The strncmp benchmark uses the bpf_strncmp helper and a hand-written
loop to compare two strings. The values of the strings are filled from
userspace. One of the strings is non-const (in .bss) while the other is
const (in .rodata) since that is the requirement of bpf_strncmp.
The problem is that in the hand-written loop, Clang optimizes the reads
from the const string to always return 0 which breaks the benchmark.
Use barrier_var to prevent the optimization.
The effect can be seen on the strncmp-no-helper variant.
Before this change:
# ./bench strncmp-no-helper
Setting up benchmark 'strncmp-no-helper'...
Benchmark 'strncmp-no-helper' started.
Iter 0 (112.309us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 1 (-23.238us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 2 ( 58.994us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 3 (-30.466us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 4 ( 29.996us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 5 ( 16.949us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Iter 6 (-60.035us): hits 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000M/s
Summary: hits 0.000 ± 0.000M/s ( 0.000M/prod), drops 0.000 ± 0.000M/s, total operations 0.000 ± 0.000M/s
After this change:
# ./bench strncmp-no-helper
Setting up benchmark 'strncmp-no-helper'...
Benchmark 'strncmp-no-helper' started.
Iter 0 ( 77.711us): hits 5.534M/s ( 5.534M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 5.534M/s
Iter 1 ( 11.215us): hits 6.006M/s ( 6.006M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 6.006M/s
Iter 2 (-14.253us): hits 5.931M/s ( 5.931M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 5.931M/s
Iter 3 ( 59.087us): hits 6.005M/s ( 6.005M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 6.005M/s
Iter 4 (-21.379us): hits 6.010M/s ( 6.010M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 6.010M/s
Iter 5 (-20.310us): hits 5.861M/s ( 5.861M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 5.861M/s
Iter 6 ( 53.937us): hits 6.004M/s ( 6.004M/prod), drops 0.000M/s, total operations 6.004M/s
Summary: hits 5.969 ± 0.061M/s ( 5.969M/prod), drops 0.000 ± 0.000M/s, total operations 5.969 ± 0.061M/s
Fixes: 9c42652f8b ("selftests/bpf: Add benchmark for bpf_strncmp() helper")
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250313122852.1365202-1-vmalik@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Venkat reported a compilation error for BPF selftests on PowerPC [0].
The crux of the error is the following message:
In file included from progs/arena_spin_lock.c:7:
/root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_arena_spin_lock.h:122:8:
error: member reference base type '__attribute__((address_space(1)))
u32' (aka '__attribute__((address_space(1))) unsigned int') is not a
structure or union
122 | old = atomic_read(&lock->val);
This is because PowerPC overrides the qspinlock type changing the
lock->val member's type from atomic_t to u32.
To remedy this, import the asm-generic version in the arena spin lock
header, name it __qspinlock (since it's aliased to arena_spinlock_t, the
actual name hardly matters), and adjust the selftest to not depend on
the type in vmlinux.h.
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/7bc80a3b-d708-4735-aa3b-6a8c21720f9d@linux.ibm.com
Fixes: 88d706ba7c ("selftests/bpf: Introduce arena spin lock")
Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250311154244.3775505-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Certain bpf syscall subcommands are available for usage from both
userspace and the kernel. LSM modules or eBPF gatekeeper programs may
need to take a different course of action depending on whether or not
a BPF syscall originated from the kernel or userspace.
Additionally, some of the bpf_attr struct fields contain pointers to
arbitrary memory. Currently the functionality to determine whether or
not a pointer refers to kernel memory or userspace memory is exposed
to the bpf verifier, but that information is missing from various LSM
hooks.
Here we augment the LSM hooks to provide this data, by simply passing
a boolean flag indicating whether or not the call originated in the
kernel, in any hook that contains a bpf_attr struct that corresponds
to a subcommand that may be called from the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Blaise Boscaccy <bboscaccy@linux.microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250310221737.821889-2-bboscaccy@linux.microsoft.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
The Makefile uses the exit code of the `llvm-config --link-static --libs`
command to choose between statically-linked and dynamically-linked LLVMs.
The stdout and stderr of that command are redirected to /dev/null.
To redirect the output the "&>" construction is used, which might not be
supported by /bin/sh, which is executed by make for $(shell ...) commands.
On such systems the test will fail even if static LLVM is actually
supported. Replace "&>" by ">/dev/null 2>&1" to fix this.
Fixes: 2a9d30fac8 ("selftests/bpf: Support dynamically linking LLVM if static is not available")
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <aspsk@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@dxuuu.xyz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250310145112.1261241-1-aspsk@isovalent.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
The BPF cpumask selftests are currently run twice in
test_progs/cpumask.c, once by traversing cpumask_success_testcases, and
once by invoking RUN_TESTS(cpumask_success). Remove the invocation of
RUN_TESTS to properly run the selftests only once.
