netdev - [PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/2] Track read-only map contents as known scalars in BPF verifiers

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Date:   Wed, 9 Oct 2019 13:14:56 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
To:     <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <ast@...com>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>
CC:     <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/2] Track read-only map contents as known scalars in BPF verifiers

With BPF maps supporting direct map access (currently, array_map w/ single
element, used for global data) that are read-only both from system call and
BPF side, it's possible for BPF verifier to track its contents as known
constants.

Now it's possible for user-space control app to pre-initialize read-only map
(e.g., for .rodata section) with user-provided flags and parameters and rely
on BPF verifier to detect and eliminate dead code resulting from specific
combination of input parameters.

v1->v2:
- BPF_F_RDONLY means nothing, stick to just map->frozen (Daniel);
- stick to passing just offset into map_direct_value_addr (Martin).

Andrii Nakryiko (2):
  bpf: track contents of read-only maps as scalars
  selftests/bpf: add read-only map values propagation tests

 kernel/bpf/verifier.c                         | 57 ++++++++++-
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c    | 99 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c    | 83 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c

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