[PATCH v3 1/2] bpf: restore the ebpf program ID for BPF_AUDIT_UNLOAD and PERF_BPF_EVENT_PROG_UNLOAD

Jiri Olsa olsajiri at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 09:10:06 UTC 2023


On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 10:43:59AM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> When changing the ebpf program put() routines to support being called
> from within IRQ context the program ID was reset to zero prior to
> calling the perf event and audit UNLOAD record generators, which
> resulted in problems as the ebpf program ID was bogus (always zero).
> This patch addresses this problem by removing an unnecessary call to
> bpf_prog_free_id() in __bpf_prog_offload_destroy() and adjusting
> __bpf_prog_put() to only call bpf_prog_free_id() after audit and perf
> have finished their bpf program unload tasks in
> bpf_prog_put_deferred().  For the record, no one can determine, or
> remember, why it was necessary to free the program ID, and remove it
> from the IDR, prior to executing bpf_prog_put_deferred();
> regardless, both Stanislav and Alexei agree that the approach in this
> patch should be safe.
> 
> It is worth noting that when moving the bpf_prog_free_id() call, the
> do_idr_lock parameter was forced to true as the ebpf devs determined
> this was the correct as the do_idr_lock should always be true.  The
> do_idr_lock parameter will be removed in a follow-up patch, but it
> was kept here to keep the patch small in an effort to ease any stable
> backports.
> 
> I also modified the bpf_audit_prog() logic used to associate the
> AUDIT_BPF record with other associated records, e.g. @ctx != NULL.
> Instead of keying off the operation, it now keys off the execution
> context, e.g. '!in_irg && !irqs_disabled()', which is much more
> appropriate and should help better connect the UNLOAD operations with
> the associated audit state (other audit records).
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: d809e134be7a ("bpf: Prepare bpf_prog_put() to be called from irq context.")
> Reported-by: Burn Alting <burn.alting at iinet.net.au>
> Reported-by: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri at gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf at google.com>
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> 
> ---
> * v3
> - abandon most of the changes in v2
> - move bpf_prog_free_id() after the audit/perf unload hooks
> - remove bpf_prog_free_id() from __bpf_prog_offload_destroy()
> - added stable tag

fwiw I checked and the perf UNLOAD events have proper id now
thanks for fixing this

jirka


> * v2
> - change subj
> - add mention of the perf regression
> - drop the dedicated program audit ID
> - add the bpf_prog::valid_id flag, bpf_prog_get_id() getter
> - convert prog ID users to new ID getter
> * v1
> - subj was: "bpf: restore the ebpf audit UNLOAD id field"
> - initial draft
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/offload.c | 3 ---
>  kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 6 ++----
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/offload.c b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
> index 13e4efc971e6..190d9f9dc987 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/offload.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
> @@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ static void __bpf_prog_offload_destroy(struct bpf_prog *prog)
>  	if (offload->dev_state)
>  		offload->offdev->ops->destroy(prog);
>  
> -	/* Make sure BPF_PROG_GET_NEXT_ID can't find this dead program */
> -	bpf_prog_free_id(prog, true);
> -
>  	list_del_init(&offload->offloads);
>  	kfree(offload);
>  	prog->aux->offload = NULL;
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> index 64131f88c553..61bb19e81b9c 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> @@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ static void bpf_audit_prog(const struct bpf_prog *prog, unsigned int op)
>  		return;
>  	if (audit_enabled == AUDIT_OFF)
>  		return;
> -	if (op == BPF_AUDIT_LOAD)
> +	if (!in_irq() && !irqs_disabled())
>  		ctx = audit_context();
>  	ab = audit_log_start(ctx, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_BPF);
>  	if (unlikely(!ab))
> @@ -2067,6 +2067,7 @@ static void bpf_prog_put_deferred(struct work_struct *work)
>  	prog = aux->prog;
>  	perf_event_bpf_event(prog, PERF_BPF_EVENT_PROG_UNLOAD, 0);
>  	bpf_audit_prog(prog, BPF_AUDIT_UNLOAD);
> +	bpf_prog_free_id(prog, true);
>  	__bpf_prog_put_noref(prog, true);
>  }
>  
> @@ -2075,9 +2076,6 @@ static void __bpf_prog_put(struct bpf_prog *prog, bool do_idr_lock)
>  	struct bpf_prog_aux *aux = prog->aux;
>  
>  	if (atomic64_dec_and_test(&aux->refcnt)) {
> -		/* bpf_prog_free_id() must be called first */
> -		bpf_prog_free_id(prog, do_idr_lock);
> -
>  		if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled()) {
>  			INIT_WORK(&aux->work, bpf_prog_put_deferred);
>  			schedule_work(&aux->work);
> -- 
> 2.39.0
> 



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