netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_ktime_get_real

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Date:   Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:19:10 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>,
        bimmy.pujari@...el.com
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Linux NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        mchehab@...nel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin Lau <kafai@...com>, ashkan.nikravesh@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_ktime_get_real_ns

On 9/23/20 7:19 PM, Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
>> index 5cc7425ee476..776ff58f969d 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
>> @@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto = {
>>         .ret_type       = RET_INTEGER,
>>  };
>>
>> +BPF_CALL_0(bpf_ktime_get_real_ns)
>> +{
>> +       /* NMI safe access to clock realtime */
>> +       return ktime_get_real_fast_ns();
>> +}
>> +
>> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_real_ns_proto = {
>> +       .func           = bpf_ktime_get_real_ns,
>> +       .gpl_only       = true,
> 
> imho should be false, this is normally accessible to userspace code
> via syscall, no reason why it should be gpl only for bpf
> 

agreed, no reason for the bpf hook to be gpl_only.

Glad to see the v2 of this patch; I wondered what happened to this helper.