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* [PATCH bpf-next v9 00/34] bpf: switch to memcg-based memory accounting
@ 2020-12-01 21:58 Roman Gushchin
  2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 01/34] mm: memcontrol: use helpers to read page's memcg data Roman Gushchin
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From: Roman Gushchin @ 2020-12-01 21:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf
  Cc: ast, daniel, netdev, andrii, akpm, linux-mm, linux-kernel, kernel-team

Currently bpf is using the memlock rlimit for the memory accounting.
This approach has its downsides and over time has created a significant
amount of problems:

1) The limit is per-user, but because most bpf operations are performed
   as root, the limit has a little value.

2) It's hard to come up with a specific maximum value. Especially because
   the counter is shared with non-bpf use cases (e.g. memlock()).
   Any specific value is either too low and creates false failures
   or is too high and useless.

3) Charging is not connected to the actual memory allocation. Bpf code
   should manually calculate the estimated cost and charge the counter,
   and then take care of uncharging, including all fail paths.
   It adds to the code complexity and makes it easy to leak a charge.

4) There is no simple way of getting the current value of the counter.
   We've used drgn for it, but it's far from being convenient.

5) Cryptic -EPERM is returned on exceeding the limit. Libbpf even had
   a function to "explain" this case for users.

6) rlimits are generally considered as (at least partially) obsolete.
   They do not provide a comprehensive system for the control of physical
   resources: memory, cpu, io etc. All resource control developments
   in the recent years were related to cgroups.

In order to overcome these problems let's switch to the memory cgroup-based
memory accounting of bpf objects. With the recent addition of the percpu
memory accounting, now it's possible to provide a comprehensive accounting
of the memory used by bpf programs and maps.

This approach has the following advantages:
1) The limit is per-cgroup and hierarchical. It's way more flexible and allows
   a better control over memory usage by different workloads.

2) The actual memory consumption is taken into account. It happens automatically
   on the allocation time if __GFP_ACCOUNT flags is passed. Uncharging is also
   performed automatically on releasing the memory. So the code on the bpf side
   becomes simpler and safer.

3) There is a simple way to get the current value and statistics.

Cgroup-based accounting adds new requirements:
1) The kernel config should have CONFIG_CGROUPS and CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM enabled.
   These options are usually enabled, maybe excluding tiny builds for embedded
   devices.
2) The system should have a configured cgroup hierarchy, including reasonable
   memory limits and/or guarantees. Modern systems usually delegate this task
   to systemd or similar task managers.

Without meeting these requirements there are no limits on how much memory bpf
can use and a non-root user is able to hurt the system by allocating too much.
But because per-user rlimits do not provide a functional system to protect
and manage physical resources anyway, anyone who seriously depends on it,
should use cgroups.

When a bpf map is created, the memory cgroup of the process which creates
the map is recorded. Subsequently all memory allocation related to the bpf map
are charged to the same cgroup. It includes allocations made from interrupts
and by any processes. Bpf program memory is charged to the memory cgroup of
a process which loads the program.

The patchset consists of the following parts:
1) 4 mm patches are required on the mm side, otherwise vmallocs cannot be mapped
   to userspace
2) memcg-based accounting for various bpf objects: progs and maps
3) removal of the rlimit-based accounting
4) removal of rlimit adjustments in userspace samples


v9:
  - always charge the saved memory cgroup, by Daniel, Toke and Alexei
  - added bpf_map_kzalloc()
  - rebase and minor fixes

v8:
  - extended the cover letter to be more clear on new requirements, by Daniel
  - an approximate value is provided by map memlock info, by Alexei

v7:
  - introduced bpf_map_kmalloc_node() and bpf_map_alloc_percpu(), by Alexei
  - switched allocations made from an interrupt context to new helpers,
    by Daniel
  - rebase and minor fixes

v6:
  - rebased to the latest version of the remote charging API
  - fixed signatures, added acks

v5:
  - rebased to the latest version of the remote charging API
  - implemented kmem accounting from an interrupt context, by Shakeel
  - rebased to latest changes in mm allowed to map vmallocs to userspace
  - fixed a build issue in kselftests, by Alexei
  - fixed a use-after-free bug in bpf_map_free_deferred()
  - added bpf line info coverage, by Shakeel
  - split bpf map charging preparations into a separate patch

v4:
  - covered allocations made from an interrupt context, by Daniel
  - added some clarifications to the cover letter

v3:
  - droped the userspace part for further discussions/refinements,
    by Andrii and Song

v2:
  - fixed build issue, caused by the remaining rlimit-based accounting
    for sockhash maps


