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From: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>
To: Hou Tao <houtao@huaweicloud.com>, Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
	bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
	paulmck@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 05/11] bpf: Add bpf_map_of_map_fd_{get,put}_ptr() helpers
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 18:48:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <23b55935-0ad4-5a0a-f19a-ba718793902b@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a4cd7db-4ef8-4033-aa9e-bf50e3560e46@paulmck-laptop>

On 11/9/23 5:45 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>>>>>> +void bpf_map_of_map_fd_put_ptr(void *ptr, bool need_defer)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +    struct bpf_inner_map_element *element = ptr;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    /* Do bpf_map_put() after a RCU grace period and a tasks trace
>>>>>>> +     * RCU grace period, so it is certain that the bpf program which is
>>>>>>> +     * manipulating the map now has exited when bpf_map_put() is
>>>>>>> called.
>>>>>>> +     */
>>>>>>> +    if (need_defer)
>>>>>> "need_defer" should only happen from the syscall cmd? Instead of
>>>>>> adding rcu_head to each element, how about
>>>>>> "synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu, call_rcu_tasks)" here?
>>>>> No. I have tried the method before, but it didn't work due to dead-lock
>>>>> (will mention that in commit message in v2). The reason is that bpf
>>>>> syscall program may also do map update through sys_bpf helper. Because
>>>>> bpf syscall program is running with sleep-able context and has
>>>>> rcu_read_lock_trace being held, so call synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu,
>>>>> call_rcu_tasks) will lead to dead-lock.

Need to think of a less intrusive solution instead of adding rcu_head to each 
element and lookup also needs an extra de-referencing.

May be the bpf_map_{update,delete}_elem(&outer_map, ....) should not be done by 
the syscall program? Which selftest does it?

Can the inner_map learn that it has been deleted from an outer map that is used 
in a sleepable prog->aux->used_maps? The bpf_map_free_deferred() will then wait 
for a task_trace gp?


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-11-10  2:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-07 14:06 [PATCH bpf 00/11] bpf: Fix the release of inner map Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 01/11] bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() before calling bpf map helpers Hou Tao
2023-11-08 23:11   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-11-09  3:46     ` Hou Tao
2023-11-09  7:02       ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-11-09  7:44         ` Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 02/11] bpf: Reduce the scope of rcu_read_lock when updating fd map Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 03/11] bpf: Use GFP_KERNEL in bpf_event_entry_gen() Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 04/11] bpf: Add need_defer parameter to .map_fd_put_ptr() Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 05/11] bpf: Add bpf_map_of_map_fd_{get,put}_ptr() helpers Hou Tao
2023-11-09  6:36   ` Martin KaFai Lau
2023-11-09  7:26     ` Hou Tao
2023-11-09 15:55       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2023-11-09 19:55         ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-11-10  1:06           ` Hou Tao
2023-11-10  1:45             ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-11-10  2:37               ` Hou Tao
2023-11-10  2:48               ` Martin KaFai Lau [this message]
2023-11-10  3:34                 ` Hou Tao
2023-11-10  4:58                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-11-13  0:53                     ` Hou Tao
2023-11-14 12:58                       ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 06/11] bpf: Add bpf_map_of_map_fd_sys_lookup_elem() helper Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 07/11] bpf: Defer bpf_map_put() for inner map in map array Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:06 ` [PATCH bpf 08/11] bpf: Defer bpf_map_put() for inner map in map htab Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:07 ` [PATCH bpf 09/11] bpf: Remove unused helpers for map-in-map Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:07 ` [PATCH bpf 10/11] selftests/bpf: Remove the liveness test for inner map Hou Tao
2023-11-07 14:07 ` [PATCH bpf 11/11] selftests/bpf: Add test cases " Hou Tao

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