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Message-ID: <CALOAHbCXRwp9--MV2k8z3aJyAL6vzQLimtHgkeza7g0C=Edb8g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:35:45 +0800
From:   Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     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>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] bpf: Improve tracing recursion prevention mechanism

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 8:15 PM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 5:57 PM Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 5:40 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:46:34 -0700
> > > Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > No. Just one prog at entry into any of the kernel functions
> > > > and another prog at entry of funcs that 1st bpf prog called indirectly.
> > > > Like one prog is tracing networking events while another
> > > > is focusing on mm. They should not conflict.
> > >
> > > You mean that you have:
> > >
> > > function start:
> > >   __bpf_prog_enter_recur()
> > >     bpf_program1()
> > >       __bpf_prog_enter_recur()
> > >         bpf_program2();
> > >       __bpf_prog_exit_recur()
> > >   __bpf_prog_exit_recur()
> > >
> > >   rest of function
> > >
> > > That is, a bpf program can be called within another bpf pogram between
> > > the prog_enter and prog_exit(), that is in the same context (normal,
> > > softirq, irq, etc)?
> > >
> >
> > Right, that can happen per my verification. Below is a simple bpf
> > program to verify it.
> >
> > struct {
> >     __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_LPM_TRIE);
> >     __type(key, __u64);
> >     __type(value, __u64);
> >     __uint(max_entries, 1024);
> >     __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC);
> > } write_map SEC(".maps");
> >
> > __u64 key;
> >
> > SEC("fentry/kernel_clone")
> > int program1()
> > {
> >     __u64 value = 1;
> >
> >     bpf_printk("before update");
> >     // It will call trie_update_elem and thus trigger program2.
> >     bpf_map_update_elem(&write_map, &key, &value, BPF_ANY);
> >     __sync_fetch_and_add(&key, 1);
> >     bpf_printk("after update");
> >     return 0;
> > }
> >
> > SEC("fentry/trie_update_elem")
> > int program2()
> > {
> >     bpf_printk("trie_update_elem");
> >     return 0;
> > }
> >
> > The result as follows,
> >
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ....1  9579.862862:
> > __bpf_prog_enter_recur: __bpf_prog_enter_recur
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ...11  9579.862869: bpf_trace_printk:
> > before update
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ....2  9579.862869:
> > __bpf_prog_enter_recur: __bpf_prog_enter_recur
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ...12  9579.862870: bpf_trace_printk:
> > trie_update_elem
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ....2  9579.862870:
> > __bpf_prog_exit_recur: __bpf_prog_exit_recur
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ...11  9579.862870: bpf_trace_printk:
> > after update
> >          kubelet-203203  [018] ....1  9579.862871:
> > __bpf_prog_exit_recur: __bpf_prog_exit_recur
> >
> > Note that we can't trace __bpf_prog_enter_recur and
> > __bpf_prog_exit_recur, so we have to modify the kernel to print them.
> >
>
> ... However, surprisingly it still works even after this patchset is
> applied, because the hardirq/softirq flag is set when the program2 is
> running, see also the flags in the above trace_pipe output. Is that
> expected ?!
> I need  some time to figure it out, but maybe you have a quick answer...

Answer it by myself, that is because of the
allowing-one-single-recursion rule. I misread the trace flags before.
Sorry about the noise.


-- 
Regards
Yafang

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