KP Singh says:
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v3 -> v4:
* Fix a memory leak noticed by Daniel.
v2 -> v3:
* bpf_trampoline_update_progs -> bpf_trampoline_get_progs + const
qualification.
* Typos in commit messages.
* Added Andrii's Acks.
v1 -> v2:
* Adressed Andrii's feedback.
* Fixed a bug that Alexei noticed about nop generation.
* Rebase.
This was brought up in the KRSI v4 discussion and found to be useful
both for security and tracing programs.
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20200225193108.GB22391@chromium.org/
The modify_return programs are allowed for security hooks (with an
extra CAP_MAC_ADMIN check) and functions whitelisted for error
injection (ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION).
The "security_" check is expected to be cleaned up with the KRSI patch
series.
Here is an example of how a fmod_ret program behaves:
int func_to_be_attached(int a, int b)
{ <--- do_fentry
do_fmod_ret:
<update ret by calling fmod_ret>
if (ret != 0)
goto do_fexit;
original_function:
<side_effects_happen_here>
} <--- do_fexit
ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(func_to_be_attached, ERRNO)
The fmod_ret program attached to this function can be defined as:
SEC("fmod_ret/func_to_be_attached")
int BPF_PROG(func_name, int a, int b, int ret)
{
// This will skip the original function logic.
return -1;
}
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Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>