linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH bpf-next 1/1] bpf: Add a BPF helper for getting the cgroup path of current task

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 13:21:41 +0200
From:   KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     xufeng zhang <yunbo.xufeng@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>,
        Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...omium.org>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Joe Stringer <joe@...ium.io>,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH bpf-next 1/1] bpf: Add a BPF helper for getting the
 cgroup path of current task

> > About your suggestion, the *cgroup_id helpers only works for cgroup v2,
> > however, we're still using cgroup v1 in product，and even for cgroup v2,
> > I'm not sure if there is any way for user space to get this cgroup id
> > timely(after container created, but before container start to run)。
> >
> > So if there is any effective way works for cgroup v1?
>
> https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/NEWS#L379

I agree that we should not focus on cgroup v1 if we do add a helper.