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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 Google LLC.
+
+===========================
+BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE
+===========================
+
+The ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE`` map type represents a local fix-sized
+storage. It is only available with ``CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF``, and to programs that
+attach to cgroups; the programs are made available by the same Kconfig. The
+storage is identified by the cgroup the program is attached to.
+
+The map provide a local storage at the cgroup that the BPF program is attached
+to. It provides a faster and simpler access than the general purpose hash
+table, which performs a hash table lookups, and requires user to track live
+cgroups on their own.
+
+This document describes the usage and semantics of the
+``BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE`` map type. Some of its behaviors was changed in
+Linux 5.9 and this document will describe the differences.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+The map uses key of type of either ``__u64 cgroup_inode_id`` or
+``struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key``, declared in ``linux/bpf.h``::
+
+ struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key {
+ __u64 cgroup_inode_id;
+ __u32 attach_type;
+ };
+
+``cgroup_inode_id`` is the inode id of the cgroup directory.
+``attach_type`` is the program's attach type.
+
+Linux 5.9 added support for type ``__u64 cgroup_inode_id`` as the key type.
+When this key type is used, then all attach types of the particular cgroup and
+map will share the same storage. Otherwise, if the type is
+``struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key``, then programs of different attach types
+be isolated and see different storages.
+
+To access the storage in a program, use ``bpf_get_local_storage``::
+
+ void *bpf_get_local_storage(void *map, u64 flags)
+
+``flags`` is reserved for future use and must be 0.
+
+There is no implicit synchronization. Storages of ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE``
+can be accessed by multiple programs across different CPUs, and user should
+take care of synchronization by themselves. The bpf infrastructure provides
+``struct bpf_spin_lock`` to synchronize the storage. See
+``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock.c``.
+
+Examples
+========
+
+Usage with key type as ``struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key``::
+
+ #include <bpf/bpf.h>
+
+ struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE);
+ __type(key, struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key);
+ __type(value, __u32);
+ } cgroup_storage SEC(".maps");
+
+ int program(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+ {
+ __u32 *ptr = bpf_get_local_storage(&cgroup_storage, 0);
+ __sync_fetch_and_add(ptr, 1);
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+Userspace accessing map declared above::
+
+ #include <linux/bpf.h>
+ #include <linux/libbpf.h>
+
+ __u32 map_lookup(struct bpf_map *map, __u64 cgrp, enum bpf_attach_type type)
+ {
+ struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key = {
+ .cgroup_inode_id = cgrp,
+ .attach_type = type,
+ };
+ __u32 value;
+ bpf_map_lookup_elem(bpf_map__fd(map), &key, &value);
+ // error checking omitted
+ return value;
+ }
+
+Alternatively, using just ``__u64 cgroup_inode_id`` as key type::
+
+ #include <bpf/bpf.h>
+
+ struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE);
+ __type(key, __u64);
+ __type(value, __u32);
+ } cgroup_storage SEC(".maps");
+
+ int program(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+ {
+ __u32 *ptr = bpf_get_local_storage(&cgroup_storage, 0);
+ __sync_fetch_and_add(ptr, 1);
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+And userspace::
+
+ #include <linux/bpf.h>
+ #include <linux/libbpf.h>
+
+ __u32 map_lookup(struct bpf_map *map, __u64 cgrp, enum bpf_attach_type type)
+ {
+ __u32 value;
+ bpf_map_lookup_elem(bpf_map__fd(map), &cgrp, &value);
+ // error checking omitted
+ return value;
+ }
+
+Semantics
+=========
+
+``BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE`` is a variant of this map type. This
+per-CPU variant will have different memory regions for each CPU for each
+storage. The non-per-CPU will have the same memory region for each storage.
+
+Prior to Linux 5.9, the lifetime of a storage is precisely per-attachment, and
+for a single ``CGROUP_STORAGE`` map, there can be at most one program loaded
+that uses the map. A program may be attached to multiple cgroups or have
+multiple attach types, and each attach creates a fresh zeroed storage. The
+storage is freed upon detach.
+
+There is a one-to-one association between the map of each type (per-CPU and
+non-per-CPU) and the BPF program during load verification time. As a result,
+each map can only be used by one BPF program and each BPF program can only use
+one storage map of each type. Because of map can only be used by one BPF
+program, sharing of this cgroup's storage with other BPF programs were
+impossible.
+
+Since Linux 5.9, storage can be shared by multiple programs. When a program is
+attached to a cgroup, the kernel would create a new storage only if the map
+does not already contain an entry for the cgroup and attach type pair, or else
+the old storage is reused for the new attachment. If the map is attach type
+shared, then attach type is simply ignored during comparison. Storage is freed
+only when either the map or the cgroup attached to is being freed. Detaching
+will not directly free the storage, but it may cause the reference to the map
+to reach zero and indirectly freeing all storage in the map.
+
+The map is not associated with any BPF program, thus making sharing possible.
+However, the BPF program can still only associate with one map of each type
+(per-CPU and non-per-CPU). A BPF program cannot use more than one
+``BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE`` or more than one
+``BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE``.
+
+In all versions, userspace may use the attach parameters of cgroup and
+attach type pair in ``struct bpf_cgroup_storage_key`` as the key to the BPF map
+APIs to read or update the storage for a given attachment. For Linux 5.9
+attach type shared storages, only the first value in the struct, cgroup inode
+id, is used during comparison, so userspace may just specify a ``__u64``
+directly.
+
+The storage is bound at attach time. Even if the program is attached to parent
+and triggers in child, the storage still belongs to the parent.
+
+Userspace cannot create a new entry in the map or delete an existing entry.
+Program test runs always use a temporary storage.