Now that the tests are run only through cpumask_success_testscases, add
to it the missing test_refcount_null_tracking testcase. Also remove the
__success annotation from it, since it is now loaded and invoked by the
runner.
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis (Meta) <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309230427.26603-5-emil@etsalapatis.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
test_lwt_seg6local.sh isn't used by the BPF CI.
Add a new file in the test_progs framework to migrate the tests done by
test_lwt_seg6local.sh. It uses the same network topology and the same BPF
programs located in progs/test_lwt_seg6local.c.
Use the network helpers instead of `nc` to exchange the final packet.
Remove test_lwt_seg6local.sh and its Makefile entry.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250307-seg6local-v1-2-990fff8f180d@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Traffic monitor thread may see dangling stdout as the main thread closes
and reassigns stdout without protection. This happens when the main thread
finishes one subtest and moves to another one in the same netns_new()
scope.
The issue can be reproduced by running test_progs repeatedly with traffic
monitor enabled:
for ((i=1;i<=100;i++)); do
./test_progs -a flow_dissector_skb* -m '*'
done
For restoring stdout in crash_handler(), since it does not really care
about closing stdout, simlpy flush stdout and restore it to the original
one.
Then, Fix the issue by consolidating stdio_restore_cleanup() and
stdio_restore(), and protecting the use/close/assignment of stdout with
a lock. The locking in the main thread is always performed regradless of
whether traffic monitor is running or not for simplicity. It won't have
any side-effect.
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305182057.2802606-3-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
reset_affinity() and save_ns() are only called in run_one_test(). There is
no need to call stdio_restore() in reset_affinity() and save_ns() if
stdio_restore() is moved right after a test finishes in run_one_test().
Also remove an unnecessary check of env.stdout_saved in crash_handler()
by moving env.stdout_saved assignment to the beginning of main().
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305182057.2802606-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
test_lwt_ip_encap.sh isn't used by the BPF CI.
Add a new file in the test_progs framework to migrate the tests done by
test_lwt_ip_encap.sh. It uses the same network topology and the same BPF
programs located in progs/test_lwt_ip_encap.c.
Rework the GSO part to avoid using nc and dd.
Remove test_lwt_ip_encap.sh and its Makefile entry.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250304-lwt_ip-v1-1-8fdeb9e79a56@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Implement queued spin lock algorithm as BPF program for lock words
living in BPF arena.
The algorithm is copied from kernel/locking/qspinlock.c and adapted for
BPF use.
We first implement abstract helpers for portable atomics and
acquire/release load instructions, by relying on X86_64 presence to
elide expensive barriers and rely on implementation details of the JIT,
and fall back to slow but correct implementations elsewhere. When
support for acquire/release load/stores lands, we can improve this
state.
Then, the qspinlock algorithm is adapted to remove dependence on
multi-word atomics due to lack of support in BPF ISA. For instance,
xchg_tail cannot use 16-bit xchg, and needs to be a implemented as a
32-bit try_cmpxchg loop.
Loops which are seemingly infinite from verifier PoV are annotated with
cond_break_label macro to return an error. Only 1024 NR_CPUs are
supported.
Note that the slow path is a global function, hence the verifier doesn't
know the return value's precision. The recommended way of usage is to
always test against zero for success, and not ret < 0 for error, as the
verifier would assume ret > 0 has not been accounted for. Add comments
in the function documentation about this quirk.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250306035431.2186189-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
may_goto instruction does not use any registers,
but in compute_insn_live_regs() it was treated as a regular
conditional jump of kind BPF_K with r0 as source register.
Thus unnecessarily marking r0 as used.
Fixes: 14c8552db6 ("bpf: simple DFA-based live registers analysis")
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250305085436.2731464-1-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Compute may-live registers before each instruction in the program.
The register is live before the instruction I if it is read by I or
some instruction S following I during program execution and is not
overwritten between I and S.
This information would be used in the next patch as a hint in
func_states_equal().
Use a simple algorithm described in [1] to compute this information:
- define the following:
- I.use : a set of all registers read by instruction I;
- I.def : a set of all registers written by instruction I;
- I.in : a set of all registers that may be alive before I execution;
- I.out : a set of all registers that may be alive after I execution;
- I.successors : a set of instructions S that might immediately
follow I for some program execution;
- associate separate empty sets 'I.in' and 'I.out' with each instruction;
- visit each instruction in a postorder and update corresponding
'I.in' and 'I.out' sets as follows:
I.out = U [S.in for S in I.successors]
I.in = (I.out / I.def) U I.use
(where U stands for set union, / stands for set difference)
- repeat the computation while I.{in,out} changes for any instruction.
