linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 21/37] bpf tools: Create eBPF maps defined in an object file

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Message-ID: <20150518203700.GH18563@kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 May 2015 17:37:00 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, paulus@...ba.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...hat.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
	jolsa@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
	brendan.d.gregg@...il.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com,
	lizefan@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pi3orama@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 21/37] bpf tools: Create eBPF maps defined in an
 object file

Em Mon, May 18, 2015 at 11:48:57AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov escreveu:
> On 5/17/15 3:56 AM, Wang Nan wrote:
> >This patch creates maps based on 'map' section in object file using
> >bpf_create_map(), and store the fds into an array in
> >'struct bpf_object'. Since the byte order of the object may differ
> >from the host, swap map definition before processing.
> >
> >This is the first patch in 'loading' phase. Previous patches parse ELF
> >object file and create needed data structure, but doesnnt play with
> >kernel. They belong to 'opening' phase.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
> ...
> >+			for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
> >+				close(obj->maps_fds[j]);
> >+				obj->maps_fds[j] = -1;
> 
> this line is unnecessary, since you're freeing the whole array
> at the line below:

I guess this is kinda of a zfree() that he wants to achieve, i.e. if a
bug creeps in that makes some code use the deleted maps_fds, he rather
wants it to access a -1 fd than an some reused fd, no?
 
> >+			}
> >+			free(obj->maps_fds);

> >+			obj->maps_fds = NULL;
> 
> ...
> 
> >  void bpf_close_object(struct bpf_object *obj)
> >  {
> >  	if (!obj)
> >  		return;
> >
> >  	bpf_obj_clear_elf(obj);
> >+	bpf_unload_object(obj);
> 
> just realized that this API keeps elf file open for the whole
> life time. I think that should be split up.
> bpf_open_object() can do elf parsing, creation of maps and
> bpf loading.
> bpf_close_object() can unload programs, maps. That's fine,
> but closing of elf file and freeing memory associated
> with parsing sections should be a separate call.
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