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Message-ID: <289e2279-8a88-8046-d4e0-c29cf79080a5@iogearbox.net>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 00:37:37 +0200
From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
"bpf@...r.kernel.org" <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>, Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] bpf: implement bpf_send_signal() helper
On 05/25/2019 12:20 AM, Yonghong Song wrote:
> On 5/24/19 2:39 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>> On 05/23/2019 11:47 PM, Yonghong Song wrote:
>>> This patch tries to solve the following specific use case.
>>>
>>> Currently, bpf program can already collect stack traces
>>> through kernel function get_perf_callchain()
>>> when certain events happens (e.g., cache miss counter or
>>> cpu clock counter overflows). But such stack traces are
>>> not enough for jitted programs, e.g., hhvm (jited php).
>>> To get real stack trace, jit engine internal data structures
>>> need to be traversed in order to get the real user functions.
>>>
>>> bpf program itself may not be the best place to traverse
>>> the jit engine as the traversing logic could be complex and
>>> it is not a stable interface either.
>>>
>>> Instead, hhvm implements a signal handler,
>>> e.g. for SIGALARM, and a set of program locations which
>>> it can dump stack traces. When it receives a signal, it will
>>> dump the stack in next such program location.
>>>
>>> Such a mechanism can be implemented in the following way:
>>> . a perf ring buffer is created between bpf program
>>> and tracing app.
>>> . once a particular event happens, bpf program writes
>>> to the ring buffer and the tracing app gets notified.
>>> . the tracing app sends a signal SIGALARM to the hhvm.
>>>
>>> But this method could have large delays and causing profiling
>>> results skewed.
>>>
>>> This patch implements bpf_send_signal() helper to send
>>> a signal to hhvm in real time, resulting in intended stack traces.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
>>> ---
>>> include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 17 +++++++++-
>>> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
>>> index 63e0cf66f01a..68d4470523a0 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
>>> @@ -2672,6 +2672,20 @@ union bpf_attr {
>>> * 0 on success.
>>> *
>>> * **-ENOENT** if the bpf-local-storage cannot be found.
>>> + *
>>> + * int bpf_send_signal(u32 sig)
>>> + * Description
>>> + * Send signal *sig* to the current task.
>>> + * Return
>>> + * 0 on success or successfully queued.
>>> + *
>>> + * **-EBUSY** if work queue under nmi is full.
>>> + *
>>> + * **-EINVAL** if *sig* is invalid.
>>> + *
>>> + * **-EPERM** if no permission to send the *sig*.
>>> + *
>>> + * **-EAGAIN** if bpf program can try again.
>>> */
>>> #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
>>> FN(unspec), \
>>> @@ -2782,7 +2796,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
>>> FN(strtol), \
>>> FN(strtoul), \
>>> FN(sk_storage_get), \
>>> - FN(sk_storage_delete),
>>> + FN(sk_storage_delete), \
>>> + FN(send_signal),
>>>
>>> /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
>>> * function eBPF program intends to call
>>> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>>> index f92d6ad5e080..70029eafc71f 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
>>> @@ -567,6 +567,63 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_probe_read_str_proto = {
>>> .arg3_type = ARG_ANYTHING,
>>> };
>>>
>>> +struct send_signal_irq_work {
>>> + struct irq_work irq_work;
>>> + struct task_struct *task;
>>> + u32 sig;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct send_signal_irq_work, send_signal_work);
>>> +
>>> +static void do_bpf_send_signal(struct irq_work *entry)
>>> +{
>>> + struct send_signal_irq_work *work;
>>> +
>>> + work = container_of(entry, struct send_signal_irq_work, irq_work);
>>> + group_send_sig_info(work->sig, SEND_SIG_PRIV, work->task, PIDTYPE_TGID);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +BPF_CALL_1(bpf_send_signal, u32, sig)
>>> +{
>>> + struct send_signal_irq_work *work = NULL;
>>> +
>>> + /* Similar to bpf_probe_write_user, task needs to be
>>> + * in a sound condition and kernel memory access be
>>> + * permitted in order to send signal to the current
>>> + * task.
>>> + */
>>> + if (unlikely(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_EXITING)))
>>> + return -EPERM;
>>> + if (unlikely(uaccess_kernel()))
>>> + return -EPERM;
>>> + if (unlikely(!nmi_uaccess_okay()))
>>> + return -EPERM;
>>> +
>>> + if (in_nmi()) {
>>> + work = this_cpu_ptr(&send_signal_work);
>>> + if (work->irq_work.flags & IRQ_WORK_BUSY)
>>
>> Given here and in stackmap are the only two users outside of kernel/irq_work.c,
>> it may probably be good to add a small helper to include/linux/irq_work.h and
>> use it for both.
>>
>> Perhaps something like ...
>>
>> static inline bool irq_work_busy(struct irq_work *work)
>> {
>> return READ_ONCE(work->flags) & IRQ_WORK_BUSY;
>> }
>
> Not sure whether READ_ONCE is needed here or not.
>
> The irq_work is per cpu data structure,
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct send_signal_irq_work, send_signal_work);
> so presumably no collision for work->flags memory reference.
The busy bit you're testing is cleared via cmpxchg(), kernel/irq_work.c +169:
cmpxchg(&work->flags, flags, flags & ~IRQ_WORK_BUSY);
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