On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 03:28:19PM +0100, KP Singh wrote:
>
> if (arg == nr_args) {
> - if (prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_FEXIT) {
> + /* BPF_LSM_MAC programs only have int and void functions they
> + * can be attached to. When they are attached to a void function
> + * they result in the creation of an FEXIT trampoline and when
> + * to a function that returns an int, a MODIFY_RETURN
> + * trampoline.
> + */
> + if (prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_FEXIT ||
> + prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_LSM_MAC) {
> if (!t)
> return true;
> t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type);
Could you add a comment here that though BPF_MODIFY_RETURN-like check
if (ret_type != 'int') return -EINVAL;
is _not_ done here. It is still safe, since LSM hooks have only
void and int return types.
> + case BPF_LSM_MAC:
> + if (!prog->aux->attach_func_proto->type)
> + /* The function returns void, we cannot modify its
> + * return value.
> + */
> + return BPF_TRAMP_FEXIT;
> + else
> + return BPF_TRAMP_MODIFY_RETURN;
I was thinking whether it would help performance significantly enough
if we add a flavor of BPF_TRAMP_FEXIT that doesn't have
BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG.
That will save the cost of nop call, but I guess indirect call due
to lsm infra is slow enough, so this extra few cycles won't be noticeable.
So I'm fine with it as-is. When lsm hooks will get rid of indirect call
we can optimize it further.
