linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next 2/3] mm/bpf: Add bpf_get_kmem

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQJ2M953da8_gnGgWR9x6_-ztqFO8xvRU=bKcwmsH4ewvg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:50:49 -0700
From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
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	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, 
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	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next 2/3] mm/bpf: Add bpf_get_kmem_cache() kfunc

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:13 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexei,
>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 12:14:14PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 11:35:27AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 4:25 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The bpf_get_kmem_cache() is to get a slab cache information from a
> > > > virtual address like virt_to_cache().  If the address is a pointer
> > > > to a slab object, it'd return a valid kmem_cache pointer, otherwise
> > > > NULL is returned.
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't grab a reference count of the kmem_cache so the caller is
> > > > responsible to manage the access.  The returned point is marked as
> > > > PTR_UNTRUSTED.  And the kfunc has KF_RCU_PROTECTED as the slab object
> > > > might be protected by RCU.
> > >
> > > ...
> > > > +BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_get_kmem_cache, KF_RCU_PROTECTED)
> > >
> > > This flag is unnecessary. PTR_UNTRUSTED can point to absolutely any memory.
> > > In this case it likely points to a valid kmem_cache, but
> > > the verifier will guard all accesses with probe_read anyway.
> > >
> > > I can remove this flag while applying.
> >
> > Ok, I'd be happy if you would remove it.
>
> You will need to update the bpf_rcu_read_lock/unlock() in the test code
> (patch 3).  I can send v6 with that and Vlastimil's Ack if you want.

Fixed all that while applying.

Could you please follow up with an open-coded iterator version
of the same slab iterator ?
So that progs can iterate slabs as a normal for/while loop ?