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2020-01-09	bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf	Martin KaFai Lau	1	-1/+6
	This patch makes "struct tcp_congestion_ops" to be the first user of BPF STRUCT_OPS. It allows implementing a tcp_congestion_ops in bpf. The BPF implemented tcp_congestion_ops can be used like regular kernel tcp-cc through sysctl and setsockopt. e.g. [root@arch-fb-vm1 bpf]# sysctl -a \| egrep congestion net.ipv4.tcp_allowed_congestion_control = reno cubic bpf_cubic net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control = reno bic cubic bpf_cubic net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bpf_cubic There has been attempt to move the TCP CC to the user space (e.g. CCP in TCP). The common arguments are faster turn around, get away from long-tail kernel versions in production...etc, which are legit points. BPF has been the continuous effort to join both kernel and userspace upsides together (e.g. XDP to gain the performance advantage without bypassing the kernel). The recent BPF advancements (in particular BTF-aware verifier, BPF trampoline, BPF CO-RE...) made implementing kernel struct ops (e.g. tcp cc) possible in BPF. It allows a faster turnaround for testing algorithm in the production while leveraging the existing (and continue growing) BPF feature/framework instead of building one specifically for userspace TCP CC. This patch allows write access to a few fields in tcp-sock (in bpf_tcp_ca_btf_struct_access()). The optional "get_info" is unsupported now. It can be added later. One possible way is to output the info with a btf-id to describe the content. Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003508.3856115-1-kafai@fb.com
2020-01-09	bpf: Introduce BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS	Martin KaFai Lau	1	-0/+4
	This patch allows the kernel's struct ops (i.e. func ptr) to be implemented in BPF. The first use case in this series is the "struct tcp_congestion_ops" which will be introduced in a latter patch. This patch introduces a new prog type BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS. The BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is verified against a particular func ptr of a kernel struct. The attr->attach_btf_id is the btf id of a kernel struct. The attr->expected_attach_type is the member "index" of that kernel struct. The first member of a struct starts with member index 0. That will avoid ambiguity when a kernel struct has multiple func ptrs with the same func signature. For example, a BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog is written to implement the "init" func ptr of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops". The attr->attach_btf_id is the btf id of the "struct tcp_congestion_ops" of the _running_ kernel. The attr->expected_attach_type is 3. The ctx of BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS is an array of u64 args saved by arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline that will be done in the next patch when introducing BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS. "struct bpf_struct_ops" is introduced as a common interface for the kernel struct that supports BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog. The supporting kernel struct will need to implement an instance of the "struct bpf_struct_ops". The supporting kernel struct also needs to implement a bpf_verifier_ops. During BPF_PROG_LOAD, bpf_struct_ops_find() will find the right bpf_verifier_ops by searching the attr->attach_btf_id. A new "btf_struct_access" is also added to the bpf_verifier_ops such that the supporting kernel struct can optionally provide its own specific check on accessing the func arg (e.g. provide limited write access). After btf_vmlinux is parsed, the new bpf_struct_ops_init() is called to initialize some values (e.g. the btf id of the supporting kernel struct) and it can only be done once the btf_vmlinux is available. The R0 checks at BPF_EXIT is excluded for the BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog if the return type of the prog->aux->attach_func_proto is "void". Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200109003503.3855825-1-kafai@fb.com