uprobes work by raising a trap, setting a task flag from within the
interrupt handler, and processing the actual work for the uprobe on the
way back to userspace. As a result, uprobe handlers already execute in a
might_fault/_sleep context. The primary obstacle to sleepable bpf uprobe
programs is therefore on the bpf side.
Namely, the bpf_prog_array attached to the uprobe is protected by normal
rcu. In order for uprobe bpf programs to become sleepable, it has to be
protected by the tasks_trace rcu flavor instead (and kfree() called after
a corresponding grace period).
Therefore, the free path for bpf_prog_array now chains a tasks_trace and
normal grace periods one after the other.
Users who iterate under tasks_trace read section would
be safe, as would users who iterate under normal read sections (from
non-sleepable locations).
The downside is that the tasks_trace latency affects all perf_event-attached
bpf programs (and not just uprobe ones). This is deemed safe given the
possible attach rates for kprobe/uprobe/tp programs.
Separately, non-sleepable programs need access to dynamically sized
rcu-protected maps, so bpf_run_prog_array_sleepables now conditionally takes
an rcu read section, in addition to the overarching tasks_trace section.
Signed-off-by: Delyan Kratunov <delyank@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ce844d62a2fd0443b08c5ab02e95bc7149f9aeb1.1655248076.git.delyank@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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