bpf: Add bpf_refcount_acquire kfunc
Currently, BPF programs can interact with the lifetime of refcounted
local kptrs in the following ways:
bpf_obj_new - Initialize refcount to 1 as part of new object creation
bpf_obj_drop - Decrement refcount and free object if it's 0
collection add - Pass ownership to the collection. No change to
refcount but collection is responsible for
bpf_obj_dropping it
In order to be able to add a refcounted local kptr to multiple
collections we need to be able to increment the refcount and acquire a
new owning reference. This patch adds a kfunc, bpf_refcount_acquire,
implementing such an operation.
bpf_refcount_acquire takes a refcounted local kptr and returns a new
owning reference to the same underlying memory as the input. The input
can be either owning or non-owning. To reinforce why this is safe,
consider the following code snippets:
struct node *n = bpf_obj_new(typeof(*n)); // A
struct node *m = bpf_refcount_acquire(n); // B
In the above snippet, n will be alive with refcount=1 after (A), and
since nothing changes that state before (B), it's obviously safe. If
n is instead added to some rbtree, we can still safely refcount_acquire
it:
struct node *n = bpf_obj_new(typeof(*n));
struct node *m;
bpf_spin_lock(&glock);
bpf_rbtree_add(&groot, &n->node, less); // A
m = bpf_refcount_acquire(n); // B
bpf_spin_unlock(&glock);
In the above snippet, after (A) n is a non-owning reference, and after
(B) m is an owning reference pointing to the same memory as n. Although
n has no ownership of that memory's lifetime, it's guaranteed to be
alive until the end of the critical section, and n would be clobbered if
we were past the end of the critical section, so it's safe to bump
refcount.
Implementation details:
* From verifier's perspective, bpf_refcount_acquire handling is similar
to bpf_obj_new and bpf_obj_drop. Like the former, it returns a new
owning reference matching input type, although like the latter, type
can be inferred from concrete kptr input. Verifier changes in
{check,fixup}_kfunc_call and check_kfunc_args are largely copied from
aforementioned functions' verifier changes.
* An exception to the above is the new KF_ARG_PTR_TO_REFCOUNTED_KPTR
arg, indicated by new "__refcounted_kptr" kfunc arg suffix. This is
necessary in order to handle both owning and non-owning input without
adding special-casing to "__alloc" arg handling. Also a convenient
place to confirm that input type has bpf_refcount field.
* The implemented kfunc is actually bpf_refcount_acquire_impl, with
'hidden' second arg that the verifier sets to the type's struct_meta
in fixup_kfunc_call.
Signed-off-by: 
Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230415201811.343116-5-davemarchevsky@fb.comSigned-off-by: 
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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