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Dave Marchevsky
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Currently btf_parse_fields is used in two places to create struct
btf_record's for structs: when looking at mapval type, and when looking
at any struct in program BTF. The former looks for kptr fields while the
latter does not. This patch modifies the btf_parse_fields call made when
looking at prog BTF struct types to search for kptrs as well.
Before this series there was no reason to search for kptrs in non-mapval
types: a referenced kptr needs some owner to guarantee resource cleanup,
and map values were the only owner that supported this. If a struct with
a kptr field were to have some non-kptr-aware owner, the kptr field
might not be properly cleaned up and result in resources leaking. Only
searching for kptr fields in mapval was a simple way to avoid this
problem.
In practice, though, searching for BPF_KPTR when populating
struct_meta_tab does not expose us to this risk, as struct_meta_tab is
only accessed through btf_find_struct_meta helper, and that helper is
only called in contexts where recognizing the kptr field is safe:
* PTR_TO_BTF_ID reg w/ MEM_ALLOC flag
* Such a reg is a local kptr and must be free'd via bpf_obj_drop,
which will correctly handle kptr field
* When handling specific kfuncs which either expect MEM_ALLOC input or
return MEM_ALLOC output (obj_{new,drop}, percpu_obj_{new,drop},
list+rbtree funcs, refcount_acquire)
* Will correctly handle kptr field for same reasons as above
* When looking at kptr pointee type
* Called by functions which implement "correct kptr resource
handling"
* In btf_check_and_fixup_fields
* Helper that ensures no ownership loops for lists and rbtrees,
doesn't care about kptr field existence
So we should be able to find BPF_KPTR fields in all prog BTF structs
without leaking resources.
Further patches in the series will build on this change to support
kptr_xchg into non-mapval local kptr. Without this change there would be
no kptr field found in such a type.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <amery.hung@bytedance.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240813212424.2871455-3-amery.hung@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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