From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@redhat.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, ast@fb.com,
daniel@iogearbox.net
Cc: andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com, kernel-team@fb.com,
Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] BPF link force-detach support
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:01:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kpa4kag.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200729230520.693207-1-andriin@fb.com>
Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> writes:
> This patch set adds new BPF link operation, LINK_DETACH, allowing processes
> with BPF link FD to force-detach it from respective BPF hook, similarly how
> BPF link is auto-detached when such BPF hook (e.g., cgroup, net_device, netns,
> etc) is removed. This facility allows admin to forcefully undo BPF link
> attachment, while process that created BPF link in the first place is left
> intact.
>
> Once force-detached, BPF link stays valid in the kernel as long as there is at
> least one FD open against it. It goes into defunct state, just like
> auto-detached BPF link.
>
> bpftool also got `link detach` command to allow triggering this in
> non-programmatic fashion.
I know this was already merged, but just wanted to add a belated 'thanks
for adding this'!
> Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
BTW, I've noticed that you tend to drop Ccs on later versions of your
patch series (had to go and lookup v2 of this to check that it was in
fact merged). Is that intentional? :)
-Toke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-10 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-29 23:05 [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] BPF link force-detach support Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-29 23:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/5] bpf: add support for forced LINK_DETACH command Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 17:43 ` Song Liu
2020-07-30 19:03 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 20:53 ` Song Liu
2020-07-29 23:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/5] libbpf: add bpf_link detach APIs Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 17:51 ` Song Liu
2020-07-29 23:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next 3/5] selftests/bpf: add link detach tests for cgroup, netns, and xdp bpf_links Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 20:56 ` Song Liu
2020-07-29 23:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/5] tools/bpftool: add `link detach` subcommand Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 21:02 ` Song Liu
2020-07-30 21:14 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-29 23:05 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/5] tools/bpftool: add documentation and bash-completion for `link detach` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 21:13 ` Song Liu
2020-07-30 21:16 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-07-30 21:50 ` Song Liu
2020-08-10 15:01 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]
2020-08-10 18:43 ` [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] BPF link force-detach support Andrii Nakryiko
2020-08-10 19:03 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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