On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 10:06:12AM -0800, Javier Honduvilla Coto wrote:
> From: Javier Honduvilla Coto <javierhond...@gmail.com>
>
> This patch adds the bpf_progenyof helper which receives a PID and returns
> 1 if the process currently being executed is in the process hierarchy
> including itself or 0 if not.
>
> This is very useful in tracing programs when we want to filter by a
> given PID and all the children it might spawn. The current workarounds
> most people implement for this purpose have issues:
>
> - Attaching to process spawning syscalls and dynamically add those PIDs
> to some bpf map that would be used to filter is cumbersome and
> potentially racy.
> - Unrolling some loop to perform what this helper is doing consumes lots
> of instructions. That and the impossibility to jump backwards makes it
> really hard to be correct in really large process chains.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Honduvilla Coto <javierhond...@gmail.com>
> ---
> include/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
> include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 11 ++++++++++-
> kernel/bpf/core.c | 1 +
> kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index de18227b3d95..447395ba202b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ extern const struct bpf_func_proto
> bpf_sk_redirect_map_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_spin_lock_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_spin_unlock_proto;
> extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_local_storage_proto;
> +extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_progenyof_proto;
>
> /* Shared helpers among cBPF and eBPF. */
> void bpf_user_rnd_init_once(void);
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index bcdd2474eee7..354ec295864c 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -2359,6 +2359,14 @@ union bpf_attr {
> * Return
> * A **struct bpf_tcp_sock** pointer on success, or NULL in
> * case of failure.
> + *
> + * int bpf_progenyof(int pid)
> + * Description
> + * This helper is useful in programs that want to filter events
> + * happening to a pid of any of its descendants.
> + * Return
> + * 1 if the currently executing process' pid is in the process
> + * hierarchy of the passed pid. 0 Otherwise.
> */
> #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
> FN(unspec), \
> @@ -2457,7 +2465,8 @@ union bpf_attr {
> FN(spin_lock), \
> FN(spin_unlock), \
> FN(sk_fullsock), \
> - FN(tcp_sock),
> + FN(tcp_sock), \
> + FN(progenyof),
>
> /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
> * function eBPF program intends to call
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index ef88b167959d..69e209fbd128 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -2015,6 +2015,7 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto
> bpf_get_current_uid_gid_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_comm_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_cgroup_id_proto __weak;
> const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_local_storage_proto __weak;
> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_progenyof_proto __weak;
>
> const struct bpf_func_proto * __weak bpf_get_trace_printk_proto(void)
> {
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> index a411fc17d265..3899787e8dbf 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/uidgid.h>
> #include <linux/filter.h>
> +#include <linux/init_task.h>
>
> /* If kernel subsystem is allowing eBPF programs to call this function,
> * inside its own verifier_ops->get_func_proto() callback it should return
> @@ -364,3 +365,31 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_local_storage_proto
> = {
> };
> #endif
> #endif
> +
> +BPF_CALL_1(bpf_progenyof, int, pid)
> +{
> + int result = 0;
> + struct task_struct *task = current;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!task))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
I don't think it is needed. It should already be under rcu_read_lock().
You may add 'WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());' to be safe,
like other "bpf_map_xxx_elem()" helpers in the same file.
> + while (task != &init_task) {
> + if (task->pid == pid) {
> + result = 1;
> + break;
> + }
> + task = rcu_dereference(task->real_parent);
> + }
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> + return result;
> +}
> +
> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_progenyof_proto = {
> + .func = bpf_progenyof,
> + .gpl_only = false,
> + .ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
> + .arg1_type = ARG_ANYTHING,
> +};
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index f1a86a0d881d..8602ae83c799 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -600,6 +600,8 @@ tracing_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct
> bpf_prog *prog)
> return &bpf_get_prandom_u32_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_probe_read_str:
> return &bpf_probe_read_str_proto;
> + case BPF_FUNC_progenyof:
> + return &bpf_progenyof_proto;
> #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
> case BPF_FUNC_get_current_cgroup_id:
> return &bpf_get_current_cgroup_id_proto;
> --
> 2.17.1
>
