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Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 18:51:19 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Marek Majkowski <marek@...udflare.com>,
        Lorenz Bauer <lmb@...udflare.com>,
        Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/5] bpf: Support chain calling multiple BPF
 programs after each other

On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 10:07:46AM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 07:20:36PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> >> From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
> >> 
> >> This adds support for wrapping eBPF program dispatch in chain calling
> >> logic. The code injection is controlled by a flag at program load time; if
> >> the flag is set, the BPF program will carry a flag bit that changes the
> >> program dispatch logic to wrap it in a chain call loop.
> >> 
> >> Ideally, it shouldn't be necessary to set the flag on program load time,
> >> but rather inject the calls when a chain call program is first loaded. The
> >> allocation logic sets the whole of struct bpf_prog to be read-only memory,
> >> so it can't immediately be modified, but conceivably we could just unlock
> >> the first page of the struct and flip the bit when a chain call program is
> >> first attached.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
> >> ---
> >>  include/linux/bpf.h      |    3 +++
> >>  include/linux/filter.h   |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>  include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |    6 ++++++
> >>  kernel/bpf/core.c        |    6 ++++++
> >>  kernel/bpf/syscall.c     |    4 +++-
> >>  5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> >> index 5b9d22338606..13e5f38cf5c6 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> >> @@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ struct bpf_prog_stats {
> >>  	struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
> >>  };
> >>  
> >> +#define BPF_NUM_CHAIN_SLOTS 8
> >> +
> >>  struct bpf_prog_aux {
> >>  	atomic_t refcnt;
> >>  	u32 used_map_cnt;
> >> @@ -383,6 +385,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
> >>  	struct list_head ksym_lnode;
> >>  	const struct bpf_prog_ops *ops;
> >>  	struct bpf_map **used_maps;
> >> +	struct bpf_prog *chain_progs[BPF_NUM_CHAIN_SLOTS];
> >>  	struct bpf_prog *prog;
> >>  	struct user_struct *user;
> >>  	u64 load_time; /* ns since boottime */
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
> >> index 2ce57645f3cd..3d1e4991e61d 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/filter.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/filter.h
> >> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> >>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
> >>  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
> >>  #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> >> +#include <linux/nospec.h>
> >>  
> >>  #include <net/sch_generic.h>
> >>  
> >> @@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ struct bpf_prog {
> >>  				is_func:1,	/* program is a bpf function */
> >>  				kprobe_override:1, /* Do we override a kprobe? */
> >>  				has_callchain_buf:1, /* callchain buffer allocated? */
> >> +				chain_calls:1, /* should this use the chain_call wrapper */
> >>  				enforce_expected_attach_type:1; /* Enforce expected_attach_type checking at attach time */
> >>  	enum bpf_prog_type	type;		/* Type of BPF program */
> >>  	enum bpf_attach_type	expected_attach_type; /* For some prog types */
> >> @@ -551,6 +553,30 @@ struct sk_filter {
> >>  	struct bpf_prog	*prog;
> >>  };
> >>  
> >> +#define BPF_MAX_CHAIN_CALLS 32
> >> +static __always_inline unsigned int do_chain_calls(const struct bpf_prog *prog,
> >> +						   const void *ctx)
> >> +{
> >> +	int i = BPF_MAX_CHAIN_CALLS;
> >> +	int idx;
> >> +	u32 ret;
> >> +
> >> +	do {
> >> +		ret = (*(prog)->bpf_func)(ctx, prog->insnsi);
> >
> > This breaks program stats.
> 
> Oh, right, silly me. Will fix.
> 
> >> +
> >> +		if (ret + 1 >= BPF_NUM_CHAIN_SLOTS) {
> >> +			prog = prog->aux->chain_progs[0];
> >> +			continue;
> >> +		}
> >> +		idx = ret + 1;
> >> +		idx = array_index_nospec(idx, BPF_NUM_CHAIN_SLOTS);
> >> +
> >> +		prog = prog->aux->chain_progs[idx] ?: prog->aux->chain_progs[0];
> >> +	} while (prog && --i);
> >> +
> >> +	return ret;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>  DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(bpf_stats_enabled_key);
> >>  
> >>  #define BPF_PROG_RUN(prog, ctx)	({				\
> >> @@ -559,14 +585,18 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(bpf_stats_enabled_key);
> >>  	if (static_branch_unlikely(&bpf_stats_enabled_key)) {	\
> >>  		struct bpf_prog_stats *stats;			\
> >>  		u64 start = sched_clock();			\
> >> -		ret = (*(prog)->bpf_func)(ctx, (prog)->insnsi);	\
> >> +		ret = prog->chain_calls ?			\
> >> +			do_chain_calls(prog, ctx) :			\
> >> +			 (*(prog)->bpf_func)(ctx, (prog)->insnsi);	\
> >
> > I thought you agreed on 'no performance regressions' rule?
> 
> As I wrote in the cover letter I could not measurable a performance
> impact from this, even with the simplest possible XDP program (where
> program setup time has the largest impact).
> 
> This was the performance before/after patch (also in the cover letter):
> 
> Before patch (XDP DROP program):  31.5 Mpps
> After patch (XDP DROP program):   32.0 Mpps
> 
> So actually this *increases* performance ;)
> (Or rather, the difference is within the measurement uncertainty on my
> system).

I have hard time believing such numbers.
If I wasn't clear before: Nack to such hack in BPF_PROG_RUN.
Please implement proper indirect calls and jumps.
Apps have to cooperate with each other regardless
whereas above is a narrow solution to one problem.

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