linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/3] x86: bpf_jit_comp: support BPF_S_ANC_SECCOMP_LD

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Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:48:29 -0400
From:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nicolas Schichan <nschichan@...ebox.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/3] x86: bpf_jit_comp: support
 BPF_S_ANC_SECCOMP_LD_W instruction

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> I would feel more comfortable if you added :
>
>         if (seen & SEEN_DATAREF) {
>                 pr_err_once("SECCOMP_LD_W assertion failed\n"):
>                 goto out;
>         }
>
> This way, if BPF is changed in the future, but not the x86 JIT, we
> can have a working kernel.
>
> Ideally, we should add a SEEN_SKBREF to make sure rdi value can be
> scratched, or you just push %rdi/pop %rdi, its only one byte
> instructions.

Adding SEEN_SKBREF sounds like a good idea. :)

> Or completely optimize the thing and not call seccomp_bpf_load() at all.

This would be cool.

> (current would be loaded once in r9, task_pt_regs() would be loaded once
> in r8)

Both syscall_get_arch() and syscall_get_arguments() need to test for
the TS_COMPAT bit (in task_thread_info(current)->status); we should
load that once, too.

Thanks for the comments.  Will try a v3.

- xi
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