Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/5] bpf: rstat: cgroup hierarchical stats

[Yosry Ahmed]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 12:55 PM Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
<memxor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 01:02:04AM IST, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 5:32 AM Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2022 at 12:47:19PM -0700, Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > In short, think of these bpf maps as equivalents to "struct
> > > > memcg_vmstats" and "struct memcg_vmstats_percpu" in the memory
> > > > controller. They are just containers to store the stats in, they do
> > > > not have any subgraph structure and they have no use beyond storing
> > > > percpu and total stats.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the explanation.
> > >
> > > > I run small microbenchmarks that are not worth posting, they compared
> > > > the latency of bpf stats collection vs. in-kernel code that adds stats
> > > > to struct memcg_vmstats[_percpu] and flushes them accordingly, the
> > > > difference was marginal.
> > >
> > > OK, that's a reasonable comparison.
> > >
> > > > The main reason for this is to provide data in a similar fashion to
> > > > cgroupfs, in text file per-cgroup. I will include this clearly in the
> > > > next cover message.
> > >
> > > Thanks, it'd be great to have that use-case captured there.
> > >
> > > > AFAIK loading bpf programs requires a privileged user, so someone has
> > > > to approve such a program. Am I missing something?
> > >
> > > A sysctl unprivileged_bpf_disabled somehow stuck in my head. But as I
> > > wrote, this adds a way how to call cgroup_rstat_updated() directly, it's
> > > not reserved for privilged users anyhow.
> >
> > I am not sure if kfuncs have different privilege requirements or if
> > there is a way to mark a kfunc as privileged. Maybe someone with more
> > bpf knowledge can help here. But I assume if unprivileged_bpf_disabled
> > is not set then there is a certain amount of risk/trust that you are
> > taking anyway?
> >
>
> It requires CAP_BPF or CAP_SYS_ADMIN, see verifier.c:add_subprog_or_kfunc.

Thanks for the clarification!

>
> > >
> > > > bpf_iter_run_prog() is used to run bpf iterator programs, and it grabs
> > > > rcu read lock before doing so. So AFAICT we are good on that front.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the clarification.
> > >
> > >
> > > Michal
>
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> Kartikeya