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author | Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> | 2022-11-24 08:32:17 +0300 |
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committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2022-11-24 23:54:13 +0300 |
commit | 9bb00b2895cbfe0ad410457b605d0a72524168c1 (patch) | |
tree | f8bf5198e886f0620fe99007f92914146ddc356f /tools | |
parent | 01685c5bddaa6df3d662c8afed5e5289fcc68e5a (diff) | |
download | linux-9bb00b2895cbfe0ad410457b605d0a72524168c1.tar.xz |
bpf: Add kfunc bpf_rcu_read_lock/unlock()
Add two kfunc's bpf_rcu_read_lock() and bpf_rcu_read_unlock(). These two kfunc's
can be used for all program types. The following is an example about how
rcu pointer are used w.r.t. bpf_rcu_read_lock()/bpf_rcu_read_unlock().
struct task_struct {
...
struct task_struct *last_wakee;
struct task_struct __rcu *real_parent;
...
};
Let us say prog does 'task = bpf_get_current_task_btf()' to get a
'task' pointer. The basic rules are:
- 'real_parent = task->real_parent' should be inside bpf_rcu_read_lock
region. This is to simulate rcu_dereference() operation. The
'real_parent' is marked as MEM_RCU only if (1). task->real_parent is
inside bpf_rcu_read_lock region, and (2). task is a trusted ptr. So
MEM_RCU marked ptr can be 'trusted' inside the bpf_rcu_read_lock region.
- 'last_wakee = real_parent->last_wakee' should be inside bpf_rcu_read_lock
region since it tries to access rcu protected memory.
- the ptr 'last_wakee' will be marked as PTR_UNTRUSTED since in general
it is not clear whether the object pointed by 'last_wakee' is valid or
not even inside bpf_rcu_read_lock region.
The verifier will reset all rcu pointer register states to untrusted
at bpf_rcu_read_unlock() kfunc call site, so any such rcu pointer
won't be trusted any more outside the bpf_rcu_read_lock() region.
The current implementation does not support nested rcu read lock
region in the prog.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221124053217.2373910-1-yhs@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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