2023-03-31 23:56:48

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: [PATCH v4 0/6] Process connector bug fixes & enhancements

From: Anjali Kulkarni <[email protected]>

In this series, we add filtering to the proc connector module. This
is required to fix some bugs and also will enable the addition of event
based filtering, which will improve performance for anyone interested
in a subset of process events, as compared to the current approach,
which is to send all event notifications.

Thus, a client can register to listen for only exit or fork or a mix or
all of the events. This greatly enhances performance - currently, we
need to listen to all events, and there are 9 different types of events.
For eg. handling 3 types of events - 8K-forks + 8K-exits + 8K-execs takes
200ms, whereas handling 2 types - 8K-forks + 8K-exits takes about 150ms,
and handling just one type - 8K exits takes about 70ms.

Reason why we need the above changes and also a new event type
PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT, which is only sent by kernel to a listening
application when any process exiting has a non-zero exit status is:

Oracle DB runs on a large scale with 100000s of short lived processes,
starting up and exiting quickly. A process monitoring DB daemon which
tracks and cleans up after processes that have died without a proper exit
needs notifications only when a process died with a non-zero exit code
(which should be rare).

This change will give Oracle DB substantial performance savings - it takes
50ms to scan about 8K PIDs in /proc, about 500ms for 100K PIDs. DB does
this check every 3 secs, so over an hour we save 10secs for 100K PIDs.

Measuring the time using pidfds for monitoring 8K process exits took 4
times longer - 200ms, as compared to 70ms using only exit notifications
of proc connector. Hence, we cannot use pidfd for our use case.

This kind of a new event could also be useful to other applications like
Google's lmkd daemon, which needs a killed process's exit notification.

This patch series is organized as follows -

Patch 1 : Needed for patch 3 to work.
Patch 2 : Needed for patch 3 to work.
Patch 3 : Fixes some bugs in proc connector, details in the patch.
Patch 4 : Test code for proc connector.
Patch 5 : Adds event based filtering for performance enhancements.
Patch 6 : Allow non-root users access to proc connector events.

v3->v4 changes;
- Fix comments by Jakub Kicinski to incorporate root access changes
within bind call of connector

v2->v3 changes:
- Fix comments by Jakub Kicinski to separate netlink (patch 2) (after
layering) from connector fixes (patch 3).
- Minor fixes suggested by Jakub.
- Add new multicast group level permissions check at netlink layer.
Split this into netlink & connector layers (patches 6 & 7)

v1->v2 changes:
- Fix comments by Jakub Kicinski to keep layering within netlink and
update kdocs.
- Move non-root users access patch last in series so remaining patches
can go in first.

v->v1 changes:
- Changed commit log in patch 4 as suggested by Christian Brauner
- Changed patch 4 to make more fine grained access to non-root users
- Fixed warning in cn_proc.c,
Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
- Fixed some existing warnings in cn_proc.c

Anjali Kulkarni (6):
netlink: Reverse the patch which removed filtering
netlink: Add new netlink_release function
connector/cn_proc: Add filtering to fix some bugs
connector/cn_proc: Test code for proc connector
connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements
connector/cn_proc: Allow non-root users access

drivers/connector/cn_proc.c | 105 +++++++++--
drivers/connector/connector.c | 35 +++-
drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c | 6 +-
include/linux/connector.h | 8 +-
include/linux/netlink.h | 6 +
include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h | 62 +++++--
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 31 +++-
net/netlink/af_netlink.h | 4 +
samples/connector/proc_filter.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
9 files changed, 515 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 samples/connector/proc_filter.c

--
2.40.0


2023-03-31 23:56:53

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: [PATCH v4 4/6] connector/cn_proc: Test code for proc connector

Test code for proc connector.

Signed-off-by: Anjali Kulkarni <[email protected]>
---
samples/connector/proc_filter.c | 262 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 262 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 samples/connector/proc_filter.c

