This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
bpf: aggressively forget precise markings during state checkpointing
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
bpf-aggressively-forget-precise-markings-during-state-checkpointing.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mon Jul 24 14:42:44 2023
From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 15:42:20 +0300
Subject: bpf: aggressively forget precise markings during state checkpointing
To: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ast@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: andrii@xxxxxxxxxx, daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx, yhs@xxxxxx, mykolal@xxxxxx, luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx, Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20230724124223.1176479-4-eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 7a830b53c17bbadcf99f778f28aaaa4e6c41df5f ]
Exploit the property of about-to-be-checkpointed state to be able to
forget all precise markings up to that point even more aggressively. We
now clear all potentially inherited precise markings right before
checkpointing and branching off into child state. If any of children
states require precise knowledge of any SCALAR register, those will be
propagated backwards later on before this state is finalized, preserving
correctness.
There is a single selftests BPF program change, but tremendous one: 25x
reduction in number of verified instructions and states in
trace_virtqueue_add_sgs.
Cilium results are more modest, but happen across wider range of programs.
SELFTESTS RESULTS
=================
$ ./veristat -C -e file,prog,insns,states ~/imprecise-early-results.csv ~/imprecise-aggressive-results.csv | grep -v '+0'
File Program Total insns (A) Total insns (B) Total insns (DIFF) Total states (A) Total states (B) Total states (DIFF)
------------------- ----------------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
loop6.bpf.linked1.o trace_virtqueue_add_sgs 398057 15114 -382943 (-96.20%) 8717 336 -8381 (-96.15%)
------------------- ----------------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
CILIUM RESULTS
==============
$ ./veristat -C -e file,prog,insns,states ~/imprecise-early-results-cilium.csv ~/imprecise-aggressive-results-cilium.csv | grep -v '+0'
File Program Total insns (A) Total insns (B) Total insns (DIFF) Total states (A) Total states (B) Total states (DIFF)
------------- -------------------------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
bpf_host.o tail_handle_nat_fwd_ipv4 23426 23221 -205 (-0.88%) 1537 1515 -22 (-1.43%)
bpf_host.o tail_handle_nat_fwd_ipv6 13009 12904 -105 (-0.81%) 719 708 -11 (-1.53%)
bpf_host.o tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6 5261 5196 -65 (-1.24%) 247 243 -4 (-1.62%)
bpf_host.o tail_nodeport_nat_ipv6_egress 3446 3406 -40 (-1.16%) 203 198 -5 (-2.46%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_handle_nat_fwd_ipv4 23426 23221 -205 (-0.88%) 1537 1515 -22 (-1.43%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_handle_nat_fwd_ipv6 13009 12904 -105 (-0.81%) 719 708 -11 (-1.53%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv4_ct_egress 5074 4897 -177 (-3.49%) 255 248 -7 (-2.75%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv4_ct_ingress 5100 4923 -177 (-3.47%) 255 248 -7 (-2.75%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv4_ct_ingress_policy_only 5100 4923 -177 (-3.47%) 255 248 -7 (-2.75%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv6_ct_egress 4558 4536 -22 (-0.48%) 188 187 -1 (-0.53%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv6_ct_ingress 4578 4556 -22 (-0.48%) 188 187 -1 (-0.53%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_ipv6_ct_ingress_policy_only 4578 4556 -22 (-0.48%) 188 187 -1 (-0.53%)
bpf_lxc.o tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6 5261 5196 -65 (-1.24%) 247 243 -4 (-1.62%)
bpf_overlay.o tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6 5261 5196 -65 (-1.24%) 247 243 -4 (-1.62%)
bpf_overlay.o tail_nodeport_nat_ipv6_egress 3482 3442 -40 (-1.15%) 204 201 -3 (-1.47%)
bpf_xdp.o tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4 17200 15619 -1581 (-9.19%) 1111 1010 -101 (-9.09%)
------------- -------------------------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221104163649.121784-6-andrii@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2813,6 +2813,31 @@ static void mark_all_scalars_precise(str
}
}
+static void mark_all_scalars_imprecise(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_verifier_state *st)
+{
+ struct bpf_func_state *func;
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg;
+ int i, j;
+
+ for (i = 0; i <= st->curframe; i++) {
+ func = st->frame[i];
+ for (j = 0; j < BPF_REG_FP; j++) {
+ reg = &func->regs[j];
+ if (reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE)
+ continue;
+ reg->precise = false;
+ }
+ for (j = 0; j < func->allocated_stack / BPF_REG_SIZE; j++) {
+ if (!is_spilled_reg(&func->stack[j]))
+ continue;
+ reg = &func->stack[j].spilled_ptr;
+ if (reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE)
+ continue;
+ reg->precise = false;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/*
* __mark_chain_precision() backtracks BPF program instruction sequence and
* chain of verifier states making sure that register *regno* (if regno >= 0)
@@ -2891,6 +2916,14 @@ static void mark_all_scalars_precise(str
* be imprecise. If any child state does require this register to be precise,
* we'll mark it precise later retroactively during precise markings
* propagation from child state to parent states.
+ *
+ * Skipping precise marking setting in current state is a mild version of
+ * relying on the above observation. But we can utilize this property even
+ * more aggressively by proactively forgetting any precise marking in the
+ * current state (which we inherited from the parent state), right before we
+ * checkpoint it and branch off into new child state. This is done by
+ * mark_all_scalars_imprecise() to hopefully get more permissive and generic
+ * finalized states which help in short circuiting more future states.
*/
static int __mark_chain_precision(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int frame, int regno,
int spi)
@@ -12296,6 +12329,10 @@ next:
env->prev_jmps_processed = env->jmps_processed;
env->prev_insn_processed = env->insn_processed;
+ /* forget precise markings we inherited, see __mark_chain_precision */
+ if (env->bpf_capable)
+ mark_all_scalars_imprecise(env, cur);
+
/* add new state to the head of linked list */
new = &new_sl->state;
err = copy_verifier_state(new, cur);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/bpf-aggressively-forget-precise-markings-during-state-checkpointing.patch
queue-6.1/selftests-bpf-fix-sk_assign-on-s390x.patch
queue-6.1/bpf-stop-setting-precise-in-current-state.patch
queue-6.1/bpf-allow-precision-tracking-for-programs-with-subprogs.patch
queue-6.1/selftests-bpf-make-test_align-selftest-more-robust.patch
queue-6.1/selftests-bpf-workaround-verification-failure-for-fexit_bpf2bpf-func_replace_return_code.patch
