Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] bpf: Simplify __cgroup_bpf_attach

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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 06:33:27PM -0800, Andrey Ignatov wrote:
> __cgroup_bpf_attach has a lot of identical code to handle two scenarios:
> BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI is set and unset.
> 
> Simplify it by splitting the two main steps:
> 
> * First, the decision is made whether a new bpf_prog_list entry should
>   be allocated or existing entry should be reused for the new program.
>   This decision is saved in replace_pl pointer;
> 
> * Next, replace_pl pointer is used to handle both possible states of
>   BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI flag (set / unset) instead of doing similar work for
>   them separately.
> 
> This splitting, in turn, allows to make further simplifications:
> 
> * The check for attaching same program twice in BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI mode
>   can be done before allocating cgroup storage, so that if user tries to
>   attach same program twice no alloc/free happens as it was before;
> 
> * pl_was_allocated becomes redundant so it's removed.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>




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