Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:53:13 -0800
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:     KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] bpf: Allow using bpf_sk_storage in FENTRY/FEXIT/RAW_TP

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 3:43 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:01:12PM +0100, KP Singh wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 9:32 PM John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:52 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:14:14PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 2:08 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch enables the FENTRY/FEXIT/RAW_TP tracing program to use
> > > > > > > the bpf_sk_storage_(get|delete) helper, so those tracing programs
> > > > > > > can access the sk's bpf_local_storage and the later selftest
> > > > > > > will show some examples.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The bpf_sk_storage is currently used in bpf-tcp-cc, tc,
> > > > > > > cg sockops...etc which is running either in softirq or
> > > > > > > task context.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch adds bpf_sk_storage_get_tracing_proto and
> > > > > > > bpf_sk_storage_delete_tracing_proto.  They will check
> > > > > > > in runtime that the helpers can only be called when serving
> > > > > > > softirq or running in a task context.  That should enable
> > > > > > > most common tracing use cases on sk.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > During the load time, the new tracing_allowed() function
> > > > > > > will ensure the tracing prog using the bpf_sk_storage_(get|delete)
> > > > > > > helper is not tracing any *sk_storage*() function itself.
> > > > > > > The sk is passed as "void *" when calling into bpf_local_storage.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  include/net/bpf_sk_storage.h |  2 +
> > > > > > >  kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c     |  5 +++
> > > > > > >  net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c    | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > > >  3 files changed, 80 insertions(+)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [...]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > +       switch (prog->expected_attach_type) {
> > > > > > > +       case BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP:
> > > > > > > +               /* bpf_sk_storage has no trace point */
> > > > > > > +               return true;
> > > > > > > +       case BPF_TRACE_FENTRY:
> > > > > > > +       case BPF_TRACE_FEXIT:
> > > > > > > +               btf_vmlinux = bpf_get_btf_vmlinux();
> > > > > > > +               btf_id = prog->aux->attach_btf_id;
> > > > > > > +               t = btf_type_by_id(btf_vmlinux, btf_id);
> > > > > > > +               tname = btf_name_by_offset(btf_vmlinux, t->name_off);
> > > > > > > +               return !strstr(tname, "sk_storage");
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm always feeling uneasy about substring checks... Also, KP just
> > > > > > fixed the issue with string-based checks for LSM. Can we use a
> > > > > > BTF_ID_SET of blacklisted functions instead?
> > > > > KP one is different.  It accidentally whitelist-ed more than it should.
> > > > >
> > > > > It is a blacklist here.  It is actually cleaner and safer to blacklist
> > > > > all functions with "sk_storage" and too pessimistic is fine here.
> > > >
> > > > Fine for whom? Prefix check would be half-bad, but substring check is
> > > > horrible. Suddenly "task_storage" (and anything related) would be also
> > > > blacklisted. Let's do a prefix check at least.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Agree, prefix check sounds like a good idea. But, just doing a quick
> > > grep seems like it will need at least bpf_sk_storage and sk_storage to
> > > catch everything.
> >
> > Is there any reason we are not using BTF ID sets and an allow list similar
> > to bpf_d_path helper? (apart from the obvious inconvenience of
> > needing to update the set in the kernel)
> It is a blacklist here, a small recap from commit message.
>
> > During the load time, the new tracing_allowed() function
> > will ensure the tracing prog using the bpf_sk_storage_(get|delete)
> > helper is not tracing any *sk_storage*() function itself.
> > The sk is passed as "void *" when calling into bpf_local_storage.
>
> Both BTF_ID and string-based (either prefix/substr) will work.
>
> The intention is to first disallow a tracing program from tracing
> any function in bpf_sk_storage.c and also calling the
> bpf_sk_storage_(get|delete) helper at the same time.
> This blacklist can be revisited later if there would
> be a use case in some of the blacklist-ed
> functions (which I doubt).
>
> To use BTF_ID, it needs to consider about if the current (and future)
> bpf_sk_storage function can be used in BTF_ID or not:
> static, global/external, or inlined.
>
> If BTF_ID is the best way for doing all black/white list, I don't mind
> either.  I could force some to inline and we need to remember
> to revisit the blacklist when the scope of fentry/fexit tracable
> function changed, e.g. when static function becomes traceable

You can consider static functions traceable already. Arnaldo landed a
change a day or so ago in pahole that exposes static functions in BTF
and makes it possible to fentry/fexit attach them.

> later.  The future changes to bpf_sk_storage.c will need to
> adjust this list also.

Powered by blists - more mailing lists