Currently, without rcu attribute info in BTF, the verifier treats
rcu tagged pointer as a normal pointer. This might be a problem
for sleepable program where rcu_read_lock()/unlock() is not available.
For example, for a sleepable fentry program, if rcu protected memory
access is interleaved with a sleepable helper/kfunc, it is possible
the memory access after the sleepable helper/kfunc might be invalid
since the object might have been freed then. Even without
a sleepable helper/kfunc, without rcu_read_lock() protection,
it is possible that the rcu protected object might be release
in the middle of bpf program execution which may cause incorrect
result.
To prevent above cases, enable btf_type_tag("rcu") attributes,
introduce new bpf_rcu_read_lock/unlock() helpers and add verifier support.
In the rest of patch set, Patch 1 enabled btf_type_tag for __rcu
attribute. Patch 2 added new bpf_rcu_read_lock/unlock() helpers.
Patch 3 added verifier support and Patch 4 enabled sleepable
program support for cgrp local storage. Patch 5 added some tests
for new helpers and verifier support.
Yonghong Song (5):
compiler_types: Define __rcu as __attribute__((btf_type_tag("rcu")))
bpf: Add bpf_rcu_read_lock/unlock helper
bpf: Add rcu btf_type_tag verifier support
bpf: Enable sleeptable support for cgrp local storage
selftests/bpf: Add tests for bpf_rcu_read_lock()
include/linux/bpf.h | 5 +
include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 1 +
include/linux/compiler_types.h | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 14 +
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 11 +
kernel/bpf/core.c | 2 +
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 26 ++
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 129 +++++++++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 14 +
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_read_lock.c | 101 ++++++++
.../selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c | 241 ++++++++++++++++++
11 files changed, 537 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_read_lock.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_read_lock.c
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