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From: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com>
To: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com>, <ast@kernel.org>,
	<daniel@iogearbox.net>, <kernel-team@fb.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Document BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE flag
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 17:40:06 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200108014006.938363-1-rdna@fb.com> (raw)

Document BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE flag, mostly to clarify how it affects
attach_flags what may not be obvious and what may lead to confision.

Specifically attach_flags is returned only for target_fd but if programs
are inherited from an ancestor cgroup then returned attach_flags for
current cgroup may be confusing. For example, two effective programs of
same attach_type can be returned but w/o BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI in
attach_flags.

Simple repro:
  # bpftool c s /sys/fs/cgroup/path/to/task
  ID       AttachType      AttachFlags     Name
  # bpftool c s /sys/fs/cgroup/path/to/task effective
  ID       AttachType      AttachFlags     Name
  95043    ingress                         tw_ipt_ingress
  95048    ingress                         tw_ingress

Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h       | 7 ++++++-
 tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 7df436da542d..dc4b8a2d2a86 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -357,7 +357,12 @@ enum bpf_attach_type {
 /* Enable memory-mapping BPF map */
 #define BPF_F_MMAPABLE		(1U << 10)
 
-/* flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY */
+/* Flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY. */
+
+/* Query effective (directly attached + inherited from ancestor cgroups)
+ * programs that will be executed for events within a cgroup.
+ * attach_flags with this flag are returned only for directly attached programs.
+ */
 #define BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE	(1U << 0)
 
 enum bpf_stack_build_id_status {
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 7df436da542d..dc4b8a2d2a86 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -357,7 +357,12 @@ enum bpf_attach_type {
 /* Enable memory-mapping BPF map */
 #define BPF_F_MMAPABLE		(1U << 10)
 
-/* flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY */
+/* Flags for BPF_PROG_QUERY. */
+
+/* Query effective (directly attached + inherited from ancestor cgroups)
+ * programs that will be executed for events within a cgroup.
+ * attach_flags with this flag are returned only for directly attached programs.
+ */
 #define BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE	(1U << 0)
 
 enum bpf_stack_build_id_status {
-- 
2.17.1


             reply	other threads:[~2020-01-08  1:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-08  1:40 Andrey Ignatov [this message]
2020-01-08 16:31 ` [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Document BPF_F_QUERY_EFFECTIVE flag Song Liu
2020-01-08 17:19   ` Andrey Ignatov
2020-01-09 17:41     ` Alexei Starovoitov

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