Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/4] bpf: Make bpf inode storage available to tracing program

[Martin KaFai Lau]

On 11/12/24 12:36 AM, Song Liu wrote:
>   void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
>   {
>   	BUG_ON(inode_has_buffers(inode));
> +	bpf_inode_storage_free(inode);

Not sure if this is done in the rcu callback (i.e. after the rcu gp). Please check.

>   	inode_detach_wb(inode);
>   	security_inode_free(inode);
>   	fsnotify_inode_delete(inode);

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> @@ -136,12 +119,7 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_inode_storage_get, struct bpf_map *, map, struct inode *, inode,
>   	if (flags & ~(BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE))
>   		return (unsigned long)NULL;
>   
> -	/* explicitly check that the inode_storage_ptr is not
> -	 * NULL as inode_storage_lookup returns NULL in this case and
> -	 * bpf_local_storage_update expects the owner to have a
> -	 * valid storage pointer.
> -	 */
> -	if (!inode || !inode_storage_ptr(inode))
> +	if (!inode)
>   		return (unsigned long)NULL;

There is an atomic_read in this function:

	/* only allocate new storage, when the inode is refcounted */
	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) &&
	    flags & BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE) {

If the bpf_inode_storage_free is not done after rcu gp, this will need a 
inc_not_zero like how the sk storage does. I think moving the storage_free to 
the inode rcu call back may be easier if it is not the case now.