linux/kernel/bpf
Alexei Starovoitov be8704ff07 bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions
Introduce dynamic program extensions. The users can load additional BPF
functions and replace global functions in previously loaded BPF programs while
these programs are executing.

Global functions are verified individually by the verifier based on their types only.
Hence the global function in the new program which types match older function can
safely replace that corresponding function.

This new function/program is called 'an extension' of old program. At load time
the verifier uses (attach_prog_fd, attach_btf_id) pair to identify the function
to be replaced. The BPF program type is derived from the target program into
extension program. Technically bpf_verifier_ops is copied from target program.
The BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT program type is a placeholder. It has empty verifier_ops.
The extension program can call the same bpf helper functions as target program.
Single BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT type is used to extend XDP, SKB and all other program
types. The verifier allows only one level of replacement. Meaning that the
extension program cannot recursively extend an extension. That also means that
the maximum stack size is increasing from 512 to 1024 bytes and maximum
function nesting level from 8 to 16. The programs don't always consume that
much. The stack usage is determined by the number of on-stack variables used by
the program. The verifier could have enforced 512 limit for combined original
plus extension program, but it makes for difficult user experience. The main
use case for extensions is to provide generic mechanism to plug external
programs into policy program or function call chaining.

BPF trampoline is used to track both fentry/fexit and program extensions
because both are using the same nop slot at the beginning of every BPF
function. Attaching fentry/fexit to a function that was replaced is not
allowed. The opposite is true as well. Replacing a function that currently
being analyzed with fentry/fexit is not allowed. The executable page allocated
by BPF trampoline is not used by program extensions. This inefficiency will be
optimized in future patches.

Function by function verification of global function supports scalars and
pointer to context only. Hence program extensions are supported for such class
of global functions only. In the future the verifier will be extended with
support to pointers to structures, arrays with sizes, etc.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200121005348.2769920-2-ast@kernel.org
2020-01-22 23:04:52 +01:00
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arraymap.c bpf: Add lookup and update batch ops to arraymap 2020-01-15 14:00:35 -08:00
bpf_lru_list.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
bpf_lru_list.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
bpf_struct_ops_types.h bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf 2020-01-09 08:46:18 -08:00
bpf_struct_ops.c bpf: Fix seq_show for BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS 2020-01-14 09:54:31 -08:00
btf.c bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions 2020-01-22 23:04:52 +01:00
cgroup.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2019-12-27 14:20:10 -08:00
core.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2019-12-27 14:20:10 -08:00
cpumap.c xdp: Make cpumap flush_list common for all map instances 2019-12-19 21:09:43 -08:00
devmap.c devmap: Adjust tracepoint for map-less queue flush 2020-01-16 20:03:34 -08:00
disasm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 295 2019-06-05 17:36:38 +02:00
disasm.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 295 2019-06-05 17:36:38 +02:00
dispatcher.c bpf: Introduce BPF dispatcher 2019-12-13 13:09:32 -08:00
hashtab.c bpf: Add batch ops to all htab bpf map 2020-01-15 14:00:35 -08:00
helpers.c cgroup: use cgrp->kn->id as the cgroup ID 2019-11-12 08:18:04 -08:00
inode.c bpf: don't bother with getname/kern_path - use user_path_at 2020-01-21 23:46:21 +01:00
local_storage.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-12-22 09:54:33 -08:00
lpm_trie.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-06-22 08:59:24 -04:00
Makefile bpf: Introduce BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS 2020-01-09 08:46:18 -08:00
map_in_map.c bpf: Introduce BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS 2020-01-09 08:46:18 -08:00
map_in_map.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
offload.c bpf, offload: Unlock on error in bpf_offload_dev_create() 2019-11-07 00:20:27 +01:00
percpu_freelist.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
percpu_freelist.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
queue_stack_maps.c bpf: move memory size checks to bpf_map_charge_init() 2019-05-31 16:52:56 -07:00
reuseport_array.c bpf: move memory size checks to bpf_map_charge_init() 2019-05-31 16:52:56 -07:00
stackmap.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-12-03 09:29:50 -08:00
syscall.c bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions 2020-01-22 23:04:52 +01:00
sysfs_btf.c btf: fix return value check in btf_vmlinux_init() 2019-08-15 22:18:17 -07:00
tnum.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
trampoline.c bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions 2020-01-22 23:04:52 +01:00
verifier.c bpf: Introduce dynamic program extensions 2020-01-22 23:04:52 +01:00
xskmap.c xsk: Make xskmap flush_list common for all map instances 2019-12-19 21:09:43 -08:00