diff --git a/samples/connector/proc_filter.c b/samples/connector/proc_filter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25202f5bc126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/connector/proc_filter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/connector.h>
+#include <linux/cn_proc.h>
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
+ sizeof(int))
+
+#define MAX_EVENTS 1
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_PRINTS
+#define Printf printf
+#else
+#define Printf
+#endif
+
+volatile static int interrupted;
+static int nl_sock, ret_errno, tcount;
+static struct epoll_event evn;
+
+int send_message(enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
+{
+ char buff[NL_MESSAGE_SIZE];
+ struct nlmsghdr *hdr;
+ struct cn_msg *msg;
+
+ hdr = (struct nlmsghdr *)buff;
+ hdr->nlmsg_len = NL_MESSAGE_SIZE;
+ hdr->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
+ hdr->nlmsg_flags = 0;
+ hdr->nlmsg_seq = 0;
+ hdr->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
+
+ msg = (struct cn_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(hdr);
+ msg->id.idx = CN_IDX_PROC;
+ msg->id.val = CN_VAL_PROC;
+ msg->seq = 0;
+ msg->ack = 0;
+ msg->flags = 0;
+
+ msg->len = sizeof(int);
+ *(int *)msg->data = mcast_op;
+
+ if (send(nl_sock, hdr, hdr->nlmsg_len, 0) == -1) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("send failed");
+ return -3;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int register_proc_netlink(int *efd, enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_nl sa_nl;
+ int err = 0, epoll_fd;
+
+ nl_sock = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_CONNECTOR);
+
+ if (nl_sock == -1) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("socket failed");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ bzero(&sa_nl, sizeof(sa_nl));
+ sa_nl.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+ sa_nl.nl_groups = CN_IDX_PROC;
+ sa_nl.nl_pid = getpid();
+
+ if (bind(nl_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa_nl, sizeof(sa_nl)) == -1) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("bind failed");
+ return -2;
+ }
+
+ epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+ if (epoll_fd < 0) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("epoll_create1 failed");
+ return -2;
+ }
+
+ err = send_message(mcast_op);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+
+ evn.events = EPOLLIN;
+ evn.data.fd = nl_sock;
+ if (epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, nl_sock, &evn) < 0) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("epoll_ctl failed");
+ return -3;
+ }
+ *efd = epoll_fd;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void sigint(__attribute__((__always_unused)) int sig)
+{
+ interrupted = 1;
+}
+
+int handle_packet(char *buff, int fd, struct proc_event *event)
+{
+ struct nlmsghdr *hdr;
+
+ hdr = (struct nlmsghdr *)buff;
+
+ if (hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR) {
+ perror("NLMSG_ERROR error\n");
+ return -3;
+ } else if (hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE) {
+ event = (struct proc_event *)
+ ((struct cn_msg *)NLMSG_DATA(hdr))->data;
+ tcount++;
+ switch (event->what) {
+ case PROC_EVENT_EXIT:
+ Printf("Exit process %d (tgid %d) with code %d, signal %d\n",
+ event->event_data.exit.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.exit.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.exit.exit_code,
+ event->event_data.exit.exit_signal);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_FORK:
+ Printf("Fork process %d (tgid %d), parent %d (tgid %d)\n",
+ event->event_data.fork.child_pid,
+ event->event_data.fork.child_tgid,
+ event->event_data.fork.parent_pid,
+ event->event_data.fork.parent_tgid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_EXEC:
+ Printf("Exec process %d (tgid %d)\n",
+ event->event_data.exec.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.exec.process_tgid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_UID:
+ Printf("UID process %d (tgid %d) uid %d euid %d\n",
+ event->event_data.id.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.id.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.id.r.ruid,
+ event->event_data.id.e.euid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_GID:
+ Printf("GID process %d (tgid %d) gid %d egid %d\n",
+ event->event_data.id.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.id.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.id.r.rgid,
+ event->event_data.id.e.egid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_SID:
+ Printf("SID process %d (tgid %d)\n",
+ event->event_data.sid.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.sid.process_tgid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_PTRACE:
+ Printf("Ptrace process %d (tgid %d), Tracer %d (tgid %d)\n",
+ event->event_data.ptrace.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.ptrace.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.ptrace.tracer_pid,
+ event->event_data.ptrace.tracer_tgid);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_COMM:
+ Printf("Comm process %d (tgid %d) comm %s\n",
+ event->event_data.comm.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.comm.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.comm.comm);
+ break;
+ case PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP:
+ Printf("Coredump process %d (tgid %d) parent %d, (tgid %d)\n",
+ event->event_data.coredump.process_pid,
+ event->event_data.coredump.process_tgid,
+ event->event_data.coredump.parent_pid,
+ event->event_data.coredump.parent_tgid);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int handle_events(int epoll_fd, struct proc_event *pev)
+{
+ char buff[CONNECTOR_MAX_MSG_SIZE];
+ struct epoll_event ev[MAX_EVENTS];
+ int i, event_count = 0, err = 0;
+
+ event_count = epoll_wait(epoll_fd, ev, MAX_EVENTS, -1);
+ if (event_count < 0) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ if (ret_errno != EINTR)
+ perror("epoll_wait failed");
+ return -3;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < event_count; i++) {
+ if (!(ev[i].events & EPOLLIN))
+ continue;
+ if (recv(ev[i].data.fd, buff, sizeof(buff), 0) == -1) {
+ ret_errno = errno;
+ perror("recv failed");
+ return -3;
+ }
+ err = handle_packet(buff, ev[i].data.fd, pev);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ int epoll_fd, err;
+ struct proc_event proc_ev;
+
+ signal(SIGINT, sigint);
+
+ err = register_proc_netlink(&epoll_fd, PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ if (err == -2)
+ close(nl_sock);
+ if (err == -3) {
+ close(nl_sock);
+ close(epoll_fd);
+ }
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ while (!interrupted) {
+ err = handle_events(epoll_fd, &proc_ev);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ if (ret_errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ if (err == -2)
+ close(nl_sock);
+ if (err == -3) {
+ close(nl_sock);
+ close(epoll_fd);
+ }
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ send_message(PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE);
+
+ close(epoll_fd);
+ close(nl_sock);
+
+ printf("Done total count: %d\n", tcount);
+ exit(0);
+}
--
2.40.0

2023-03-31 23:57:33

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: [PATCH v4 3/6] connector/cn_proc: Add filtering to fix some bugs

The current proc connector code has the foll. bugs - if there are more
than one listeners for the proc connector messages, and one of them
deregisters for listening using PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE, they will still get
all proc connector messages, as long as there is another listener.

