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Add a new BPF command BPF_PROG_ASSOC_STRUCT_OPS to allow associating a BPF program with a struct_ops map. This command takes a file descriptor of a struct_ops map and a BPF program and set prog->aux->st_ops_assoc to the kdata of the struct_ops map. The command does not accept a struct_ops program nor a non-struct_ops map. Programs of a struct_ops map is automatically associated with the map during map update. If a program is shared between two struct_ops maps, prog->aux->st_ops_assoc will be poisoned to indicate that the associated struct_ops is ambiguous. The pointer, once poisoned, cannot be reset since we have lost track of associated struct_ops. For other program types, the associated struct_ops map, once set, cannot be changed later. This restriction may be lifted in the future if there is a use case. A kernel helper bpf_prog_get_assoc_struct_ops() can be used to retrieve the associated struct_ops pointer. The returned pointer, if not NULL, is guaranteed to be valid and point to a fully updated struct_ops struct. For struct_ops program reused in multiple struct_ops map, the return will be NULL. prog->aux->st_ops_assoc is protected by bumping the refcount for non-struct_ops programs and RCU for struct_ops programs. Since it would be inefficient to track programs associated with a struct_ops map, every non-struct_ops program will bump the refcount of the map to make sure st_ops_assoc stays valid. For a struct_ops program, it is protected by RCU as map_free will wait for an RCU grace period before disassociating the program with the map. The helper must be called in BPF program context or RCU read-side critical section. struct_ops implementers should note that the struct_ops returned may not be initialized nor attached yet. The struct_ops implementer will be responsible for tracking and checking the state of the associated struct_ops map if the use case expects an initialized or attached struct_ops. Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251203233748.668365-3-ameryhung@gmail.com
Why we want a copy of kernel headers in tools?
==============================================
There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
adopted the current model.
The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
including them to compile something.
There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
may use some different #define pattern, etc.
E.g.:
$ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
$
$ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
[0] = "NORMAL",
[1] = "RANDOM",
[2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
[3] = "WILLNEED",
[4] = "DONTNEED",
[5] = "NOREUSE",
};
$
The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
process, points out changes in the original files.
So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.
Another explanation from Ingo Molnar:
It's better than all the alternatives we tried so far:
- Symbolic links and direct #includes: this was the original approach but
was pushed back on from the kernel side, when tooling modified the
headers and broke them accidentally for kernel builds.
- Duplicate self-defined ABI headers like glibc: double the maintenance
burden, double the chance for mistakes, plus there's no tech-driven
notification mechanism to look at new kernel side changes.
What we are doing now is a third option:
- A software-enforced copy-on-write mechanism of kernel headers to
tooling, driven by non-fatal warnings on the tooling side build when
kernel headers get modified:
Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
diff -u tools/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/fs.h include/uapi/linux/fs.h
diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
...
The tooling policy is to always pick up the kernel side headers as-is,
and integate them into the tooling build. The warnings above serve as a
notification to tooling maintainers that there's changes on the kernel
side.
We've been using this for many years now, and it might seem hacky, but
works surprisingly well.