Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 3 authors, 2019-02-27

Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/4] libbpf: Support 32-bit static data loads

From: Y Song <hidden>
Date: 2019-02-15 05:38:59
Also in: bpf

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 4:48 PM Joe Stringer [off-list ref] wrote:
Support loads of static 32-bit data when BPF writers make use of
convenience macros for accessing static global data variables. A later
patch in this series will demonstrate its usage in a selftest.

As of LLVM-7, this technique only works with 32-bit data, as LLVM will
complain if this technique is attempted with data of other sizes:

    LLVM ERROR: Unsupported relocation: try to compile with -O2 or above,
    or check your static variable usage
A little bit clarification from compiler side.
The above compiler error is to prevent people use static variables since current
kernel/libbpf does not handle this. The compiler only warns if .bss or
.data section
has more than one definitions. The first definition always has section offset 0
and the compiler did not warn.

The restriction is a little strange. To only work with 32-bit data is
not a right
statement. The following are some examples.

The following static variable definitions will succeed:
static int a; /* one in .bss */
static long b = 2;  /* one in .data */

The following definitions will fail as both in .bss.
static int a;
static int b;

The following definitions will fail as both in .data:
static char a = 2;
static int b = 3;

Using global variables can prevent compiler errors.
maps are defined as globals and the compiler does not
check whether a particular global variable is defining a map or not.

If you just use static variable like below
static int a = 2;
without potential assignment to a, the compiler will replace variable
a with 2 at compile time.
An alternative is to define like below
static volatile int a = 2;
You can get a "load" for variable "a" in the bpf load even if there is
no assignment to a.

Maybe now is the time to remove the compiler assertions as
libbpf/kernel starts to
handle static variables?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Based on the proof of concept by Daniel Borkmann (presented at LPC 2018).

Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <redacted>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 1ec28d5154dc..da35d5559b22 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -140,11 +140,13 @@ struct bpf_program {
                enum {
                        RELO_LD64,
                        RELO_CALL,
+                       RELO_DATA,
                } type;
                int insn_idx;
                union {
                        int map_idx;
                        int text_off;
+                       uint32_t data;
                };
        } *reloc_desc;
        int nr_reloc;
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ struct bpf_object {
                Elf *elf;
                GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
                Elf_Data *symbols;
+               Elf_Data *global_data;
                size_t strtabidx;
                struct {
                        GElf_Shdr shdr;
@@ -218,6 +221,7 @@ struct bpf_object {
                int nr_reloc;
                int maps_shndx;
                int text_shndx;
+               int data_shndx;
        } efile;
        /*
         * All loaded bpf_object is linked in a list, which is
@@ -476,6 +480,7 @@ static void bpf_object__elf_finish(struct bpf_object *obj)
                obj->efile.elf = NULL;
        }
        obj->efile.symbols = NULL;
+       obj->efile.global_data = NULL;

        zfree(&obj->efile.reloc);
        obj->efile.nr_reloc = 0;
@@ -866,6 +871,9 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj, int flags)
                                        pr_warning("failed to alloc program %s (%s): %s",
                                                   name, obj->path, cp);
                                }
+                       } else if (strcmp(name, ".data") == 0) {
+                               obj->efile.global_data = data;
+                               obj->efile.data_shndx = idx;
                        }
                } else if (sh.sh_type == SHT_REL) {
                        void *reloc = obj->efile.reloc;
@@ -962,6 +970,7 @@ bpf_program__collect_reloc(struct bpf_program *prog, GElf_Shdr *shdr,
        Elf_Data *symbols = obj->efile.symbols;
        int text_shndx = obj->efile.text_shndx;
        int maps_shndx = obj->efile.maps_shndx;
+       int data_shndx = obj->efile.data_shndx;
        struct bpf_map *maps = obj->maps;
        size_t nr_maps = obj->nr_maps;
        int i, nrels;
@@ -1000,8 +1009,9 @@ bpf_program__collect_reloc(struct bpf_program *prog, GElf_Shdr *shdr,
                         (long long) (rel.r_info >> 32),
                         (long long) sym.st_value, sym.st_name);

-               if (sym.st_shndx != maps_shndx && sym.st_shndx != text_shndx) {
-                       pr_warning("Program '%s' contains non-map related relo data pointing to section %u\n",
+               if (sym.st_shndx != maps_shndx && sym.st_shndx != text_shndx &&
+                   sym.st_shndx != data_shndx) {
+                       pr_warning("Program '%s' contains unrecognized relo data pointing to section %u\n",
                                   prog->section_name, sym.st_shndx);
                        return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__RELOC;
                }
@@ -1046,6 +1056,20 @@ bpf_program__collect_reloc(struct bpf_program *prog, GElf_Shdr *shdr,
                        prog->reloc_desc[i].type = RELO_LD64;
                        prog->reloc_desc[i].insn_idx = insn_idx;
                        prog->reloc_desc[i].map_idx = map_idx;
+               } else if (sym.st_shndx == data_shndx) {
+                       Elf_Data *global_data = obj->efile.global_data;
+                       uint32_t *static_data;
+
+                       if (sym.st_value + sizeof(uint32_t) > (int)global_data->d_size) {
+                               pr_warning("bpf relocation: static data load beyond data size %lu\n",
+                                          global_data->d_size);
+                               return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__RELOC;
+                       }
+
+                       static_data = global_data->d_buf + sym.st_value;
+                       prog->reloc_desc[i].type = RELO_DATA;
+                       prog->reloc_desc[i].insn_idx = insn_idx;
+                       prog->reloc_desc[i].data = *static_data;
                }
        }
        return 0;
@@ -1399,6 +1423,12 @@ bpf_program__relocate(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_object *obj)
                                                      &prog->reloc_desc[i]);
                        if (err)
                                return err;
+               } else if (prog->reloc_desc[i].type == RELO_DATA) {
+                       struct bpf_insn *insns = prog->insns;
+                       int insn_idx;
+
+                       insn_idx = prog->reloc_desc[i].insn_idx;
+                       insns[insn_idx].imm = prog->reloc_desc[i].data;
                }
        }

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