netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/3] capability: introduce CAP_BPF and CAP

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Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:10:55 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, luto@...capital.net,
        davem@...emloft.net, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/3] capability: introduce CAP_BPF and
 CAP_TRACING

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 10:25:30PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:05:49 +0200
> Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> writes:
> > 
> > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 09:44:18AM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:  
> > >> Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org> writes:
> > >>   
> > >> > CAP_BPF allows the following BPF operations:
> > >> > - Loading all types of BPF programs
> > >> > - Creating all types of BPF maps except:
> > >> >    - stackmap that needs CAP_TRACING
> > >> >    - devmap that needs CAP_NET_ADMIN
> > >> >    - cpumap that needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN  
> > >> 
> > >> Why CAP_SYS_ADMIN instead of CAP_NET_ADMIN for cpumap?  
> > >
> > > Currently it's cap_sys_admin and I think it should stay this way
> > > because it creates kthreads.  
> > 
> > Ah, right. I can sorta see that makes sense because of the kthreads, but
> > it also means that you can use all of XDP *except* cpumap with
> > CAP_NET_ADMIN+CAP_BPF. That is bound to create confusion, isn't it?
>  
> Hmm... I see 'cpumap' primarily as a network stack feature.  It is about
> starting the network stack on a specific CPU, allocating and building
> SKBs on that remote CPU.  It can only be used together with XDP_REDIRECT.
> I would prefer CAP_NET_ADMIN like the devmap, to keep the XDP
> capabilities consistent.

I don't mind relaxing cpumap to cap_net_admin.
Looking at the reaction to the rest of the set. I'd rather discuss it
and do it later after basic cap_bpf is in.