netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 6/7] bpf: allow eBPF programs to use maps

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Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:04:22 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ast@...mgrid.com
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, luto@...capital.net, dborkman@...hat.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 6/7] bpf: allow eBPF programs to use maps

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:36:49 -0800

> +static u64 bpf_map_lookup_elem(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
> +{
> +	/* verifier checked that R1 contains a valid pointer to bpf_map
> +	 * and R2 points to a program stack and map->key_size bytes were
> +	 * initialized
> +	 */
> +	struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *) (unsigned long) r1;
> +	void *key = (void *) (unsigned long) r2;
> +	void *value;
> +
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
> +
> +	value = map->ops->map_lookup_elem(map, key);
> +
> +	/* lookup() returns either pointer to element value or NULL
> +	 * which is the meaning of PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL type
> +	 */
> +	return (unsigned long) value;
> +}

You should translate this into a true boolean '1' or '0' value so that
kernel pointers don't propagate to the user or his eBPF programs.
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