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The vma->vm_mm might be NULL and it can be accessed outside of RCU. Thus,
we can mark it as trusted_or_null. With this change, BPF helpers can safely
access vma->vm_mm to retrieve the associated mm_struct from the VMA.
Then we can make policy decision from the VMA.
The "trusted" annotation enables direct access to vma->vm_mm within kfuncs
marked with KF_TRUSTED_ARGS or KF_RCU, such as bpf_task_get_cgroup1() and
bpf_task_under_cgroup(). Conversely, "null" enforcement requires all
callsites using vma->vm_mm to perform NULL checks.
The lsm selftest must be modified because it directly accesses vma->vm_mm
without a NULL pointer check; otherwise it will break due to this
change.
For the VMA based THP policy, the use case is as follows,
@mm = @vma->vm_mm; // vm_area_struct::vm_mm is trusted or null
if (!@mm)
return;
bpf_rcu_read_lock(); // rcu lock must be held to dereference the owner
@owner = @mm->owner; // mm_struct::owner is rcu trusted or null
if (!@owner)
goto out;
@cgroup1 = bpf_task_get_cgroup1(@owner, MEMCG_HIERARCHY_ID);
/* make the decision based on the @cgroup1 attribute */
bpf_cgroup_release(@cgroup1); // release the associated cgroup
out:
bpf_rcu_read_unlock();
PSI memory information can be obtained from the associated cgroup to inform
policy decisions. Since upstream PSI support is currently limited to cgroup
v2, the following example demonstrates cgroup v2 implementation:
@owner = @mm->owner;
if (@owner) {
// @ancestor_cgid is user-configured
@ancestor = bpf_cgroup_from_id(@ancestor_cgid);
if (bpf_task_under_cgroup(@owner, @ancestor)) {
@psi_group = @ancestor->psi;
/* Extract PSI metrics from @psi_group and
* implement policy logic based on the values
*/
}
}
The vma::vm_file can also be marked with __safe_trusted_or_null.
No additional selftests are required since vma->vm_file and vma->vm_mm are
already validated in the existing selftest suite.
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251016063929.13830-3-laoar.shao@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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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.