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bpf: tcp: Allow bpf-tcp-cc to call bpf_(get|set)sockopt

This patch allows the bpf-tcp-cc to call bpf_setsockopt. One use case is to allow a bpf-tcp-cc switching to another cc during init(). For example, when the tcp flow is not ecn ready, the bpf_dctcp can switch to another cc by calling setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION). During setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION), the new tcp-cc's init() will be called and this could cause a recursion but it is stopped by the current trampoline's logic (in the prog->active counter). While retiring a bpf-tcp-cc (e.g. in tcp_v[46]_destroy_sock()), the tcp stack calls bpf-tcp-cc's release(). To avoid the retiring bpf-tcp-cc making further changes to the sk, bpf_setsockopt is not available to the bpf-tcp-cc's release(). This will avoid release() making setsockopt() call that will potentially allocate new resources. Although the bpf-tcp-cc already has a more powerful way to read tcp_sock from the PTR_TO_BTF_ID, it is usually expected that bpf_getsockopt and bpf_setsockopt are available together. Thus, bpf_getsockopt() is also added to all tcp_congestion_ops except release(). When the old bpf-tcp-cc is calling setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) to switch to a new cc, the old bpf-tcp-cc will be released by bpf_struct_ops_put(). Thus, this patch also puts the bpf_struct_ops_map after a rcu grace period because the trampoline's image cannot be freed while the old bpf-tcp-cc is still running. bpf-tcp-cc can only access icsk_ca_priv as SCALAR. All kernel's tcp-cc is also accessing the icsk_ca_priv as SCALAR. The size of icsk_ca_priv has already been raised a few times to avoid extra kmalloc and memory referencing. The only exception is the kernel's tcp_cdg.c that stores a kmalloc()-ed pointer in icsk_ca_priv. To avoid the old bpf-tcp-cc accidentally overriding this tcp_cdg's pointer value stored in icsk_ca_priv after switching and without over-complicating the bpf's verifier for this one exception in tcp_cdg, this patch does not allow switching to tcp_cdg. If there is a need, bpf_tcp_cdg can be implemented and then use the bpf_sk_storage as the extended storage. bpf_sk_setsockopt proto has only been recently added and used in bpf-sockopt and bpf-iter-tcp, so impose the tcp_cdg limitation in the same proto instead of adding a new proto specifically for bpf-tcp-cc.

Martin KaFai Lau committed 5 years ago

Commit eb18b491 parent 7d789bd3 files · +65 −4Browse files

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kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c+21−1
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct bpf_struct_ops_value { · 27 unmodified lines
2828
2929 struct bpf_struct_ops_map {
3030 struct bpf_map map;
31+ struct rcu_head rcu;
3132 const struct bpf_struct_ops *st_ops;
3233 /* protect map_update */
3334 struct mutex lock;
@@ -622,6 +623,14 @@ bool bpf_struct_ops_get(const void *kdata) · 588 unmodified lines
622623 return refcount_inc_not_zero(&kvalue->refcnt);
623624 }
624625
626+static void bpf_struct_ops_put_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
627+{
628+ struct bpf_struct_ops_map *st_map;
629+
630+ st_map = container_of(head, struct bpf_struct_ops_map, rcu);
631+ bpf_map_put(&st_map->map);
632+}
633+
625634 void bpf_struct_ops_put(const void *kdata)
626635 {
627636 struct bpf_struct_ops_value *kvalue;
@@ -632,6 +641,17 @@ void bpf_struct_ops_put(const void *kdata) · 4 unmodified lines
632641
633642 st_map = container_of(kvalue, struct bpf_struct_ops_map,
634643 kvalue);
635− bpf_map_put(&st_map->map);
644+ /* The struct_ops's function may switch to another struct_ops.
645+ *
646+ * For example, bpf_tcp_cc_x->init() may switch to
647+ * another tcp_cc_y by calling
648+ * setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION, "tcp_cc_y").
649+ * During the switch, bpf_struct_ops_put(tcp_cc_x) is called
650+ * and its map->refcnt may reach 0 which then free its
651+ * trampoline image while tcp_cc_x is still running.
652+ *
653+ * Thus, a rcu grace period is needed here.
654+ */
655+ call_rcu(&st_map->rcu, bpf_struct_ops_put_rcu);
636656 }
637657 }

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