bpf: introduce bpf_spin_lock

Introduce 'struct bpf_spin_lock' and bpf_spin_lock/unlock() helpers to let
bpf program serialize access to other variables.

Example:
struct hash_elem {
    int cnt;
    struct bpf_spin_lock lock;
};
struct hash_elem * val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&hash_map, &key);
if (val) {
    bpf_spin_lock(&val->lock);
    val->cnt++;
    bpf_spin_unlock(&val->lock);
}

Restrictions and safety checks:
- bpf_spin_lock is only allowed inside HASH and ARRAY maps.
- BTF description of the map is mandatory for safety analysis.
- bpf program can take one bpf_spin_lock at a time, since two or more can
  cause dead locks.
- only one 'struct bpf_spin_lock' is allowed per map element.
  It drastically simplifies implementation yet allows bpf program to use
  any number of bpf_spin_locks.
- when bpf_spin_lock is taken the calls (either bpf2bpf or helpers) are not allowed.
- bpf program must bpf_spin_unlock() before return.
- bpf program can access 'struct bpf_spin_lock' only via
  bpf_spin_lock()/bpf_spin_unlock() helpers.
- load/store into 'struct bpf_spin_lock lock;' field is not allowed.
- to use bpf_spin_lock() helper the BTF description of map value must be
  a struct and have 'struct bpf_spin_lock anyname;' field at the top level.
  Nested lock inside another struct is not allowed.
- syscall map_lookup doesn't copy bpf_spin_lock field to user space.
- syscall map_update and program map_update do not update bpf_spin_lock field.
- bpf_spin_lock cannot be on the stack or inside networking packet.
  bpf_spin_lock can only be inside HASH or ARRAY map value.
- bpf_spin_lock is available to root only and to all program types.
- bpf_spin_lock is not allowed in inner maps of map-in-map.
- ld_abs is not allowed inside spin_lock-ed region.
- tracing progs and socket filter progs cannot use bpf_spin_lock due to
  insufficient preemption checks

Implementation details:
- cgroup-bpf class of programs can nest with xdp/tc programs.
  Hence bpf_spin_lock is equivalent to spin_lock_irqsave.
  Other solutions to avoid nested bpf_spin_lock are possible.
  Like making sure that all networking progs run with softirq disabled.
  spin_lock_irqsave is the simplest and doesn't add overhead to the
  programs that don't use it.
- arch_spinlock_t is used when its implemented as queued_spin_lock
- archs can force their own arch_spinlock_t
- on architectures where queued_spin_lock is not available and
  sizeof(arch_spinlock_t) != sizeof(__u32) trivial lock is used.
- presence of bpf_spin_lock inside map value could have been indicated via
  extra flag during map_create, but specifying it via BTF is cleaner.
  It provides introspection for map key/value and reduces user mistakes.

Next steps:
- allow bpf_spin_lock in other map types (like cgroup local storage)
- introduce BPF_F_LOCK flag for bpf_map_update() syscall and helper
  to request kernel to grab bpf_spin_lock before rewriting the value.
  That will serialize access to map elements.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index b155cd17c1bd..ebf0a673cb83 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int map_check_no_btf(const struct bpf_map *map,
 	return -ENOTSUPP;
 }
 
-static int map_check_btf(const struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
+static int map_check_btf(struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
 			 u32 btf_key_id, u32 btf_value_id)
 {
 	const struct btf_type *key_type, *value_type;
@@ -478,6 +478,21 @@ static int map_check_btf(const struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
 	if (!value_type || value_size != map->value_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	map->spin_lock_off = btf_find_spin_lock(btf, value_type);
+
+	if (map_value_has_spin_lock(map)) {
+		if (map->map_type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH &&
+		    map->map_type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY)
+			return -ENOTSUPP;
+		if (map->spin_lock_off + sizeof(struct bpf_spin_lock) >
+		    map->value_size) {
+			WARN_ONCE(1,
+				  "verifier bug spin_lock_off %d value_size %d\n",
+				  map->spin_lock_off, map->value_size);
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (map->ops->map_check_btf)
 		ret = map->ops->map_check_btf(map, btf, key_type, value_type);
 
@@ -542,6 +557,8 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		map->btf = btf;
 		map->btf_key_type_id = attr->btf_key_type_id;
 		map->btf_value_type_id = attr->btf_value_type_id;
+	} else {
+		map->spin_lock_off = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	err = security_bpf_map_alloc(map);
@@ -740,7 +757,7 @@ static int map_lookup_elem(union bpf_attr *attr)
 			err = -ENOENT;
 		} else {
 			err = 0;
-			memcpy(value, ptr, value_size);
+			copy_map_value(map, value, ptr);
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}