Re: [PATCH v2] perf/bpf: Don't call bpf_overflow_handler() for tracing events

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 8:17 AM Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The regressing commit is new in 6.10. It assumed that anytime event->prog
> is set bpf_overflow_handler() should be invoked to execute the attached bpf
> program. This assumption is false for tracing events, and as a result the
> regressing commit broke bpftrace by invoking the bpf handler with garbage
> inputs on overflow.
>
> Prior to the regression the overflow handlers formed a chain (of length 0,
> 1, or 2) and perf_event_set_bpf_handler() (the !tracing case) added
> bpf_overflow_handler() to that chain, while perf_event_attach_bpf_prog()
> (the tracing case) did not. Both set event->prog. The chain of overflow
> handlers was replaced by a single overflow handler slot and a fixed call to
> bpf_overflow_handler() when appropriate. This modifies the condition there
> to check event->prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT, restoring the
> previous behavior and fixing bpftrace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZpFfocvyF3KHaSzF@LQ3V64L9R2/
> Fixes: f11f10bfa1ca ("perf/bpf: Call BPF handler directly, not through overflow machinery")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tested-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> # bpftrace
> ---
> v2:
>   - Update patch based on Andrii's suggestion
>   - Update commit message
>

LGTM, thanks.

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>

>  kernel/events/core.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index aa3450bdc227..c973e3c11e03 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -9706,7 +9706,8 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
>
>         ret = __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, throttle);
>
> -       if (event->prog && !bpf_overflow_handler(event, data, regs))
> +       if (event->prog && event->prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT &&
> +           !bpf_overflow_handler(event, data, regs))
>                 return ret;
>
>         /*
> --
> 2.25.1
>





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