On implementation side keep things as simple, as possible:
- check_cfg() already marks instructions EXPLORED in post-order,
modify it to save the index of each EXPLORED instruction in a vector;
- represent I.{in,out,use,def} as bitmasks;
- don't split the program into basic blocks and don't maintain the
work queue, instead:
- do fixed-point computation by visiting each instruction;
- maintain a simple 'changed' flag if I.{in,out} for any instruction
change;
Measurements show that even such simplistic implementation does not
add measurable verification time overhead (for selftests, at-least).
Note on check_cfg() ex_insn_beg/ex_done change:
To avoid out of bounds access to env->cfg.insn_postorder array,
it should be guaranteed that instruction transitions to EXPLORED state
only once. Previously this was not the fact for incorrect programs
with direct calls to exception callbacks.
The 'align' selftest needs adjustment to skip computed insn/live
registers printout. Otherwise it matches lines from the live registers
printout.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live-variable_analysis
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304195024.2478889-4-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Add several ./test_progs tests:
- arena_atomics/load_acquire
- arena_atomics/store_release
- verifier_load_acquire/*
- verifier_store_release/*
- verifier_precision/bpf_load_acquire
- verifier_precision/bpf_store_release
The last two tests are added to check if backtrack_insn() handles the
new instructions correctly.
Additionally, the last test also makes sure that the verifier
"remembers" the value (in src_reg) we store-release into e.g. a stack
slot. For example, if we take a look at the test program:
#0: r1 = 8;
/* store_release((u64 *)(r10 - 8), r1); */
#1: .8byte %[store_release];
#2: r1 = *(u64 *)(r10 - 8);
#3: r2 = r10;
#4: r2 += r1;
#5: r0 = 0;
#6: exit;
At #1, if the verifier doesn't remember that we wrote 8 to the stack,
then later at #4 we would be adding an unbounded scalar value to the
stack pointer, which would cause the program to be rejected:
VERIFIER LOG:
=============
...
math between fp pointer and register with unbounded min value is not allowed
For easier CI integration, instead of using built-ins like
__atomic_{load,store}_n() which depend on the new
__BPF_FEATURE_LOAD_ACQ_STORE_REL pre-defined macro, manually craft
load-acquire/store-release instructions using __imm_insn(), as suggested
by Eduard.
All new tests depend on:
(1) Clang major version >= 18, and
(2) ENABLE_ATOMICS_TESTS is defined (currently implies -mcpu=v3 or
v4), and
(3) JIT supports load-acquire/store-release (currently arm64 and
x86-64)
In .../progs/arena_atomics.c:
/* 8-byte-aligned */
__u8 __arena_global load_acquire8_value = 0x12;
/* 1-byte hole */
__u16 __arena_global load_acquire16_value = 0x1234;
That 1-byte hole in the .addr_space.1 ELF section caused clang-17 to
crash:
fatal error: error in backend: unable to write nop sequence of 1 bytes
To work around such llvm-17 CI job failures, conditionally define
__arena_global variables as 64-bit if __clang_major__ < 18, to make sure
.addr_space.1 has no holes. Ideally we should avoid compiling this file
using clang-17 at all (arena tests depend on
__BPF_FEATURE_ADDR_SPACE_CAST, and are skipped for llvm-17 anyway), but
that is a separate topic.
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1b46c6feaf0f1b6984d9ec80e500cc7383e9da1a.1741049567.git.yepeilin@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Introduce BPF instructions with load-acquire and store-release
semantics, as discussed in [1]. Define 2 new flags:
#define BPF_LOAD_ACQ 0x100
#define BPF_STORE_REL 0x110
A "load-acquire" is a BPF_STX | BPF_ATOMIC instruction with the 'imm'
field set to BPF_LOAD_ACQ (0x100).
Similarly, a "store-release" is a BPF_STX | BPF_ATOMIC instruction with
the 'imm' field set to BPF_STORE_REL (0x110).
Unlike existing atomic read-modify-write operations that only support
BPF_W (32-bit) and BPF_DW (64-bit) size modifiers, load-acquires and
store-releases also support BPF_B (8-bit) and BPF_H (16-bit). As an
exception, however, 64-bit load-acquires/store-releases are not
supported on 32-bit architectures (to fix a build error reported by the
kernel test robot).
An 8- or 16-bit load-acquire zero-extends the value before writing it to
a 32-bit register, just like ARM64 instruction LDARH and friends.
Similar to existing atomic read-modify-write operations, misaligned
load-acquires/store-releases are not allowed (even if
BPF_F_ANY_ALIGNMENT is set).
