From: Gabriele <phoenix1987@gmail.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Cc: Kenny Yu <kennyyu@fb.com>, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_copy_from_user_task() helper
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:58:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGnuNNseH=oLjYSUCfxyyxcGmJ3Na0NnTXCBQP21YqTX1GhYPg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEf4BzYfQ4EbSa+c1-G0x_Zh4L6=TbutmH3qndTmv7wb2dAf1w@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 19:53, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "On error dst buffer is zeroed out."? This is an explicit guarantee.
>
I appreciate that existing helpers already do this and it's good to
follow suit for consistency, but what is the rationale behind zeroing
memory on failure? Can't this step be skipped for performance and
leave it up to the callee to perform if they need it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-22 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-13 23:31 [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add bpf_access_process_vm helper and sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-13 23:31 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_access_process_vm() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-13 23:31 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-13 23:31 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 0/4] Add bpf_access_process_vm helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/4] bpf: Add bpf_access_process_vm() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/4] bpf: Add support for sleepable programs in bpf_iter_run_prog Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 2:50 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-14 23:15 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 0:48 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 3/4] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 0:49 ` [PATCH v2 bpf-next 4/4] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-14 2:39 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-14 23:14 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-15 1:38 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-15 4:30 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-15 16:27 ` Gabriele
2022-01-19 16:56 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 0/3] Add bpf_access_process_vm helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_access_process_vm() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 20:16 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-19 22:51 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 2/3] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 18:02 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 22:59 ` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 0/3] Add bpf_access_process_vm helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 22:59 ` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_access_process_vm() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 3:45 ` Yonghong Song
2022-01-20 17:11 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 22:59 ` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 2/3] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-19 22:59 ` [PATCH v4 bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 bpf-next 0/3] Add bpf_access_process_vm helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_access_process_vm() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 22:45 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 2:27 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-21 17:20 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 17:41 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-21 17:47 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-21 18:30 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 bpf-next 2/3] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 17:29 ` [PATCH v5 bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-20 22:48 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 19:30 ` [PATCH v6 bpf-next 0/3] Add bpf_copy_from_user_task helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-21 19:30 ` [PATCH v6 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Add bpf_copy_from_user_task() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-21 19:53 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 20:04 ` Yonghong Song
2022-01-21 20:07 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 21:15 ` Yonghong Song
2022-01-24 17:30 ` Kenny Yu
2022-01-22 9:58 ` Gabriele [this message]
2022-01-22 10:08 ` Gabriele
2022-01-21 19:30 ` [PATCH v6 bpf-next 2/3] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-21 19:54 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-21 19:30 ` [PATCH v6 bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-21 19:55 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-24 18:53 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 0/4] Add bpf_copy_from_user_task helper and " Kenny Yu
2022-01-24 18:54 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 1/4] bpf: Add support for bpf iterator programs to use sleepable helpers Kenny Yu
2022-01-24 22:19 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-24 18:54 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 2/4] bpf: Add bpf_copy_from_user_task() helper Kenny Yu
2022-01-24 22:18 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2022-01-25 4:06 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2022-01-24 18:54 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 3/4] libbpf: Add "iter.s" section for sleepable bpf iterator programs Kenny Yu
2022-01-24 18:54 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 4/4] selftests/bpf: Add test " Kenny Yu
2022-01-25 4:10 ` [PATCH v7 bpf-next 0/4] Add bpf_copy_from_user_task helper and " patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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