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Currently, a set of core BPF kfuncs (e.g. bpf_task_*, bpf_cgroup_*, bpf_cpumask_*, etc) cannot be invoked from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL programs. The whitelist approach taken for enabling kfuncs makes sense: it not safe to call these kfuncs from every program type. For example, it may not be safe to call bpf_task_acquire() in an fentry to free_task(). BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL, on the other hand, is a perfectly safe program type from which to invoke these kfuncs, as it's a very controlled environment, and we should never be able to run into any of the typical problems such as recursive invoations, acquiring references on freeing kptrs, etc. Being able to invoke these kfuncs would be useful, as BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL can be invoked with BPF_PROG_RUN, and would therefore enable user space programs to synchronously call into BPF to manipulate these kptrs. This patch therefore enables invoking the aforementioned core kfuncs from BPF_PROG_TYPE_SYSCALL progs. Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240405143041.632519-2-void@manifault.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.