As an example, consider the following 64-bit load-acquire BPF
instruction (assuming little-endian):
db 10 00 00 00 01 00 00 r0 = load_acquire((u64 *)(r1 + 0x0))
opcode (0xdb): BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX
imm (0x00000100): BPF_LOAD_ACQ
Similarly, a 16-bit BPF store-release:
cb 21 00 00 10 01 00 00 store_release((u16 *)(r1 + 0x0), w2)
opcode (0xcb): BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_H | BPF_STX
imm (0x00000110): BPF_STORE_REL
In arch/{arm64,s390,x86}/net/bpf_jit_comp.c, have
bpf_jit_supports_insn(..., /*in_arena=*/true) return false for the new
instructions, until the corresponding JIT compiler supports them in
arena.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240729183246.4110549-1-yepeilin@google.com/
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a217f46f0e445fbd573a1a024be5c6bf1d5fe716.1741049567.git.yepeilin@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Implement the arch_bpf_timed_may_goto function using inline assembly to
have control over which registers are spilled, and use our special
protocol of using BPF_REG_AX as an argument into the function, and as
the return value when going back.
Emit call depth accounting for the call made from this stub, and ensure
we don't have naked returns (when rethunk mitigations are enabled) by
falling back to the RET macro (instead of retq). After popping all saved
registers, the return address into the BPF program should be on top of
the stack.
Since the JIT support is now enabled, ensure selftests which are
checking the produced may_goto sequences do not break by adjusting them.
Make sure we still test the old may_goto sequence on other
architectures, while testing the new sequence on x86_64.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250304003239.2390751-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Introduce bpf_object__prepare API: additional intermediate preparation
step that performs ELF processing, relocations, prepares final state of
BPF program instructions (accessible with bpf_program__insns()), creates
and (potentially) pins maps, and stops short of loading BPF programs.
We anticipate few use cases for this API, such as:
* Use prepare to initialize bpf_token, without loading freplace
programs, unlocking possibility to lookup BTF of other programs.
* Execute prepare to obtain finalized BPF program instructions without
loading programs, enabling tools like veristat to process one program at
a time, without incurring cost of ELF parsing and processing.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250303135752.158343-4-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
We are going to split bpf_object loading into 2 stages: preparation and
loading. This will increase flexibility when working with bpf_object
and unlock some optimizations and use cases.
This patch substitutes a boolean flag (loaded) by more finely-grained
state for bpf_object.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250303135752.158343-3-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
ip6gre tunnels are tested in the test_tunnel.sh but not in the test_progs
framework.
Add a new test in test_progs to test ip6gre tunnels. It uses the same
network topology and the same BPF programs than the script. Disable the
IPv6 DAD feature because it can take lot of time and cause some tests to
fail depending on the environment they're run on.
Remove test_ip6gre() and test_ip6gretap() from the script.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250303-tunnels-v2-4-8329f38f0678@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
All tests use more or less the same ping commands as final validation.
Also test_ping()'s return value is checked with ASSERT_OK() while this
check is already done by the SYS() macro inside test_ping().
Create helpers around test_ping() and use them in the tests to avoid code
duplication.
Remove the unnecessary ASSERT_OK() from the tests.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250303-tunnels-v2-2-8329f38f0678@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Add tests for freplace behavior with the combination of sleepable
and non-sleepable global subprogs. The changes_pkt_data selftest
did all the hardwork, so simply rename it and include new support
for more summarization tests for might_sleep bit.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250301151846.1552362-4-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Add tests for rejecting sleepable and accepting non-sleepable global
function calls in atomic contexts. For spin locks, we still reject
all global function calls. Once resilient spin locks land, we will
carefully lift in cases where we deem it safe.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250301151846.1552362-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Currently for bpf progs in a cgroup hierarchy, the effective prog array
is computed from bottom cgroup to upper cgroups (post-ordering). For
example, the following cgroup hierarchy
root cgroup: p1, p2
subcgroup: p3, p4
have BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI for both cgroup levels.
The effective cgroup array ordering looks like
p3 p4 p1 p2
and at run time, progs will execute based on that order.
But in some cases, it is desirable to have root prog executes earlier than
children progs (pre-ordering). For example,
- prog p1 intends to collect original pkt dest addresses.
- prog p3 will modify original pkt dest addresses to a proxy address for
security reason.
The end result is that prog p1 gets proxy address which is not what it
wants. Putting p1 to every child cgroup is not desirable either as it
will duplicate itself in many child cgroups. And this is exactly a use case
we are encountering in Meta.
To fix this issue, let us introduce a flag BPF_F_PREORDER. If the flag
is specified at attachment time, the prog has higher priority and the
ordering with that flag will be from top to bottom (pre-ordering).
For example, in the above example,
root cgroup: p1, p2
subcgroup: p3, p4
Let us say p2 and p4 are marked with BPF_F_PREORDER. The final
effective array ordering will be
p2 p4 p3 p1
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250224230116.283071-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
