Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpf: introduce helper bpf_raw_read_cpu_clock

From: Song Liu
Date: Thu Oct 07 2021 - 14:58:21 EST


On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 11:04 AM Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Add bpf_raw_read_cpu_clock helper, to read architecture specific
> CPU clock. In x86's case, this is the TSC.
>
> This is necessary to synchronize bpf traces from host and guest bpf-programs
> (after subtracting guest tsc-offset from guest timestamps).
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

Could you please
1) give more context on the target use case;
2) add some selftests for the feature?

Thanks,
Song

>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - drop redundant addition to bpf_tracing_func_proto (Song Liu)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index ab83c22d274e..832bb1f65f28 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ config X86
> select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
> select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
> select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT
> + select ARCH_HAS_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK
> select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
> select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC if ACPI
> select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bpf_raw_cpu_clock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bpf_raw_cpu_clock.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6951c399819e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bpf_raw_cpu_clock.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _ASM_X86_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK_H_
> +#define _ASM_X86_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK_H_
> +
> +static inline unsigned long long read_raw_cpu_clock(void)
> +{
> + return rdtsc_ordered();
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* _ASM_X86_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK_H_ */
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/bpf-lirc.c b/drivers/media/rc/bpf-lirc.c
> index 3eff08d7b8e5..844a44ff508d 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/bpf-lirc.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/bpf-lirc.c
> @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ lirc_mode2_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
> return &bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_boot_ns:
> return &bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto;
> + case BPF_FUNC_read_raw_cpu_clock:
> + return &bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_tail_call:
> return &bpf_tail_call_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_get_prandom_u32:
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index d604c8251d88..b6cb426085fb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -2058,6 +2058,7 @@ extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_numa_node_id_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_tail_call_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto;
> +extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_pid_tgid_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_uid_gid_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_comm_proto;
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index 6fc59d61937a..52191791b089 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -4037,6 +4037,13 @@ union bpf_attr {
> * Return
> * Current *ktime*.
> *
> + * u64 bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock(void)
> + * Description
> + * Return the architecture specific CPU clock value.
> + * For x86, this is the TSC clock.
> + * Return
> + * *CPU clock value*
> + *
> * long bpf_seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const void *data, u32 data_len)
> * Description
> * **bpf_seq_printf**\ () uses seq_file **seq_printf**\ () to print
> @@ -5089,6 +5096,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
> FN(task_pt_regs), \
> FN(get_branch_snapshot), \
> FN(trace_vprintk), \
> + FN(read_raw_cpu_clock), \
> /* */
>
> /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> index a82d6de86522..5815db157220 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
> @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ config HAVE_EBPF_JIT
> config ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT
> bool
>
> +# Used by archs to tell they support reading raw CPU clock
> +config ARCH_HAS_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK
> + bool
> +
> menu "BPF subsystem"
>
> config BPF_SYSCALL
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index b6c72af64d5d..8e2359dfd582 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -2345,6 +2345,8 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_numa_node_id_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns_proto __weak;
> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock_proto __weak;
> +
>
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_pid_tgid_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_uid_gid_proto __weak;
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> index 1ffd469c217f..90b9e5efaf65 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
>
> #include "../../lib/kstrtox.h"
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK
> +#include <asm/bpf_raw_cpu_clock.h>
> +#endif
> +
> /* If kernel subsystem is allowing eBPF programs to call this function,
> * inside its own verifier_ops->get_func_proto() callback it should return
> * bpf_map_lookup_elem_proto, so that verifier can properly check the arguments
> @@ -168,6 +172,21 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto = {
> .ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
> };
>
> +BPF_CALL_0(bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_BPF_RAW_CPU_CLOCK
> + return read_raw_cpu_clock();
> +#else
> + return sched_clock();
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock_proto = {
> + .func = bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock,
> + .gpl_only = false,
> + .ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
> +};
> +
> BPF_CALL_0(bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns)
> {
> return ktime_get_coarse_ns();
> @@ -1366,6 +1385,8 @@ bpf_base_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
> return &bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_coarse_ns:
> return &bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns_proto;
> + case BPF_FUNC_read_raw_cpu_clock:
> + return &bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_ringbuf_output:
> return &bpf_ringbuf_output_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_ringbuf_reserve:
> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index 6fc59d61937a..52191791b089 100644
> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -4037,6 +4037,13 @@ union bpf_attr {
> * Return
> * Current *ktime*.
> *
> + * u64 bpf_read_raw_cpu_clock(void)
> + * Description
> + * Return the architecture specific CPU clock value.
> + * For x86, this is the TSC clock.
> + * Return
> + * *CPU clock value*
> + *
> * long bpf_seq_printf(struct seq_file *m, const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const void *data, u32 data_len)
> * Description
> * **bpf_seq_printf**\ () uses seq_file **seq_printf**\ () to print
> @@ -5089,6 +5096,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
> FN(task_pt_regs), \
> FN(get_branch_snapshot), \
> FN(trace_vprintk), \
> + FN(read_raw_cpu_clock), \
> /* */
>
> /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
>