netdev - [PATCH v2 1/3] bpf: allow zero-initializing hash map seed

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Date:   Mon,  8 Oct 2018 11:32:19 +0100
From:   Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
To:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] bpf: allow zero-initializing hash map seed

Add a new flag BPF_F_ZERO_SEED, which forces a hash map
to initialize the seed to zero. This is useful when doing
performance analysis both on individual BPF programs, as
well as the kernel's hash table implementation.

Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |  2 ++
 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c     | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index f9187b41dff6..2c121f862082 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ enum bpf_attach_type {
 #define BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU	(1U << 1)
 /* Specify numa node during map creation */
 #define BPF_F_NUMA_NODE		(1U << 2)
+/* Zero-initialize hash function seed. This should only be used for testing. */
+#define BPF_F_ZERO_SEED		(1U << 6)
 
 /* flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY */
 #define BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE	(1U << 0)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 2c1790288138..4b7c76765d9d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #define HTAB_CREATE_FLAG_MASK						\
 	(BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC | BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU | BPF_F_NUMA_NODE |	\
-	 BPF_F_RDONLY | BPF_F_WRONLY)
+	 BPF_F_RDONLY | BPF_F_WRONLY | BPF_F_ZERO_SEED)
 
 struct bucket {
 	struct hlist_nulls_head head;
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ static int htab_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
 	 */
 	bool percpu_lru = (attr->map_flags & BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU);
 	bool prealloc = !(attr->map_flags & BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC);
+	bool zero_seed = (attr->map_flags & BPF_F_ZERO_SEED);
 	int numa_node = bpf_map_attr_numa_node(attr);
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct htab_elem, htab) !=
@@ -257,6 +258,10 @@ static int htab_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		 */
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (zero_seed && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		/* Guard against local DoS, and discourage production use. */
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (attr->map_flags & ~HTAB_CREATE_FLAG_MASK)
 		/* reserved bits should not be used */
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -373,7 +378,11 @@ static struct bpf_map *htab_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
 	if (!htab->buckets)
 		goto free_htab;
 
-	htab->hashrnd = get_random_int();
+	if (htab->map.map_flags & BPF_F_ZERO_SEED)
+		htab->hashrnd = 0;
+	else
+		htab->hashrnd = get_random_int();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < htab->n_buckets; i++) {
 		INIT_HLIST_NULLS_HEAD(&htab->buckets[i].head, i);
 		raw_spin_lock_init(&htab->buckets[i].lock);
-- 
2.17.1