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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/cpumasks.rst b/Documentation/bpf/cpumasks.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a22b6ad105 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/cpumasks.rst @@ -0,0 +1,384 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +.. _cpumasks-header-label: + +================== +BPF cpumask kfuncs +================== + +1. Introduction +=============== + +``struct cpumask`` is a bitmap data structure in the kernel whose indices +reflect the CPUs on the system. Commonly, cpumasks are used to track which CPUs +a task is affinitized to, but they can also be used to e.g. track which cores +are associated with a scheduling domain, which cores on a machine are idle, +etc. + +BPF provides programs with a set of :ref:`kfuncs-header-label` that can be +used to allocate, mutate, query, and free cpumasks. + +2. BPF cpumask objects +====================== + +There are two different types of cpumasks that can be used by BPF programs. + +2.1 ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` +---------------------------- + +``struct bpf_cpumask *`` is a cpumask that is allocated by BPF, on behalf of a +BPF program, and whose lifecycle is entirely controlled by BPF. These cpumasks +are RCU-protected, can be mutated, can be used as kptrs, and can be safely cast +to a ``struct cpumask *``. + +2.1.1 ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` lifecycle +---------------------------------------- + +A ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` is allocated, acquired, and released, using the +following functions: + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_create + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_acquire + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_release + +For example: + +.. code-block:: c + + struct cpumask_map_value { + struct bpf_cpumask __kptr * cpumask; + }; + + struct array_map { + __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY); + __type(key, int); + __type(value, struct cpumask_map_value); + __uint(max_entries, 65536); + } cpumask_map SEC(".maps"); + + static int cpumask_map_insert(struct bpf_cpumask *mask, u32 pid) + { + struct cpumask_map_value local, *v; + long status; + struct bpf_cpumask *old; + u32 key = pid; + + local.cpumask = NULL; + status = bpf_map_update_elem(&cpumask_map, &key, &local, 0); + if (status) { + bpf_cpumask_release(mask); + return status; + } + + v = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&cpumask_map, &key); + if (!v) { + bpf_cpumask_release(mask); + return -ENOENT; + } + + old = bpf_kptr_xchg(&v->cpumask, mask); + if (old) + bpf_cpumask_release(old); + + return 0; + } + + /** + * A sample tracepoint showing how a task's cpumask can be queried and + * recorded as a kptr. + */ + SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask") + int BPF_PROG(record_task_cpumask, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags) + { + struct bpf_cpumask *cpumask; + int ret; + + cpumask = bpf_cpumask_create(); + if (!cpumask) + return -ENOMEM; + + if (!bpf_cpumask_full(task->cpus_ptr)) + bpf_printk("task %s has CPU affinity", task->comm); + + bpf_cpumask_copy(cpumask, task->cpus_ptr); + return cpumask_map_insert(cpumask, task->pid); + } + +---- + +2.1.1 ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` as kptrs +--------------------------------------- + +As mentioned and illustrated above, these ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` objects can +also be stored in a map and used as kptrs. If a ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` is in +a map, the reference can be removed from the map with bpf_kptr_xchg(), or +opportunistically acquired using RCU: + +.. code-block:: c + + /* struct containing the struct bpf_cpumask kptr which is stored in the map. */ + struct cpumasks_kfunc_map_value { + struct bpf_cpumask __kptr * bpf_cpumask; + }; + + /* The map containing struct cpumasks_kfunc_map_value entries. */ + struct { + __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY); + __type(key, int); + __type(value, struct cpumasks_kfunc_map_value); + __uint(max_entries, 1); + } cpumasks_kfunc_map SEC(".maps"); + + /* ... */ + + /** + * A simple example tracepoint program showing how a + * struct bpf_cpumask * kptr that is stored in a map can + * be passed to kfuncs using RCU protection. + */ + SEC("tp_btf/cgroup_mkdir") + int BPF_PROG(cgrp_ancestor_example, struct cgroup *cgrp, const char *path) + { + struct bpf_cpumask *kptr; + struct cpumasks_kfunc_map_value *v; + u32 key = 0; + + /* Assume a bpf_cpumask * kptr was previously stored in the map. */ + v = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&cpumasks_kfunc_map, &key); + if (!v) + return -ENOENT; + + bpf_rcu_read_lock(); + /* Acquire a reference to the bpf_cpumask * kptr that's already stored in the map. */ + kptr = v->cpumask; + if (!kptr) { + /* If no bpf_cpumask was present in the map, it's because + * we're racing with another CPU that removed it with + * bpf_kptr_xchg() between the bpf_map_lookup_elem() + * above, and our load of the pointer from the map. + */ + bpf_rcu_read_unlock(); + return -EBUSY; + } + + bpf_cpumask_setall(kptr); + bpf_rcu_read_unlock(); + + return 0; + } + +---- + +2.2 ``struct cpumask`` +---------------------- + +``struct cpumask`` is the object that actually contains the cpumask bitmap +being queried, mutated, etc. A ``struct bpf_cpumask`` wraps a ``struct +cpumask``, which is why it's safe to cast it as such (note however that it is +**not** safe to cast a ``struct cpumask *`` to a ``struct bpf_cpumask *``, and +the verifier will reject any program that tries to do so). + +As we'll see below, any kfunc that mutates its cpumask argument will take a +``struct bpf_cpumask *`` as that argument. Any argument that simply queries the +cpumask will instead take a ``struct cpumask *``. + +3. cpumask kfuncs +================= + +Above, we described the kfuncs that can be used to allocate, acquire, release, +etc a ``struct bpf_cpumask *``. This section of the document will describe the +kfuncs for mutating and querying cpumasks. + +3.1 Mutating cpumasks +--------------------- + +Some cpumask kfuncs are "read-only" in that they don't mutate any of their +arguments, whereas others mutate at least one argument (which means that the +argument must be a ``struct bpf_cpumask *``, as described above). + +This section will describe all of the cpumask kfuncs which mutate at least one +argument. :ref:`cpumasks-querying-label` below describes the read-only kfuncs. + +3.1.1 Setting and clearing CPUs +------------------------------- + +bpf_cpumask_set_cpu() and bpf_cpumask_clear_cpu() can be used to set and clear +a CPU in a ``struct bpf_cpumask`` respectively: + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_set_cpu bpf_cpumask_clear_cpu + +These kfuncs are pretty straightforward, and can be used, for example, as +follows: + +.. code-block:: c + + /** + * A sample tracepoint showing how a cpumask can be queried. + */ + SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask") + int BPF_PROG(test_set_clear_cpu, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags) + { + struct bpf_cpumask *cpumask; + + cpumask = bpf_cpumask_create(); + if (!cpumask) + return -ENOMEM; + + bpf_cpumask_set_cpu(0, cpumask); + if (!bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(0, cast(cpumask))) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + bpf_cpumask_clear_cpu(0, cpumask); + if (bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(0, cast(cpumask))) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + /* struct cpumask * pointers such as task->cpus_ptr can also be queried. */ + if (bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(0, task->cpus_ptr)) + bpf_printk("task %s can use CPU %d", task->comm, 0); + + release_exit: + bpf_cpumask_release(cpumask); + return 0; + } + +---- + +bpf_cpumask_test_and_set_cpu() and bpf_cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu() are +complementary kfuncs that allow callers to atomically test and set (or clear) +CPUs: + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_test_and_set_cpu bpf_cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu + +---- + +We can also set and clear entire ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` objects in one +operation using bpf_cpumask_setall() and bpf_cpumask_clear(): + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_setall bpf_cpumask_clear + +3.1.2 Operations between cpumasks +--------------------------------- + +In addition to setting and clearing individual CPUs in a single cpumask, +callers can also perform bitwise operations between multiple cpumasks using +bpf_cpumask_and(), bpf_cpumask_or(), and bpf_cpumask_xor(): + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_and bpf_cpumask_or bpf_cpumask_xor + +The following is an example of how they may be used. Note that some of the +kfuncs shown in this example will be covered in more detail below. + +.. code-block:: c + + /** + * A sample tracepoint showing how a cpumask can be mutated using + bitwise operators (and queried). + */ + SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask") + int BPF_PROG(test_and_or_xor, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags) + { + struct bpf_cpumask *mask1, *mask2, *dst1, *dst2; + + mask1 = bpf_cpumask_create(); + if (!mask1) + return -ENOMEM; + + mask2 = bpf_cpumask_create(); + if (!mask2) { + bpf_cpumask_release(mask1); + return -ENOMEM; + } + + // ...Safely create the other two masks... */ + + bpf_cpumask_set_cpu(0, mask1); + bpf_cpumask_set_cpu(1, mask2); + bpf_cpumask_and(dst1, (const struct cpumask *)mask1, (const struct cpumask *)mask2); + if (!bpf_cpumask_empty((const struct cpumask *)dst1)) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + bpf_cpumask_or(dst1, (const struct cpumask *)mask1, (const struct cpumask *)mask2); + if (!bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(0, (const struct cpumask *)dst1)) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + if (!bpf_cpumask_test_cpu(1, (const struct cpumask *)dst1)) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + bpf_cpumask_xor(dst2, (const struct cpumask *)mask1, (const struct cpumask *)mask2); + if (!bpf_cpumask_equal((const struct cpumask *)dst1, + (const struct cpumask *)dst2)) + /* Should never happen. */ + goto release_exit; + + release_exit: + bpf_cpumask_release(mask1); + bpf_cpumask_release(mask2); + bpf_cpumask_release(dst1); + bpf_cpumask_release(dst2); + return 0; + } + +---- + +The contents of an entire cpumask may be copied to another using +bpf_cpumask_copy(): + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_copy + +---- + +.. _cpumasks-querying-label: + +3.2 Querying cpumasks +--------------------- + +In addition to the above kfuncs, there is also a set of read-only kfuncs that +can be used to query the contents of cpumasks. + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_first bpf_cpumask_first_zero bpf_cpumask_first_and + bpf_cpumask_test_cpu + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_equal bpf_cpumask_intersects bpf_cpumask_subset + bpf_cpumask_empty bpf_cpumask_full + +.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/cpumask.c + :identifiers: bpf_cpumask_any_distribute bpf_cpumask_any_and_distribute + +---- + +Some example usages of these querying kfuncs were shown above. We will not +replicate those examples here. Note, however, that all of the aforementioned +kfuncs are tested in `tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cpumask_success.c`_, so +please take a look there if you're looking for more examples of how they can be +used. + +.. _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cpumask_success.c: + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cpumask_success.c + + +4. Adding BPF cpumask kfuncs +============================ + +The set of supported BPF cpumask kfuncs are not (yet) a 1-1 match with the +cpumask operations in include/linux/cpumask.h. Any of those cpumask operations +could easily be encapsulated in a new kfunc if and when required. If you'd like +to support a new cpumask operation, please feel free to submit a patch. If you +do add a new cpumask kfunc, please document it here, and add any relevant +selftest testcases to the cpumask selftest suite. |