netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: parallel verification

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:06:55 +0000
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: parallel verification

On 4/22/19 4:58 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 04/19/2019 04:44 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>> Allow the bpf verifier to run in parallel for root.
>>
>> Alexei Starovoitov (2):
>>    bpf: remove global variables
>>    bpf: drop bpf_verifier_lock
>>
>>   include/linux/bpf_verifier.h |  5 +++++
>>   kernel/bpf/verifier.c        | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>   2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Too bad we still need to keep it around for unpriv. Anyway, applied, thanks!

I'm planing to add memcg accounting and teach oom_badness
about the memory used during verification. Then we can drop
the mutex for unpriv as well.