Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 14/15] net: Reference bpf_redirect_info via task_struct on PREEMPT_RT.

From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer
Date: Thu Jun 13 2024 - 05:32:28 EST




On 12/06/2024 18.44, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
The XDP redirect process is two staged:
- bpf_prog_run_xdp() is invoked to run a eBPF program which inspects the
packet and makes decisions. While doing that, the per-CPU variable
bpf_redirect_info is used.

- Afterwards xdp_do_redirect() is invoked and accesses bpf_redirect_info
and it may also access other per-CPU variables like xskmap_flush_list.

At the very end of the NAPI callback, xdp_do_flush() is invoked which
does not access bpf_redirect_info but will touch the individual per-CPU
lists.

The per-CPU variables are only used in the NAPI callback hence disabling
bottom halves is the only protection mechanism. Users from preemptible
context (like cpu_map_kthread_run()) explicitly disable bottom halves
for protections reasons.
Without locking in local_bh_disable() on PREEMPT_RT this data structure
requires explicit locking.

PREEMPT_RT has forced-threaded interrupts enabled and every
NAPI-callback runs in a thread. If each thread has its own data
structure then locking can be avoided.

Create a struct bpf_net_context which contains struct bpf_redirect_info.
Define the variable on stack, use bpf_net_ctx_set() to save a pointer to
it, bpf_net_ctx_clear() removes it again.
The bpf_net_ctx_set() may nest. For instance a function can be used from
within NET_RX_SOFTIRQ/ net_rx_action which uses bpf_net_ctx_set() and
NET_TX_SOFTIRQ which does not. Therefore only the first invocations
updates the pointer.
Use bpf_net_ctx_get_ri() as a wrapper to retrieve the current struct
bpf_redirect_info. The returned data structure is zero initialized to
ensure nothing is leaked from stack. This is done on first usage of the
struct. bpf_net_ctx_set() sets bpf_redirect_info::kern_flags to 0 to
note that initialisation is required. First invocation of
bpf_net_ctx_get_ri() will memset() the data structure and update
bpf_redirect_info::kern_flags.
bpf_redirect_info::nh is excluded from memset because it is only used
once BPF_F_NEIGH is set which also sets the nh member. The kern_flags is
moved past nh to exclude it from memset.

The pointer to bpf_net_context is saved task's task_struct. Using
always the bpf_net_context approach has the advantage that there is
almost zero differences between PREEMPT_RT and non-PREEMPT_RT builds.

Cc: Alexei Starovoitov<ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko<andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eduard Zingerman<eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hao Luo<haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer<hawk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa<jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Fastabend<john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KP Singh<kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin KaFai Lau<martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu<song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev<sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen<toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yonghong Song<yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc:bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov<ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen<toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior<bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/filter.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/sched.h | 3 +++
kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 3 +++
kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 9 ++++++-
kernel/fork.c | 1 +
net/bpf/test_run.c | 11 ++++++++-
net/core/dev.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-
net/core/filter.c | 44 +++++++++------------------------
net/core/lwt_bpf.c | 3 +++
9 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)


I like it :-)

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@xxxxxxxxxx>


diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index b02aea291b7e8..0a7f6e4a00b60 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -733,21 +733,59 @@ struct bpf_nh_params {
};
};
+/* flags for bpf_redirect_info kern_flags */
+#define BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT BIT(0) /* no napi_direct on return_frame */
+#define BPF_RI_F_RI_INIT BIT(1)
+
struct bpf_redirect_info {
u64 tgt_index;
void *tgt_value;
struct bpf_map *map;
u32 flags;
- u32 kern_flags;
u32 map_id;
enum bpf_map_type map_type;
struct bpf_nh_params nh;
+ u32 kern_flags;
};
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct bpf_redirect_info, bpf_redirect_info);
+struct bpf_net_context {
+ struct bpf_redirect_info ri;
+};
-/* flags for bpf_redirect_info kern_flags */
-#define BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT BIT(0) /* no napi_direct on return_frame */
+static inline struct bpf_net_context *bpf_net_ctx_set(struct bpf_net_context *bpf_net_ctx)
+{
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+ if (tsk->bpf_net_context != NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ bpf_net_ctx->ri.kern_flags = 0;
+
+ tsk->bpf_net_context = bpf_net_ctx;
+ return bpf_net_ctx;
+}
+
+static inline void bpf_net_ctx_clear(struct bpf_net_context *bpf_net_ctx)
+{
+ if (bpf_net_ctx)
+ current->bpf_net_context = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline struct bpf_net_context *bpf_net_ctx_get(void)
+{
+ return current->bpf_net_context;
+}
+
+static inline struct bpf_redirect_info *bpf_net_ctx_get_ri(void)
+{
+ struct bpf_net_context *bpf_net_ctx = bpf_net_ctx_get();
+
+ if (!(bpf_net_ctx->ri.kern_flags & BPF_RI_F_RI_INIT)) {
+ memset(&bpf_net_ctx->ri, 0, offsetof(struct bpf_net_context, ri.nh));
+ bpf_net_ctx->ri.kern_flags |= BPF_RI_F_RI_INIT;
+ }
+
+ return &bpf_net_ctx->ri;
+}
/* Compute the linear packet data range [data, data_end) which
* will be accessed by various program types (cls_bpf, act_bpf,
@@ -1018,25 +1056,23 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_patch_insn_single(struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 off,
const struct bpf_insn *patch, u32 len);
int bpf_remove_insns(struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 off, u32 cnt);
-void bpf_clear_redirect_map(struct bpf_map *map);
-
static inline bool xdp_return_frame_no_direct(void)
{
- struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = this_cpu_ptr(&bpf_redirect_info);
+ struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = bpf_net_ctx_get_ri();
return ri->kern_flags & BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT;
}
static inline void xdp_set_return_frame_no_direct(void)
{
- struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = this_cpu_ptr(&bpf_redirect_info);
+ struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = bpf_net_ctx_get_ri();
ri->kern_flags |= BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT;
}
static inline void xdp_clear_return_frame_no_direct(void)
{
- struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = this_cpu_ptr(&bpf_redirect_info);
+ struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = bpf_net_ctx_get_ri();
ri->kern_flags &= ~BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT;
}
@@ -1592,7 +1628,7 @@ static __always_inline long __bpf_xdp_redirect_map(struct bpf_map *map, u64 inde
u64 flags, const u64 flag_mask,
void *lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, u32 key))
{
- struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = this_cpu_ptr(&bpf_redirect_info);
+ struct bpf_redirect_info *ri = bpf_net_ctx_get_ri();
const u64 action_mask = XDP_ABORTED | XDP_DROP | XDP_PASS | XDP_TX;