 0
28: (95) exit
After patch:
# bpftool prog dump xla id 1
0: (62) *(u32 *)(r10 -4) = 0
1: (bf) r2 = r10
2: (07) r2 += -4
3: (18) r1 = map[id:2]
5: (07) r1 += 272 |
6: (61) r0 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0) |
7: (35) if r0 >= 0x1 goto pc+6 | Same inlined map in map lookup
8: (54) (u32) r0 &= (u32) 0 | with index masking due to
9: (67) r0 <<= 3 | map->unpriv_array.
10: (0f) r0 += r1 |
11: (79) r0 = *(u64 *)(r0 +0) |
12: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+1 |
13: (05) goto pc+1 |
14: (b7) r0 = 0 |
15: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+12
16: (62) *(u32 *)(r10 -4) = 0
17: (bf) r2 = r10
18: (07) r2 += -4
19: (bf) r1 = r0
20: (07) r1 += 272 |
21: (61) r0 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0) |
22: (35) if r0 >= 0x1 goto pc+4 | Now fixed inlined inner map
23: (54) (u32) r0 &= (u32) 0 | lookup with proper index masking
24: (67) r0 <<= 3 | for map->unpriv_array.
25: (0f) r0 += r1 |
26: (05) goto pc+1 |
27: (b7) r0 = 0 |
28: (b7) r0 = 0
29: (95) exit
Fixes:
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Roman Gushchin
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c6fdcd6e0c |
bpf: don't allow create maps of per-cpu cgroup local storages
Explicitly forbid creating map of per-cpu cgroup local storages. This behavior matches the behavior of shared cgroup storages. Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> |
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Roman Gushchin
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7b5dd2bde7 |
bpf: don't allow create maps of cgroup local storages
As there is one-to-one relation between a bpf program and cgroup local storage map, there is no sense in creating a map of cgroup local storage maps. Forbid it explicitly to avoid possible side effects. Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> |
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Martin KaFai Lau
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14dc6f04f4 |
bpf: Add syscall lookup support for fd array and htab
This patch allows userspace to do BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM on BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS and BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS. The lookup returns a prog-id or map-id to the userspace. The userspace can then use the BPF_PROG_GET_FD_BY_ID or BPF_MAP_GET_FD_BY_ID to get a fd. Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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Martin KaFai Lau
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56f668dfe0 |
bpf: Add array of maps support
This patch adds a few helper funcs to enable map-in-map support (i.e. outer_map->inner_map). The first outer_map type BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS is also added in this patch. The next patch will introduce a hash of maps type. Any bpf map type can be acted as an inner_map. The exception is BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY because the extra level of indirection makes it harder to verify the owner_prog_type and owner_jited. Multi-level map-in-map is not supported (i.e. map->map is ok but not map->map->map). When adding an inner_map to an outer_map, it currently checks the map_type, key_size, value_size, map_flags, max_entries and ops. The verifier also uses those map's properties to do static analysis. map_flags is needed because we need to ensure BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT is using a preallocated hashtab for the inner_hash also. ops and max_entries are needed to generate inlined map-lookup instructions. For simplicity reason, a simple '==' test is used for both map_flags and max_entries. The equality of ops is implied by the equality of map_type. During outer_map creation time, an inner_map_fd is needed to create an outer_map. However, the inner_map_fd's life time does not depend on the outer_map. The inner_map_fd is merely used to initialize the inner_map_meta of the outer_map. Also, for the outer_map: * It allows element update and delete from syscall * It allows element lookup from bpf_prog The above is similar to the current fd_array pattern. Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |