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<title>bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions</title>
<updated>2020-01-22T22:04:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2020-01-21T00:53:46+00:00</published>
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Introduce dynamic program extensions. The users can load additional BPF
functions and replace global functions in previously loaded BPF programs while
these programs are executing.

Global functions are verified individually by the verifier based on their types only.
Hence the global function in the new program which types match older function can
safely replace that corresponding function.

This new function/program is called 'an extension' of old program. At load time
the verifier uses (attach_prog_fd, attach_btf_id) pair to identify the function
to be replaced. The BPF program type is derived from the target program into
extension program. Technically bpf_verifier_ops is copied from target program.
The BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT program type is a placeholder. It has empty verifier_ops.
The extension program can call the same bpf helper functions as target program.
Single BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT type is used to extend XDP, SKB and all other program
types. The verifier allows only one level of replacement. Meaning that the
extension program cannot recursively extend an extension. That also means that
the maximum stack size is increasing from 512 to 1024 bytes and maximum
function nesting level from 8 to 16. The programs don't always consume that
much. The stack usage is determined by the number of on-stack variables used by
the program. The verifier could have enforced 512 limit for combined original
plus extension program, but it makes for difficult user experience. The main
use case for extensions is to provide generic mechanism to plug external
programs into policy program or function call chaining.

BPF trampoline is used to track both fentry/fexit and program extensions
because both are using the same nop slot at the beginning of every BPF
function. Attaching fentry/fexit to a function that was replaced is not
allowed. The opposite is true as well. Replacing a function that currently
being analyzed with fentry/fexit is not allowed. The executable page allocated
by BPF trampoline is not used by program extensions. This inefficiency will be
optimized in future patches.

Function by function verification of global function supports scalars and
pointer to context only. Hence program extensions are supported for such class
of global functions only. In the future the verifier will be extended with
support to pointers to structures, arrays with sizes, etc.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: John Fastabend &lt;john.fastabend@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200121005348.2769920-2-ast@kernel.org
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Introduce dynamic program extensions. The users can load additional BPF
functions and replace global functions in previously loaded BPF programs while
these programs are executing.

Global functions are verified individually by the verifier based on their types only.
Hence the global function in the new program which types match older function can
safely replace that corresponding function.

This new function/program is called 'an extension' of old program. At load time
the verifier uses (attach_prog_fd, attach_btf_id) pair to identify the function
to be replaced. The BPF program type is derived from the target program into
extension program. Technically bpf_verifier_ops is copied from target program.
The BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT program type is a placeholder. It has empty verifier_ops.
The extension program can call the same bpf helper functions as target program.
Single BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT type is used to extend XDP, SKB and all other program
types. The verifier allows only one level of replacement. Meaning that the
extension program cannot recursively extend an extension. That also means that
the maximum stack size is increasing from 512 to 1024 bytes and maximum
function nesting level from 8 to 16. The programs don't always consume that
much. The stack usage is determined by the number of on-stack variables used by
the program. The verifier could have enforced 512 limit for combined original
plus extension program, but it makes for difficult user experience. The main
use case for extensions is to provide generic mechanism to plug external
programs into policy program or function call chaining.

BPF trampoline is used to track both fentry/fexit and program extensions
because both are using the same nop slot at the beginning of every BPF
function. Attaching fentry/fexit to a function that was replaced is not
allowed. The opposite is true as well. Replacing a function that currently
being analyzed with fentry/fexit is not allowed. The executable page allocated
by BPF trampoline is not used by program extensions. This inefficiency will be
optimized in future patches.

Function by function verification of global function supports scalars and
pointer to context only. Hence program extensions are supported for such class
of global functions only. In the future the verifier will be extended with
support to pointers to structures, arrays with sizes, etc.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: John Fastabend &lt;john.fastabend@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen &lt;toke@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200121005348.2769920-2-ast@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix memory leaks in generic update/delete batch ops</title>
<updated>2020-01-20T21:27:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Vazquez</name>
<email>brianvv@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-19T19:40:40+00:00</published>
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Generic update/delete batch ops functions were using __bpf_copy_key
without properly freeing the memory. Handle the memory allocation and
copy_from_user separately.

Fixes: aa2e93b8e58e ("bpf: Add generic support for update and delete batch ops")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200119194040.128369-1-brianvv@google.com
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Generic update/delete batch ops functions were using __bpf_copy_key
without properly freeing the memory. Handle the memory allocation and
copy_from_user separately.

Fixes: aa2e93b8e58e ("bpf: Add generic support for update and delete batch ops")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200119194040.128369-1-brianvv@google.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Remove set but not used variable 'first_key'</title>
<updated>2020-01-17T04:15:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>YueHaibing</name>
<email>yuehaibing@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-16T14:53:00+00:00</published>
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kernel/bpf/syscall.c: In function generic_map_lookup_batch:
kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1339:7: warning: variable first_key set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

It is never used, so remove it.

Reported-by: Hulk Robot &lt;hulkci@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing &lt;yuehaibing@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200116145300.59056-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com
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kernel/bpf/syscall.c: In function generic_map_lookup_batch:
kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1339:7: warning: variable first_key set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]

It is never used, so remove it.

Reported-by: Hulk Robot &lt;hulkci@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing &lt;yuehaibing@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200116145300.59056-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add batch ops to all htab bpf map</title>
<updated>2020-01-15T22:00:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yonghong Song</name>
<email>yhs@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-15T18:43:04+00:00</published>
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htab can't use generic batch support due some problematic behaviours
inherent to the data structre, i.e. while iterating the bpf map  a
concurrent program might delete the next entry that batch was about to
use, in that case there's no easy solution to retrieve the next entry,
the issue has been discussed multiple times (see [1] and [2]).

The only way hmap can be traversed without the problem previously
exposed is by making sure that the map is traversing entire buckets.
This commit implements those strict requirements for hmap, the
implementation follows the same interaction that generic support with
some exceptions:

 - If keys/values buffer are not big enough to traverse a bucket,
   ENOSPC will be returned.
 - out_batch contains the value of the next bucket in the iteration, not
   the next key, but this is transparent for the user since the user
   should never use out_batch for other than bpf batch syscalls.

This commits implements BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH and adds support for new
command BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_AND_DELETE_BATCH. Note that for update/delete
batch ops it is possible to use the generic implementations.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20190724165803.87470-1-brianvv@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20190906225434.3635421-1-yhs@fb.com/

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-6-brianvv@google.com
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htab can't use generic batch support due some problematic behaviours
inherent to the data structre, i.e. while iterating the bpf map  a
concurrent program might delete the next entry that batch was about to
use, in that case there's no easy solution to retrieve the next entry,
the issue has been discussed multiple times (see [1] and [2]).

The only way hmap can be traversed without the problem previously
exposed is by making sure that the map is traversing entire buckets.
This commit implements those strict requirements for hmap, the
implementation follows the same interaction that generic support with
some exceptions:

 - If keys/values buffer are not big enough to traverse a bucket,
   ENOSPC will be returned.
 - out_batch contains the value of the next bucket in the iteration, not
   the next key, but this is transparent for the user since the user
   should never use out_batch for other than bpf batch syscalls.

This commits implements BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH and adds support for new
command BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_AND_DELETE_BATCH. Note that for update/delete
batch ops it is possible to use the generic implementations.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20190724165803.87470-1-brianvv@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20190906225434.3635421-1-yhs@fb.com/

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-6-brianvv@google.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Add generic support for update and delete batch ops</title>
<updated>2020-01-15T22:00:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Vazquez</name>
<email>brianvv@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-15T18:43:02+00:00</published>
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This commit adds generic support for update and delete batch ops that
can be used for almost all the bpf maps. These commands share the same
UAPI attr that lookup and lookup_and_delete batch ops use and the
syscall commands are:

  BPF_MAP_UPDATE_BATCH
  BPF_MAP_DELETE_BATCH

The main difference between update/delete and lookup batch ops is that
for update/delete keys/values must be specified for userspace and
because of that, neither in_batch nor out_batch are used.

Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-4-brianvv@google.com
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This commit adds generic support for update and delete batch ops that
can be used for almost all the bpf maps. These commands share the same
UAPI attr that lookup and lookup_and_delete batch ops use and the
syscall commands are:

  BPF_MAP_UPDATE_BATCH
  BPF_MAP_DELETE_BATCH

The main difference between update/delete and lookup batch ops is that
for update/delete keys/values must be specified for userspace and
because of that, neither in_batch nor out_batch are used.

Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-4-brianvv@google.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add generic support for lookup batch op</title>
<updated>2020-01-15T22:00:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Vazquez</name>
<email>brianvv@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-15T18:43:01+00:00</published>
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This commit introduces generic support for the bpf_map_lookup_batch.
This implementation can be used by almost all the bpf maps since its core
implementation is relying on the existing map_get_next_key and
map_lookup_elem. The bpf syscall subcommand introduced is:

  BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH

The UAPI attribute is:

  struct { /* struct used by BPF_MAP_*_BATCH commands */
         __aligned_u64   in_batch;       /* start batch,
                                          * NULL to start from beginning
                                          */
         __aligned_u64   out_batch;      /* output: next start batch */
         __aligned_u64   keys;
         __aligned_u64   values;
         __u32           count;          /* input/output:
                                          * input: # of key/value
                                          * elements
                                          * output: # of filled elements
                                          */
         __u32           map_fd;
         __u64           elem_flags;
         __u64           flags;
  } batch;

in_batch/out_batch are opaque values use to communicate between
user/kernel space, in_batch/out_batch must be of key_size length.

To start iterating from the beginning in_batch must be null,
count is the # of key/value elements to retrieve. Note that the 'keys'
buffer must be a buffer of key_size * count size and the 'values' buffer
must be value_size * count, where value_size must be aligned to 8 bytes
by userspace if it's dealing with percpu maps. 'count' will contain the
number of keys/values successfully retrieved. Note that 'count' is an
input/output variable and it can contain a lower value after a call.

If there's no more entries to retrieve, ENOENT will be returned. If error
is ENOENT, count might be &gt; 0 in case it copied some values but there were
no more entries to retrieve.

Note that if the return code is an error and not -EFAULT,
count indicates the number of elements successfully processed.

Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-3-brianvv@google.com
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This commit introduces generic support for the bpf_map_lookup_batch.
This implementation can be used by almost all the bpf maps since its core
implementation is relying on the existing map_get_next_key and
map_lookup_elem. The bpf syscall subcommand introduced is:

  BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH

The UAPI attribute is:

  struct { /* struct used by BPF_MAP_*_BATCH commands */
         __aligned_u64   in_batch;       /* start batch,
                                          * NULL to start from beginning
                                          */
         __aligned_u64   out_batch;      /* output: next start batch */
         __aligned_u64   keys;
         __aligned_u64   values;
         __u32           count;          /* input/output:
                                          * input: # of key/value
                                          * elements
                                          * output: # of filled elements
                                          */
         __u32           map_fd;
         __u64           elem_flags;
         __u64           flags;
  } batch;

in_batch/out_batch are opaque values use to communicate between
user/kernel space, in_batch/out_batch must be of key_size length.

To start iterating from the beginning in_batch must be null,
count is the # of key/value elements to retrieve. Note that the 'keys'
buffer must be a buffer of key_size * count size and the 'values' buffer
must be value_size * count, where value_size must be aligned to 8 bytes
by userspace if it's dealing with percpu maps. 'count' will contain the
number of keys/values successfully retrieved. Note that 'count' is an
input/output variable and it can contain a lower value after a call.

If there's no more entries to retrieve, ENOENT will be returned. If error
is ENOENT, count might be &gt; 0 in case it copied some values but there were
no more entries to retrieve.

Note that if the return code is an error and not -EFAULT,
count indicates the number of elements successfully processed.

Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-3-brianvv@google.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add bpf_map_{value_size, update_value, map_copy_value} functions</title>
<updated>2020-01-15T22:00:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Brian Vazquez</name>
<email>brianvv@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-15T18:43:00+00:00</published>
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This commit moves reusable code from map_lookup_elem and map_update_elem
to avoid code duplication in kernel/bpf/syscall.c.

Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Fastabend &lt;john.fastabend@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-2-brianvv@google.com
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This commit moves reusable code from map_lookup_elem and map_update_elem
to avoid code duplication in kernel/bpf/syscall.c.

Signed-off-by: Brian Vazquez &lt;brianvv@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: John Fastabend &lt;john.fastabend@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115184308.162644-2-brianvv@google.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Introduce BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS</title>
<updated>2020-01-09T16:46:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin KaFai Lau</name>
<email>kafai@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-09T00:35:05+00:00</published>
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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;  /* &lt;-- 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-&gt;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-&gt;btf_value_type_id,
   btf_vmlinux_value_type_id s added such that attr-&gt;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-&gt;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) =&gt;
INUSE (map updated, i.e. reg) =&gt;
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-&gt;refcnt and then "show" (i.e. during map_lookup)
the subsystem's usage by doing map-&gt;refcnt - map-&gt;usercnt to filter out
the map-fd/pinned-map usage.  However, that will also tie down the
future semantics of map-&gt;refcnt and map-&gt;usercnt.

