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* [PATCH bpf-next 0/9] bpf: add support for new btf kind BTF_KIND_TAG
@ 2021-09-07 23:00 Yonghong Song
  2021-09-07 23:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/9] bpf: " Yonghong Song
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  0 siblings, 10 replies; 31+ messages in thread
From: Yonghong Song @ 2021-09-07 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf; +Cc: Alexei Starovoitov, Andrii Nakryiko, Daniel Borkmann, kernel-team

LLVM14 added support for a new C attribute ([1])
  __attribute__((btf_tag("arbitrary_str")))
This attribute will be emitted to dwarf ([2]) and pahole
will convert it to BTF. Or for bpf target, this
attribute will be emitted to BTF directly ([3]).
The attribute is intended to provide additional
information for
  - struct/union type or struct/union member
  - static/global variables
  - static/global function or function parameter.

This new attribute can be used to add attributes
to kernel codes, e.g., pre- or post- conditions,
allow/deny info, or any other info in which only
the kernel is interested. Such attributes will
be processed by clang frontend and emitted to
dwarf, converting to BTF by pahole. Ultimiately
the verifier can use these information for
verification purpose.

The new attribute can also be used for bpf
programs, e.g., tagging with __user attributes
for function parameters, specifying global
function preconditions, etc. Such information
may help verifier to detect user program
bugs.

After this series, pahole dwarf->btf converter
will be enhanced to support new llvm tag
for btf_tag attribute. With pahole support,
we will then try to add a few real use case,
e.g., __user/__rcu tagging, allow/deny list,
some kernel function precondition, etc,
in the kernel.

In the rest of the series, Patch 1 had
kernel support. Patches 2-3 added
libbpf support. Patch 4 added bpftool
support. Patch 5-8 added various selftests.
Patch 9 added documentation for the new kind.

  [1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D106614
  [2] https://reviews.llvm.org/D106621
  [3] https://reviews.llvm.org/D106622

Yonghong Song (9):
  bpf: support for new btf kind BTF_KIND_TAG
  libbpf: rename btf_{hash,equal}_int to btf_{hash,equal}_int_tag
  libbpf: add support for BTF_KIND_TAG
  bpftool: add support for BTF_KIND_TAG
  selftests/bpf: test libbpf API function btf__add_tag()
  selftests/bpf: add BTF_KIND_TAG unit tests
  selftests/bpf: test BTF_KIND_TAG for deduplication
  selftests/bpf: add a test with a bpf program with btf_tag attributes
  docs/bpf: add documentation for BTF_KIND_TAG

 Documentation/bpf/btf.rst                     |  30 +-
 include/uapi/linux/btf.h                      |  15 +-
 kernel/bpf/btf.c                              | 115 +++++++
 tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c                       |  18 +
 tools/include/uapi/linux/btf.h                |  15 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c                           |  77 ++++-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h                           |  13 +
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c                      |   3 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        |  31 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map                      |   1 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h               |   2 +
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/btf_helpers.c     |   7 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c  | 314 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c        |  14 +
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_write.c      |  23 ++
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c       |  39 +++
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.h        |   6 +
 17 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_tag.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tag.c

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2021-09-07 23:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/9] bpf: " Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:09   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 15:55     ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/9] libbpf: rename btf_{hash,equal}_int to btf_{hash,equal}_int_tag Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:10   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/9] libbpf: add support for BTF_KIND_TAG Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:26   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 16:04     ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/9] bpftool: " Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:28   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-09  5:33     ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 16:38       ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-10 18:05         ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 16:04     ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/9] selftests/bpf: test libbpf API function btf__add_tag() Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:35   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 16:39     ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/9] selftests/bpf: add BTF_KIND_TAG unit tests Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 7/9] selftests/bpf: test BTF_KIND_TAG for deduplication Yonghong Song
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 8/9] selftests/bpf: add a test with a bpf program with btf_tag attributes Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:39   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-07 23:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 9/9] docs/bpf: add documentation for BTF_KIND_TAG Yonghong Song
2021-09-09  5:42   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-10 16:40     ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-10 18:05       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-09-09 22:45 ` [PATCH bpf-next 0/9] bpf: add support for new btf kind BTF_KIND_TAG Jose E. Marchesi
2021-09-09 23:30   ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-10  2:19     ` Jose E. Marchesi
2021-09-10  7:04       ` Yonghong Song
2021-09-10  8:31         ` Jose E. Marchesi

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