Roman Gushchin (34):
  mm: memcontrol: use helpers to read page's memcg data
  mm: memcontrol/slab: use helpers to access slab page's memcg_data
  mm: introduce page memcg flags
  mm: convert page kmemcg type to a page memcg flag
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf progs
  bpf: prepare for memcg-based memory accounting for bpf maps
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for arraymap maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for cpumap maps
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for cgroup storage maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for devmap maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for hashtab maps
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for lpm_trie maps
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf ringbuffer
  bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf local storage maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for sockmap and sockhash
    maps
  bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for xskmap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for arraymap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf_struct_ops maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for cpumap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for cgroup storage maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for devmap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for hashtab maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for lpm_trie maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for queue_stack_maps
    maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for reuseport_array maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf ringbuffer
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for sockmap and sockhash
    maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for stackmap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for xskmap maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf local storage
    maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting infra for bpf maps
  bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf progs
  bpf: samples: do not touch RLIMIT_MEMLOCK

 fs/buffer.c                                   |   2 +-
 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c                        |   2 +-
 include/linux/bpf.h                           |  57 +++--
 include/linux/memcontrol.h                    | 215 +++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/mm.h                            |  22 --
 include/linux/mm_types.h                      |   5 +-
 include/linux/page-flags.h                    |  11 +-
 include/trace/events/writeback.h              |   2 +-
 kernel/bpf/arraymap.c                         |  30 +--
 kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c                |  20 +-
 kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c                   |  19 +-
 kernel/bpf/core.c                             |  22 +-
 kernel/bpf/cpumap.c                           |  37 +--
 kernel/bpf/devmap.c                           |  25 +-
 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c                          |  43 ++--
 kernel/bpf/local_storage.c                    |  44 +---
 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c                         |  19 +-
 kernel/bpf/queue_stack_maps.c                 |  16 +-
 kernel/bpf/reuseport_array.c                  |  12 +-
 kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c                          |  35 +--
 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c                         |  16 +-
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c                          | 234 +++++++-----------
 kernel/fork.c                                 |   7 +-
 mm/debug.c                                    |   4 +-
 mm/huge_memory.c                              |   4 +-
 mm/memcontrol.c                               | 139 +++++------
 mm/page_alloc.c                               |   8 +-
 mm/page_io.c                                  |   6 +-
 mm/slab.h                                     |  38 +--
 mm/workingset.c                               |   2 +-
 net/core/sock_map.c                           |  42 +---
 net/xdp/xskmap.c                              |  15 +-
 samples/bpf/map_perf_test_user.c              |   6 -
 samples/bpf/offwaketime_user.c                |   6 -
 samples/bpf/sockex2_user.c                    |   2 -
 samples/bpf/sockex3_user.c                    |   2 -
 samples/bpf/spintest_user.c                   |   6 -
 samples/bpf/syscall_tp_user.c                 |   2 -
 samples/bpf/task_fd_query_user.c              |   6 -
 samples/bpf/test_lru_dist.c                   |   3 -
 samples/bpf/test_map_in_map_user.c            |   6 -
 samples/bpf/test_overhead_user.c              |   2 -
 samples/bpf/trace_event_user.c                |   2 -
 samples/bpf/tracex2_user.c                    |   6 -
 samples/bpf/tracex3_user.c                    |   6 -
 samples/bpf/tracex4_user.c                    |   6 -
 samples/bpf/tracex5_user.c                    |   3 -
 samples/bpf/tracex6_user.c                    |   3 -
 samples/bpf/xdp1_user.c                       |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_adjust_tail_user.c            |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_monitor_user.c                |   5 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c           |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_user.c           |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_user.c               |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_router_ipv4_user.c            |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_rxq_info_user.c               |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_sample_pkts_user.c            |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdp_tx_iptunnel_user.c            |   6 -
 samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c                    |   7 -
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_map.c    |   2 +-
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c        |   7 -
 61 files changed, 533 insertions(+), 762 deletions(-)

-- 
2.26.2


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2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 04/34] mm: convert page kmemcg type to a page memcg flag Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 05/34] bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf progs Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 06/34] bpf: prepare for memcg-based memory accounting for bpf maps Roman Gushchin
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2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 08/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for arraymap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 09/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for cpumap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 10/34] bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for cgroup storage maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 11/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for devmap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 12/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for hashtab maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 13/34] bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for lpm_trie maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 14/34] bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf ringbuffer Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 15/34] bpf: memcg-based memory accounting for bpf local storage maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 16/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for sockmap and sockhash maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 17/34] bpf: refine memcg-based memory accounting for xskmap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 18/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for arraymap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 19/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf_struct_ops maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 20/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for cpumap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 21/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for cgroup storage maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 22/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for devmap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 23/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for hashtab maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 24/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for lpm_trie maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 25/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for queue_stack_maps maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 26/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for reuseport_array maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 27/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf ringbuffer Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 28/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for sockmap and sockhash maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 29/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for stackmap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 30/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for xskmap maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 31/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf local storage maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 32/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting infra for bpf maps Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 33/34] bpf: eliminate rlimit-based memory accounting for bpf progs Roman Gushchin
2020-12-01 21:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 34/34] bpf: samples: do not touch RLIMIT_MEMLOCK Roman Gushchin
2020-12-03  2:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v9 00/34] bpf: switch to memcg-based memory accounting patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2020-12-03  2:54 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2020-12-03  3:26   ` Roman Gushchin
2020-12-05  0:37     ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-12-08  2:53       ` Andrii Nakryiko

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