netdev - Re: [PATCHv2] bpf: Add deny list of btf ids check for tracing programs

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Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 18:36:38 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] bpf: Add deny list of btf ids check for tracing programs

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 4:47 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The recursion check in __bpf_prog_enter and __bpf_prog_exit
> leaves some (not inlined) functions unprotected:
>
> In __bpf_prog_enter:
>   - migrate_disable is called before prog->active is checked
>
> In __bpf_prog_exit:
>   - migrate_enable,rcu_read_unlock_strict are called after
>     prog->active is decreased
>
> When attaching trampoline to them we get panic like:
>
>   traps: PANIC: double fault, error_code: 0x0
>   double fault: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
>   RIP: 0010:__bpf_prog_enter+0x4/0x50
>   ...
>   Call Trace:
>    <IRQ>
>    bpf_trampoline_6442466513_0+0x18/0x1000
>    migrate_disable+0x5/0x50
>    __bpf_prog_enter+0x9/0x50
>    bpf_trampoline_6442466513_0+0x18/0x1000
>    migrate_disable+0x5/0x50
>    __bpf_prog_enter+0x9/0x50
>    bpf_trampoline_6442466513_0+0x18/0x1000
>    migrate_disable+0x5/0x50
>    __bpf_prog_enter+0x9/0x50
>    bpf_trampoline_6442466513_0+0x18/0x1000
>    migrate_disable+0x5/0x50
>    ...
>
> Fixing this by adding deny list of btf ids for tracing
> programs and checking btf id during program verification.
> Adding above functions to this list.
>
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> ---
> v2 changes:
>   - drop check for EXT programs [Andrii]
>
>  kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index 2579f6fbb5c3..42311e51ac71 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -13112,6 +13112,17 @@ int bpf_check_attach_target(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +BTF_SET_START(btf_id_deny)
> +BTF_ID_UNUSED
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +BTF_ID(func, migrate_disable)
> +BTF_ID(func, migrate_enable)
> +#endif
> +#if !defined CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU && !defined CONFIG_TINY_RCU
> +BTF_ID(func, rcu_read_unlock_strict)
> +#endif
> +BTF_SET_END(btf_id_deny)

I was wondering whether it makes sense to do this on pahole side instead ?
It can do more flexible regex matching and excluding all such functions
from vmlinux btf without the kernel having to do a maze of #ifdef
depending on config.
On one side we will lose BTF info about such functions, but what do we
need it for?
On the other side it will be a tiny reduction in vmlinux btf :)
Thoughts?