linux-kernel - Re: [RFC bpf-next v4 0/7] Introduce eBPF support for HID devices (new attempt)

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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 21:23:27 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@...ux.intel.com>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:HID CORE LAYER" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC bpf-next v4 0/7] Introduce eBPF support for HID devices
 (new attempt)

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 09:12:09AM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> 
> Also, I wonder if we should not have some way to namespace kfuncs.
> Ideally, I would like to prevent the usage of those kfuncs outside of
> some helpers that I define in HID so I don't have to worry too much
> about other trace programs fuzzing and segfaulting the kernel.

That would be a great feature to have. Other folks expressed the same interest.
Just grouping them by prog type is not flexible enough.
It feels kfuncs could be scoped by (prog_type, attach_btf_id or attach_hook) pair.
What are your thoughts?