The very first subsystem's refcnt (during reg()) holds one
count to map-&gt;refcnt.  When the very last subsystem's refcnt
is gone, it will also release the map-&gt;refcnt.  All bpf_prog will be
freed when the map-&gt;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 "-&gt;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 &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003505.3855919-1-kafai@fb.com
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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;  /* &lt;-- 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-&gt;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-&gt;btf_value_type_id,
   btf_vmlinux_value_type_id s added such that attr-&gt;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-&gt;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) =&gt;
INUSE (map updated, i.e. reg) =&gt;
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-&gt;refcnt and then "show" (i.e. during map_lookup)
the subsystem's usage by doing map-&gt;refcnt - map-&gt;usercnt to filter out
the map-fd/pinned-map usage.  However, that will also tie down the
future semantics of map-&gt;refcnt and map-&gt;usercnt.

The very first subsystem's refcnt (during reg()) holds one
count to map-&gt;refcnt.  When the very last subsystem's refcnt
is gone, it will also release the map-&gt;refcnt.  All bpf_prog will be
freed when the map-&gt;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 "-&gt;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 &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003505.3855919-1-kafai@fb.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Introduce BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS</title>
<updated>2020-01-09T16:46:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin KaFai Lau</name>
<email>kafai@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-09T00:35:03+00:00</published>
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<id>27ae7997a66174cb8afd6a75b3989f5e0c1b9e5a</id>
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This patch allows the kernel's struct ops (i.e. func ptr) to be
implemented in BPF.  The first use case in this series is the
"struct tcp_congestion_ops" which will be introduced in a
latter patch.

This patch introduces a new prog type BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS.
The BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is verified against a particular
func ptr of a kernel struct.  The attr-&gt;attach_btf_id is the btf id
of a kernel struct.  The attr-&gt;expected_attach_type is the member
"index" of that kernel struct.  The first member of a struct starts
with member index 0.  That will avoid ambiguity when a kernel struct
has multiple func ptrs with the same func signature.

For example, a BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is written
to implement the "init" func ptr of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops".
The attr-&gt;attach_btf_id is the btf id of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops"
of the _running_ kernel.  The attr-&gt;expected_attach_type is 3.

The ctx of BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS is an array of u64 args saved
by arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline that will be done in the next
patch when introducing BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS.

"struct bpf_struct_ops" is introduced as a common interface for the kernel
struct that supports BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog.  The supporting kernel
struct will need to implement an instance of the "struct bpf_struct_ops".

The supporting kernel struct also needs to implement a bpf_verifier_ops.
During BPF_PROG_LOAD, bpf_struct_ops_find() will find the right
bpf_verifier_ops by searching the attr-&gt;attach_btf_id.

A new "btf_struct_access" is also added to the bpf_verifier_ops such
that the supporting kernel struct can optionally provide its own specific
check on accessing the func arg (e.g. provide limited write access).

After btf_vmlinux is parsed, the new bpf_struct_ops_init() is called
to initialize some values (e.g. the btf id of the supporting kernel
struct) and it can only be done once the btf_vmlinux is available.

The R0 checks at BPF_EXIT is excluded for the BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog
if the return type of the prog-&gt;aux-&gt;attach_func_proto is "void".

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003503.3855825-1-kafai@fb.com
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This patch allows the kernel's struct ops (i.e. func ptr) to be
implemented in BPF.  The first use case in this series is the
"struct tcp_congestion_ops" which will be introduced in a
latter patch.

This patch introduces a new prog type BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS.
The BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is verified against a particular
func ptr of a kernel struct.  The attr-&gt;attach_btf_id is the btf id
of a kernel struct.  The attr-&gt;expected_attach_type is the member
"index" of that kernel struct.  The first member of a struct starts
with member index 0.  That will avoid ambiguity when a kernel struct
has multiple func ptrs with the same func signature.

For example, a BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is written
to implement the "init" func ptr of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops".
The attr-&gt;attach_btf_id is the btf id of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops"
of the _running_ kernel.  The attr-&gt;expected_attach_type is 3.

The ctx of BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS is an array of u64 args saved
by arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline that will be done in the next
patch when introducing BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS.

"struct bpf_struct_ops" is introduced as a common interface for the kernel
struct that supports BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog.  The supporting kernel
struct will need to implement an instance of the "struct bpf_struct_ops".

The supporting kernel struct also needs to implement a bpf_verifier_ops.
During BPF_PROG_LOAD, bpf_struct_ops_find() will find the right
bpf_verifier_ops by searching the attr-&gt;attach_btf_id.

A new "btf_struct_access" is also added to the bpf_verifier_ops such
that the supporting kernel struct can optionally provide its own specific
check on accessing the func arg (e.g. provide limited write access).

After btf_vmlinux is parsed, the new bpf_struct_ops_init() is called
to initialize some values (e.g. the btf id of the supporting kernel
struct) and it can only be done once the btf_vmlinux is available.

