linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: Cache the last valid build

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Message-ID: <CAEf4Bzb44WR2LiYchxB5JZ=Jdie6FEEi90mh=SCv07v4h4W11w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 16:10:52 -0800
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Blake Jones <blakejones@...gle.com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: Cache the last valid build_id.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 4:05 PM Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> For binaries that are statically linked, consecutive stack frames are
> likely to be in the same VMA and therefore have the same build id.
> As an optimization for this case, we can cache the previous frame's
> VMA, if the new frame has the same VMA as the previous one, reuse the
> previous one's build id. We are holding the MM locks as reader across
> the entire loop, so we don't need to worry about VMA going away.
>
> Tested through "stacktrace_build_id" and "stacktrace_build_id_nmi" in
> test_progs.
>
> Suggested-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>
> ---

LGTM. Can you share performance numbers before and after?

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>

>  kernel/bpf/stackmap.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
> index 22c8ae94e4c1..38bdfcd06f55 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
> @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ static void stack_map_get_build_id_offset(struct bpf_stack_build_id *id_offs,
>         int i;
>         struct mmap_unlock_irq_work *work = NULL;
>         bool irq_work_busy = bpf_mmap_unlock_get_irq_work(&work);
> -       struct vm_area_struct *vma;
> +       struct vm_area_struct *vma, *prev_vma = NULL;
> +       const char *prev_build_id;
>
>         /* If the irq_work is in use, fall back to report ips. Same
>          * fallback is used for kernel stack (!user) on a stackmap with
> @@ -150,6 +151,12 @@ static void stack_map_get_build_id_offset(struct bpf_stack_build_id *id_offs,
>         }
>
>         for (i = 0; i < trace_nr; i++) {
> +               if (range_in_vma(prev_vma, ips[i], ips[i])) {
> +                       vma = prev_vma;
> +                       memcpy(id_offs[i].build_id, prev_build_id,
> +                              BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX);
> +                       goto build_id_valid;
> +               }
>                 vma = find_vma(current->mm, ips[i]);
>                 if (!vma || build_id_parse(vma, id_offs[i].build_id, NULL)) {
>                         /* per entry fall back to ips */
> @@ -158,9 +165,12 @@ static void stack_map_get_build_id_offset(struct bpf_stack_build_id *id_offs,
>                         memset(id_offs[i].build_id, 0, BUILD_ID_SIZE_MAX);
>                         continue;
>                 }
> +build_id_valid:
>                 id_offs[i].offset = (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) + ips[i]
>                         - vma->vm_start;
>                 id_offs[i].status = BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_VALID;
> +               prev_vma = vma;
> +               prev_build_id = id_offs[i].build_id;
>         }
>         bpf_mmap_unlock_mm(work, current->mm);
>  }
> --
> 2.35.1.473.g83b2b277ed-goog
>