Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 8/9] bpf: Introduce cgroup iter

[Hao Luo]

Thanks Yonghong,

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 2/25/22 3:43 PM, Hao Luo wrote:
> > Introduce a new type of iter prog: cgroup. Unlike other bpf_iter, this
> > iter doesn't iterate a set of kernel objects. Instead, it is supposed to
> > be parameterized by a cgroup id and prints only that cgroup. So one
> > needs to specify a target cgroup id when attaching this iter.
> >
> > The target cgroup's state can be read out via a link of this iter.
> > Typically, we can monitor cgroup creation and deletion using sleepable
> > tracing and use it to create corresponding directories in bpffs and pin
> > a cgroup id parameterized link in the directory. Then we can read the
> > auto-pinned iter link to get cgroup's state. The output of the iter link
> > is determined by the program. See the selftest test_cgroup_stats.c for
> > an example.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   include/linux/bpf.h            |   1 +
> >   include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       |   6 ++
> >   kernel/bpf/Makefile            |   2 +-
> >   kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c       | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |   6 ++
> >   5 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >   create mode 100644 kernel/bpf/cgroup_iter.c
> >
[...]
> > +static const struct bpf_iter_seq_info cgroup_iter_seq_info = {
> > +     .seq_ops                = &cgroup_iter_seq_ops,
> > +     .init_seq_private       = cgroup_iter_seq_init,
> > +     .fini_seq_private       = cgroup_iter_seq_fini,
>
> Since cgroup_iter_seq_fini() is a nop, you can just have
>         .fini_seq_private       = NULL,
>

Sounds good. It looks weird to have .init without .fini. This may
indicate a bug somewhere. .attach and .detach the same. I see that you
pointed out a bug in a followed reply and the fix has paired attach
and detach. That explains something. :)

> > +void bpf_iter_cgroup_show_fdinfo(const struct bpf_iter_aux_info *aux,
> > +                              struct seq_file *seq)
> > +{
> > +     char buf[64] = {0};
>
> Is this 64 the maximum possible cgroup path length?
> If there is a macro for that, I think it would be good to use it.
>

64 is something I made up. There is a macro for path length. Let me
use that in v2.

> > +
> > +     cgroup_path_from_kernfs_id(aux->cgroup_id, buf, sizeof(buf));
>
> cgroup_path_from_kernfs_id() might fail in which case, buf will be 0.
> and cgroup_path will be nothing. I guess this might be the expected
> result. I might be good to add a comment to clarify in the code.
>

No problem.

>
> > +     seq_printf(seq, "cgroup_id:\t%lu\n", aux->cgroup_id);
> > +     seq_printf(seq, "cgroup_path:\t%s\n", buf);
> > +}
> > +
> > +int bpf_iter_cgroup_fill_link_info(const struct bpf_iter_aux_info *aux,
> > +                                struct bpf_link_info *info)
> > +{
> > +     info->iter.cgroup.cgroup_id = aux->cgroup_id;
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +DEFINE_BPF_ITER_FUNC(cgroup, struct bpf_iter_meta *meta,
> > +                  struct cgroup *cgroup)
> > +
> > +static struct bpf_iter_reg bpf_cgroup_reg_info = {
> > +     .target                 = "cgroup",
> > +     .attach_target          = bpf_iter_attach_cgroup,
> > +     .detach_target          = bpf_iter_detach_cgroup,
>
> The same ehre, since bpf_iter_detach_cgroup() is a nop,
> you can replace it with NULL in the above.
>
> > +     .show_fdinfo            = bpf_iter_cgroup_show_fdinfo,
> > +     .fill_link_info         = bpf_iter_cgroup_fill_link_info,
> > +     .ctx_arg_info_size      = 1,
> > +     .ctx_arg_info           = {
> > +             { offsetof(struct bpf_iter__cgroup, cgroup),
> > +               PTR_TO_BTF_ID },
> > +     },
> > +     .seq_info               = &cgroup_iter_seq_info,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int __init bpf_cgroup_iter_init(void)
> > +{
> > +     bpf_cgroup_reg_info.ctx_arg_info[0].btf_id = bpf_cgroup_btf_id[0];
> > +     return bpf_iter_reg_target(&bpf_cgroup_reg_info);
> > +}
> > +
> [...]