bpf: Introduce fd_idx
authorAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Fri, 14 May 2021 00:36:10 +0000 (17:36 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Tue, 18 May 2021 22:33:40 +0000 (00:33 +0200)
commit387544bfa291a22383d60b40f887360e2b931ec6
tree2220ac18903453f6499b85682e448c9ad755540e
parent2341d6bb133d44caeba9fbdc851f8624739a84a2
bpf: Introduce fd_idx

Typical program loading sequence involves creating bpf maps and applying
map FDs into bpf instructions in various places in the bpf program.
This job is done by libbpf that is using compiler generated ELF relocations
to patch certain instruction after maps are created and BTFs are loaded.
The goal of fd_idx is to allow bpf instructions to stay immutable
after compilation. At load time the libbpf would still create maps as usual,
but it wouldn't need to patch instructions. It would store map_fds into
__u32 fd_array[] and would pass that pointer to sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD).

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210514003623.28033-9-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
kernel/bpf/syscall.c
kernel/bpf/verifier.c
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h