netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/2] bpf: Print some info if disable bpf_jit

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Date:   Tue, 10 May 2022 11:35:03 +0800
From:   Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc:     Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/2] bpf: Print some info if disable bpf_jit_enable failed

A user told me that bpf_jit_enable can be disabled on one system, but he
failed to disable bpf_jit_enable on the other system:

  # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
  bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

No useful info is available through the dmesg log, a quick analysis shows
that the issue is related with CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON.

When CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is enabled, bpf_jit_enable is permanently set
to 1 and setting any other value than that will return failure.

It is better to print some info to tell the user if disable bpf_jit_enable
failed.

Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>
---
 net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index cf00dd7..ca4527f 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_bpf_enable(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 					   loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret, jit_enable = *(int *)table->data;
+	int min = *(int *)table->extra1;
+	int max = *(int *)table->extra2;
 	struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
 
 	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -283,6 +285,10 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_bpf_enable(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			ret = -EPERM;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (write && ret && min == max)
+		pr_info_once("CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is enabled, bpf_jit_enable is permanently set to 1.\n");
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.1.0