[bpf-next,v2,0/2] bpf: Allow invoking kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs

Message

David Vernet April 5, 2024, 2:30 p.m. UTC

Currently, a set of core BPF kfuncs (e.g. bpf_task_*, bpf_cgroup_*,
bpf_cpumask_*, etc) cannot be invoked from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL
programs. The whitelist approach taken for enabling kfuncs makes sense:
it not safe to call these kfuncs from every program type. For example,
it may not be safe to call bpf_task_acquire() in an fentry to
free_task().

BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL, on the other hand, is a perfectly safe program
type from which to invoke these kfuncs, as it's a very controlled
environment, and we should never be able to run into any of the typical
problems such as recursive invoations, acquiring references on freeing
kptrs, etc. Being able to invoke these kfuncs would be useful, as
BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL can be invoked with BPF_PROG_RUN, and would
therefore enable user space programs to synchronously call into BPF to
manipulate these kptrs.

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v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
v1 -> v2:

- Create new verifier_kfunc_prog_types testcase meant to specifically
  validate calling core kfuncs from various program types. Remove the
  macros and testcases that had been added to the task, cgrp, and
  cpumask kfunc testcases (Andrii and Yonghong)

David Vernet (2):
  bpf: Allow invoking kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs
  selftests/bpf: Verify calling core kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYCALL

 kernel/bpf/cpumask.c                          |   1 +
 kernel/bpf/helpers.c                          |   1 +
 .../prog_tests/verifier_kfunc_prog_types.c    |  11 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/cgrp_kfunc_common.h   |   2 +-
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/task_kfunc_common.h   |   2 +-
 .../bpf/progs/verifier_kfunc_prog_types.c     | 119 ++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier_kfunc_prog_types.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_kfunc_prog_types.c

Comments

[e-mail] April 5, 2024, 6 p.m. UTC | #1

Hello:

This series was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <[e-mail]>:

On Fri,  5 Apr 2024 09:30:39 -0500 you wrote:
> Currently, a set of core BPF kfuncs (e.g. bpf_task_*, bpf_cgroup_*,
> bpf_cpumask_*, etc) cannot be invoked from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL
> programs. The whitelist approach taken for enabling kfuncs makes sense:
> it not safe to call these kfuncs from every program type. For example,
> it may not be safe to call bpf_task_acquire() in an fentry to
> free_task().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v2,1/2] bpf: Allow invoking kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/a8e03b6bbb2c
  - [bpf-next,v2,2/2] selftests/bpf: Verify calling core kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYCALL
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/1bc724af00cc

You are awesome, thank you!