Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] bpf: Add bpf_lookup_user_key() and bpf_key_put() helpers

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 06:37:54PM +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> Add the bpf_lookup_user_key() and bpf_key_put() helpers, to respectively
> search a key with a given serial, and release the reference count of the
> found key.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       | 16 ++++++++++++
>  kernel/bpf/bpf_lsm.c           | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/bpf/verifier.c          |  6 +++--
>  scripts/bpf_doc.py             |  2 ++
>  tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 16 ++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index e81362891596..7bbcf2cd105d 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -5325,6 +5325,20 @@ union bpf_attr {
>   *		**-EACCES** if the SYN cookie is not valid.
>   *
>   *		**-EPROTONOSUPPORT** if CONFIG_IPV6 is not builtin.
> + *
> + * struct key *bpf_lookup_user_key(u32 serial, unsigned long flags)
> + *	Description
> + *		Search a key with a given *serial* and the provided *flags*, and
> + *		increment the reference count of the key.

Why passing 'flags' is ok to do?
Please think through every line of the patch.