The R0 checks at BPF_EXIT is excluded for the BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog
if the return type of the prog-&gt;aux-&gt;attach_func_proto is "void".

Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yhs@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003503.3855825-1-kafai@fb.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Support replacing cgroup-bpf program in MULTI mode</title>
<updated>2019-12-20T05:22:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrey Ignatov</name>
<email>rdna@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-12-19T07:44:35+00:00</published>
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The common use-case in production is to have multiple cgroup-bpf
programs per attach type that cover multiple use-cases. Such programs
are attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI and can be maintained by different
people.

Order of programs usually matters, for example imagine two egress
programs: the first one drops packets and the second one counts packets.
If they're swapped the result of counting program will be different.

It brings operational challenges with updating cgroup-bpf program(s)
attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI since there is no way to replace a
program:

* One way to update is to detach all programs first and then attach the
  new version(s) again in the right order. This introduces an
  interruption in the work a program is doing and may not be acceptable
  (e.g. if it's egress firewall);

* Another way is attach the new version of a program first and only then
  detach the old version. This introduces the time interval when two
  versions of same program are working, what may not be acceptable if a
  program is not idempotent. It also imposes additional burden on
  program developers to make sure that two versions of their program can
  co-exist.

Solve the problem by introducing a "replace" mode in BPF_PROG_ATTACH
command for cgroup-bpf programs being attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI
flag. This mode is enabled by newly introduced BPF_F_REPLACE attach flag
and bpf_attr.replace_bpf_fd attribute to pass fd of the old program to
replace

That way user can replace any program among those attached with
BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI flag without the problems described above.

Details of the new API:

* If BPF_F_REPLACE is set but replace_bpf_fd doesn't have valid
  descriptor of BPF program, BPF_PROG_ATTACH will return corresponding
  error (EINVAL or EBADF).

* If replace_bpf_fd has valid descriptor of BPF program but such a
  program is not attached to specified cgroup, BPF_PROG_ATTACH will
  return ENOENT.

BPF_F_REPLACE is introduced to make the user intent clear, since
replace_bpf_fd alone can't be used for this (its default value, 0, is a
valid fd). BPF_F_REPLACE also makes it possible to extend the API in the
future (e.g. add BPF_F_BEFORE and BPF_F_AFTER if needed).

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov &lt;rdna@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Narkyiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/30cd850044a0057bdfcaaf154b7d2f39850ba813.1576741281.git.rdna@fb.com
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The common use-case in production is to have multiple cgroup-bpf
programs per attach type that cover multiple use-cases. Such programs
are attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI and can be maintained by different
people.

Order of programs usually matters, for example imagine two egress
programs: the first one drops packets and the second one counts packets.
If they're swapped the result of counting program will be different.

It brings operational challenges with updating cgroup-bpf program(s)
attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI since there is no way to replace a
program:

* One way to update is to detach all programs first and then attach the
  new version(s) again in the right order. This introduces an
  interruption in the work a program is doing and may not be acceptable
  (e.g. if it's egress firewall);

* Another way is attach the new version of a program first and only then
  detach the old version. This introduces the time interval when two
  versions of same program are working, what may not be acceptable if a
  program is not idempotent. It also imposes additional burden on
  program developers to make sure that two versions of their program can
  co-exist.

Solve the problem by introducing a "replace" mode in BPF_PROG_ATTACH
command for cgroup-bpf programs being attached with BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI
flag. This mode is enabled by newly introduced BPF_F_REPLACE attach flag
and bpf_attr.replace_bpf_fd attribute to pass fd of the old program to
replace

That way user can replace any program among those attached with
BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI flag without the problems described above.

Details of the new API:

* If BPF_F_REPLACE is set but replace_bpf_fd doesn't have valid
  descriptor of BPF program, BPF_PROG_ATTACH will return corresponding
  error (EINVAL or EBADF).

* If replace_bpf_fd has valid descriptor of BPF program but such a
  program is not attached to specified cgroup, BPF_PROG_ATTACH will
  return ENOENT.

BPF_F_REPLACE is introduced to make the user intent clear, since
replace_bpf_fd alone can't be used for this (its default value, 0, is a
valid fd). BPF_F_REPLACE also makes it possible to extend the API in the
future (e.g. add BPF_F_BEFORE and BPF_F_AFTER if needed).

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov &lt;rdna@fb.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;kafai@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Narkyiko &lt;andriin@fb.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/30cd850044a0057bdfcaaf154b7d2f39850ba813.1576741281.git.rdna@fb.com
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