bpf: expand BPF syscall with program load/unload

eBPF programs are similar to kernel modules. They are loaded by the user
process and automatically unloaded when process exits. Each eBPF program is
a safe run-to-completion set of instructions. eBPF verifier statically
determines that the program terminates and is safe to execute.

The following syscall wrapper can be used to load the program:
int bpf_prog_load(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type,
                  const struct bpf_insn *insns, int insn_cnt,
                  const char *license)
{
    union bpf_attr attr = {
        .prog_type = prog_type,
        .insns = ptr_to_u64(insns),
        .insn_cnt = insn_cnt,
        .license = ptr_to_u64(license),
    };

    return bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
}
where 'insns' is an array of eBPF instructions and 'license' is a string
that must be GPL compatible to call helper functions marked gpl_only

Upon succesful load the syscall returns prog_fd.
Use close(prog_fd) to unload the program.

User space tests and examples follow in the later patches

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Alexei Starovoitov
2014-09-26 00:17:00 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent db20fd2b01
commit 09756af468
5 changed files with 246 additions and 20 deletions
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@@ -99,12 +99,23 @@ enum bpf_cmd {
* returns zero and stores next key or negative error
*/
BPF_MAP_GET_NEXT_KEY,
/* verify and load eBPF program
* prog_fd = bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)
* Using attr->prog_type, attr->insns, attr->license
* returns fd or negative error
*/
BPF_PROG_LOAD,
};
enum bpf_map_type {
BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC,
};
enum bpf_prog_type {
BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC,
};
union bpf_attr {
struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_MAP_CREATE command */
__u32 map_type; /* one of enum bpf_map_type */
@@ -121,6 +132,21 @@ union bpf_attr {
__aligned_u64 next_key;
};
};
struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_PROG_LOAD command */
__u32 prog_type; /* one of enum bpf_prog_type */
__u32 insn_cnt;
__aligned_u64 insns;
__aligned_u64 license;
};
} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
/* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
* function eBPF program intends to call
*/
enum bpf_func_id {
BPF_FUNC_unspec,
__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
};
#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_H__ */