[PATCH v2 1/2] block: add BPF kfuncs to read blkcg io.stat
From: Ziyang Men
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 17:43:41 EST
Collecting cgroup statistics is expensive: the existing method is to
open and parse a cgroup file for every cgroup of interest. memcg already
has an efficient alternative through BPF; this series extends that idea
to block. This series exposes the block I/O controller's per-device
io.stat to BPF.
The flush is sleepable and takes a cgroup. It pins the I/O css before
leaving RCU, then flushes it. The iterator takes the RCU-protected css
and remains block-specific because each block device has its own blkg.
The behavior mirrows the blkcg_print_stat().
The blkg device iterator take a RCU css.
No kfuncs are added to read the blkcg counters since user can read it
using the BPF_CORE_READ.
Suggested-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Ziyang Men <ziyang.meme@xxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
block/Makefile | 3 +
block/blk-cgroup.c | 2 +-
block/blk-cgroup.h | 1 +
block/bpf_blkcg.c | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 block/bpf_blkcg.c
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2f9472c1a090..87c56e955577 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6617,6 +6617,7 @@ F: block/blk-cgroup.c
F: block/blk-iocost.c
F: block/blk-iolatency.c
F: block/blk-throttle.c
+F: block/bpf_blkcg.c
F: include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
CONTROL GROUP - CPUSET
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index e7bd320e3d69..572e49988c8e 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_ERROR_INJECTION) += error-injection.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG_COMMON) += bsg.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSGLIB) += bsg-lib.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP) += blk-cgroup.o
+ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP) += bpf_blkcg.o
+endif
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_RWSTAT) += blk-cgroup-rwstat.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID) += blk-cgroup-fc-appid.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING) += blk-throttle.o
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index d9676126c5b5..8d538ad4e861 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static void blkcg_rstat_flush(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, int cpu)
* flushing the root cgroup's stats by explicitly filling in the iostat
* with disk level statistics.
*/
-static void blkcg_fill_root_iostats(void)
+void blkcg_fill_root_iostats(void)
{
struct class_dev_iter iter;
struct device *dev;
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index 615390f751aa..8c9c2a1adfaa 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ void blkcg_deactivate_policy(struct gendisk *disk,
const struct blkcg_policy *pol);
const char *blkg_dev_name(struct blkcg_gq *blkg);
+void blkcg_fill_root_iostats(void);
void blkcg_print_blkgs(struct seq_file *sf, struct blkcg *blkcg,
u64 (*prfill)(struct seq_file *,
struct blkg_policy_data *, int),
diff --git a/block/bpf_blkcg.c b/block/bpf_blkcg.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25c809f5091c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/bpf_blkcg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Block I/O Controller-related BPF kfuncs and auxiliary code
+ */
+
+#include "blk-cgroup.h"
+
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
+
+__bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
+
+/**
+ * bpf_blkcg_flush_stats - Flush a block cgroup's io statistics
+ * @cgrp: cgroup to flush
+ *
+ * Propagate I/O statistics up the cgroup tree. Root statistics come from
+ * block devices and include all cgroups' I/O.
+ */
+__bpf_kfunc void bpf_blkcg_flush_stats(struct cgroup *cgrp)
+{
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+
+ /* Pin the css for the sleepable flush. */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ css = cgroup_css(cgrp, &io_cgrp_subsys);
+ if (css && !css_tryget(css))
+ css = NULL;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if (!css)
+ return;
+
+ if (!css->parent)
+ blkcg_fill_root_iostats();
+ else
+ css_rstat_flush(css);
+
+ css_put(css);
+}
+
+struct bpf_iter_blkg {
+ __u64 __opaque[2];
+} __aligned(8);
+
+struct bpf_iter_blkg_kern {
+ struct blkcg *blkcg;
+ struct blkcg_gq *pos;
+} __aligned(8);
+
+/**
+ * bpf_iter_blkg_new - Start iterating a block cgroup's per-device blkgs
+ * @it: iterator to initialize
+ * @css: the io controller's css
+ *
+ * Each blkg holds one device's io.stat counters. Offline blkgs are skipped.
+ * A blkg without a disk can be returned. Must run under RCU.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -EINVAL if @css is not the io controller's.
+ */
+__bpf_kfunc int bpf_iter_blkg_new(struct bpf_iter_blkg *it,
+ struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
+{
+ struct bpf_iter_blkg_kern *kit = (void *)it;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct bpf_iter_blkg_kern) > sizeof(struct bpf_iter_blkg));
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(struct bpf_iter_blkg_kern) !=
+ __alignof__(struct bpf_iter_blkg));
+
+ kit->pos = NULL;
+
+ if (css->ss != &io_cgrp_subsys) {
+ kit->blkcg = NULL;
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ kit->blkcg = css_to_blkcg(css);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bpf_iter_blkg_next - Return the next online blkg of the iterated block cgroup
+ * @it: iterator
+ *
+ * Return: the next online blkg, or NULL when the walk is done.
+ */
+__bpf_kfunc struct blkcg_gq *bpf_iter_blkg_next(struct bpf_iter_blkg *it)
+{
+ struct bpf_iter_blkg_kern *kit = (void *)it;
+ struct blkcg_gq *blkg = kit->pos;
+ struct hlist_node *node;
+
+ if (!kit->blkcg)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (!blkg)
+ node = rcu_dereference(hlist_first_rcu(&kit->blkcg->blkg_list));
+ else
+ node = rcu_dereference(hlist_next_rcu(&blkg->blkcg_node));
+
+ /* Skip offline blkgs, matching io.stat. */
+ while (node) {
+ blkg = hlist_entry(node, struct blkcg_gq, blkcg_node);
+ /* A race only changes whether this blkg is returned. */
+ if (data_race(blkg->online)) {
+ kit->pos = blkg;
+ return blkg;
+ }
+ node = rcu_dereference(hlist_next_rcu(&blkg->blkcg_node));
+ }
+
+ /* The iterator must keep returning NULL after completion. */
+ kit->pos = NULL;
+ kit->blkcg = NULL;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bpf_iter_blkg_destroy - Tear down a blkg iterator
+ * @it: iterator
+ */
+__bpf_kfunc void bpf_iter_blkg_destroy(struct bpf_iter_blkg *it)
+{
+}
+
+__bpf_kfunc_end_defs();
+
+BTF_KFUNCS_START(bpf_blkcg_kfuncs)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_blkcg_flush_stats, KF_SLEEPABLE)
+
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_iter_blkg_new,
+ KF_ITER_NEW | KF_RCU | KF_RCU_PROTECTED)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_iter_blkg_next, KF_ITER_NEXT | KF_RET_NULL)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_iter_blkg_destroy, KF_ITER_DESTROY)
+BTF_KFUNCS_END(bpf_blkcg_kfuncs)
+
+static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set bpf_blkcg_kfunc_set = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .set = &bpf_blkcg_kfuncs,
+};
+
+static int __init bpf_blkcg_init(void)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC,
+ &bpf_blkcg_kfunc_set);
+ if (err)
+ pr_warn("error while registering bpf blkcg kfuncs: %d\n", err);
+
+ return err;
+}
+late_initcall(bpf_blkcg_init);
--
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