linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] libbpf: Support setting map max

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Date:   Wed, 2 Sep 2020 22:28:55 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] libbpf: Support setting map max_entries at runtime

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 4:03 PM Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The max_entries for a BPF map may depend on runtime parameters.
> Currently, we need to know the maximum value at BPF compile time.  For
> instance, if you want an array map with NR_CPUS entries, you would hard
> code your architecture's largest value for CONFIG_NR_CPUS.  This wastes
> memory at runtime.
>
> For the NR_CPU case, one could use a PERCPU map type, but those maps are
> limited in functionality.  For instance, BPF programs can only access
> their own PERCPU part of the map, and the maps are not mmappable.
>
> This commit allows the use of sentinel values in BPF map definitions,
> which libbpf patches at runtime.
>
> For starters, we support NUM_POSSIBLE_CPUS: e.g.
>
> struct {
>         __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
>         __uint(max_entries, NUM_POSSIBLE_CPUS);
>         __type(key, u32);
>         __type(value, struct cpu_data);
> } cpu_blobs SEC(".maps");
>
> This can be extended to other runtime dependent values, such as the
> maximum number of threads (/proc/sys/kernel/threads-max).
>
> Signed-off-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>
> ---

libbpf provides bpf_map__set_max_entries() API exactly for such use
cases, please use that.

>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h |  4 ++++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c      | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h      |  4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>

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