linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/4] bpf: Expose bpf_get_socket

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Date:   Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:23:57 +0100
From:   Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
To:     KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        andrii@...nel.org, kpsingh@...omium.org,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/4] bpf: Expose bpf_get_socket_cookie to
 tracing programs

On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 23:08 +0100, KP Singh wrote:
> My understanding is you can simply always call sock_gen_cookie and
> not have two protos.
> 
> This will disable preemption in sleepable programs and not have any
> effect in non-sleepable programs since preemption will already be
> disabled.

Sure, that works. I thought that providing two helper implems would
slightly improve performances on non-sleepable programs but I can send
a v4 with only one helper that calls sock_gen_cookie.