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Message-ID: <87ect5lde2.fsf@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:36:05 -0700
From: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org,  bpf@...r.kernel.org,  Suren Baghdasaryan
 <surenb@...gle.com>,  Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,  Michal Hocko
 <mhocko@...e.com>,  David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,  Matt Bobrowski
 <mattbobrowski@...gle.com>,  Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,  Kumar Kartikeya
 Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>,  Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,  Andrew
 Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 13/14] sched: psi: implement bpf_psi_create_trigger()
 kfunc

Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM Roman Gushchin
> <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev> wrote:
>>
>> Implement a new bpf_psi_create_trigger() bpf kfunc, which allows
>> to create new psi triggers and attach them to cgroups or be
>> system-wide.
>>
>> Created triggers will exist until the struct ops is loaded and
>> if they are attached to a cgroup until the cgroup exists.
>>
>> Due to a limitation of 5 arguments, the resource type and the "full"
>> bit are squeezed into a single u32.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
>> ---
>>  kernel/sched/bpf_psi.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 84 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/bpf_psi.c b/kernel/sched/bpf_psi.c
>> index 2ea9d7276b21..94b684221708 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/bpf_psi.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/bpf_psi.c
>> @@ -156,6 +156,83 @@ static const struct bpf_verifier_ops bpf_psi_verifier_ops = {
>>         .is_valid_access = bpf_psi_ops_is_valid_access,
>>  };
>>
>> +__bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * bpf_psi_create_trigger - Create a PSI trigger
>> + * @bpf_psi: bpf_psi struct to attach the trigger to
>> + * @cgroup_id: cgroup Id to attach the trigger; 0 for system-wide scope
>> + * @resource: resource to monitor (PSI_MEM, PSI_IO, etc) and the full bit.
>> + * @threshold_us: threshold in us
>> + * @window_us: window in us
>> + *
>> + * Creates a PSI trigger and attached is to bpf_psi. The trigger will be
>> + * active unless bpf struct ops is unloaded or the corresponding cgroup
>> + * is deleted.
>> + *
>> + * Resource's most significant bit encodes whether "some" or "full"
>> + * PSI state should be tracked.
>> + *
>> + * Returns 0 on success and the error code on failure.
>> + */
>> +__bpf_kfunc int bpf_psi_create_trigger(struct bpf_psi *bpf_psi,
>> +                                      u64 cgroup_id, u32 resource,
>> +                                      u32 threshold_us, u32 window_us)
>> +{
>> +       enum psi_res res = resource & ~BPF_PSI_FULL;
>> +       bool full = resource & BPF_PSI_FULL;
>> +       struct psi_trigger_params params;
>> +       struct cgroup *cgroup __maybe_unused = NULL;
>> +       struct psi_group *group;
>> +       struct psi_trigger *t;
>> +       int ret = 0;
>> +
>> +       if (res >= NR_PSI_RESOURCES)
>> +               return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
>> +       if (cgroup_id) {
>> +               cgroup = cgroup_get_from_id(cgroup_id);
>> +               if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cgroup))
>> +                       return PTR_ERR(cgroup);
>> +
>> +               group = cgroup_psi(cgroup);
>> +       } else
>> +#endif
>> +               group = &psi_system;
>
> just a drive-by comment while skimming through the patch set: can't
> you use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUPS) and have a proper if/else with
> proper {} ?

Fixed.
It required defining cgroup_get_from_id() and cgroup_psi()
for !CONFIG_CGROUPS, but I agree, it's much better.
Thanks

>
>> +
>> +       params.type = PSI_BPF;
>> +       params.bpf_psi = bpf_psi;
>> +       params.privileged = capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE);
>> +       params.res = res;
>> +       params.full = full;
>> +       params.threshold_us = threshold_us;
>> +       params.window_us = window_us;
>> +
>> +       t = psi_trigger_create(group, &params);
>> +       if (IS_ERR(t))
>> +               ret = PTR_ERR(t);
>> +       else
>> +               t->cgroup_id = cgroup_id;
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
>> +       if (cgroup)
>> +               cgroup_put(cgroup);
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +       return ret;
>> +}
>> +__bpf_kfunc_end_defs();
>> +
>> +BTF_KFUNCS_START(bpf_psi_kfuncs)
>> +BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_psi_create_trigger, KF_TRUSTED_ARGS)
>> +BTF_KFUNCS_END(bpf_psi_kfuncs)
>> +
>> +static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set bpf_psi_kfunc_set = {
>> +       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
>> +       .set            = &bpf_psi_kfuncs,
>> +};
>> +
>>  static int bpf_psi_ops_reg(void *kdata, struct bpf_link *link)
>>  {
>>         struct bpf_psi_ops *ops = kdata;
>> @@ -238,6 +315,13 @@ static int __init bpf_psi_struct_ops_init(void)
>>         if (!bpf_psi_wq)
>>                 return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> +       err = register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS,
>> +                                       &bpf_psi_kfunc_set);
>
> would this make kfunc callable from any struct_ops, not just this psi
> one?

It will. Idk how big of a problem it is, given that the caller needs
a trusted reference to bpf_psi. Also, is there a simple way to constrain
it? Wdyt?