Re: [RFC patch 09/19] bpf: Use BPF_PROG_RUN_PIN_ON_CPU() at simple call sites.

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Feb 21 2020 - 17:15:36 EST


On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 03:00:54PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > They're technically independent, but they are related to each
> > other. (i.e. order matters, process hierarchy matters, etc). There's no
> > reason I can see that we can't switch CPUs between running them, though.
> > (AIUI, nothing here would suddenly make these run in parallel, right?)
>
> Of course not. If we'd run the same thread on multiple CPUs in parallel
> the ordering of your BPF programs would be the least of your worries.

Right, okay, good. I just wanted to be extra sure. :)

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Kees Cook