Another issue is if one client calls PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN, and another one
calls PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE, then both will end up not getting any messages.

This patch adds filtering and drops packet if client has sent
PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE. This data is stored in the client socket's
sk_user_data. In addition, we only increment or decrement
proc_event_num_listeners once per client. This fixes the above issues.

cn_release is the release function added for NETLINK_CONNECTOR. It uses
the newly added netlink_release function added to netlink_sock. It will
free sk_user_data.

Signed-off-by: Anjali Kulkarni <[email protected]>
---
drivers/connector/cn_proc.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
drivers/connector/connector.c | 21 +++++++++++---
drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c | 6 ++--
include/linux/connector.h | 8 +++++-
include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h | 43 ++++++++++++++++------------
5 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index ccac1c453080..84f38d2bd4b9 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -48,6 +48,21 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct local_event, local_event) = {
.lock = INIT_LOCAL_LOCK(lock),
};

+static int cn_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
+{
+ enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op;
+
+ if (!dsk)
+ return 0;
+
+ mc_op = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
+
+ if (mc_op == PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
{
local_lock(&local_event.lock);
@@ -61,7 +76,8 @@ static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
*
* If cn_netlink_send() fails, the data is not sent.
*/
- cn_netlink_send(msg, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT,
+ cn_filter, NULL);

local_unlock(&local_event.lock);
}
@@ -346,11 +362,9 @@ static void cn_proc_ack(int err, int rcvd_seq, int rcvd_ack)
static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
{
- enum proc_cn_mcast_op *mc_op = NULL;
- int err = 0;
-
- if (msg->len != sizeof(*mc_op))
- return;
+ enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op = 0, prev_mc_op = 0;
+ int err = 0, initial = 0;
+ struct sock *sk = NULL;

/*
* Events are reported with respect to the initial pid
@@ -367,13 +381,32 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
goto out;
}

- mc_op = (enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data;
- switch (*mc_op) {
+ if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op))
+ mc_op = *((enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data);
+ else
+ return;
+
+ if (nsp->sk) {
+ sk = nsp->sk;
+ if (sk->sk_user_data == NULL) {
+ sk->sk_user_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_input),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ initial = 1;
+ } else {
+ prev_mc_op =
+ ((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
+ }
+ ((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op = mc_op;
+ }
+
+ switch (mc_op) {
case PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN:
- atomic_inc(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+ if (initial || (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN))
+ atomic_inc(&proc_event_num_listeners);
break;
case PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE:
- atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+ if (!initial && (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE))
+ atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
break;
default:
err = EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
index 48ec7ce6ecac..d1179df2b0ba 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ static int cn_already_initialized;
* both, or if both are zero then the group is looked up and sent there.
*/
int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group,
- gfp_t gfp_mask)
+ gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data),
+ void *filter_data)
{
struct cn_callback_entry *__cbq;
unsigned int size;
@@ -110,8 +112,9 @@ int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 __group,
NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;

if (group)
- return netlink_broadcast(dev->nls, skb, portid, group,
- gfp_mask);
+ return netlink_broadcast_filtered(dev->nls, skb, portid, group,
+ gfp_mask, filter,
+ (void *)filter_data);
return netlink_unicast(dev->nls, skb, portid,
!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask));
}
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cn_netlink_send_mult);
int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 portid, u32 __group,
gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
- return cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, portid, __group, gfp_mask);
+ return cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, portid, __group, gfp_mask,
+ NULL, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cn_netlink_send);

@@ -162,6 +166,14 @@ static int cn_call_callback(struct sk_buff *skb)
return err;
}

+static void cn_release(struct sock *sk, unsigned long *groups)
+{
+ if (groups && test_bit(CN_IDX_PROC - 1, groups)) {
+ kfree(sk->sk_user_data);
+ sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Main netlink receiving function.
*
@@ -249,6 +261,7 @@ static int cn_init(void)
struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
.groups = CN_NETLINK_USERS + 0xf,
.input = cn_rx_skb,
+ .release = cn_release,
};

dev->nls = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_CONNECTOR, &cfg);
diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
index db110cc442b1..691978cddab7 100644
--- a/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/w1/w1_netlink.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static void w1_unref_block(struct w1_cb_block *block)
u16 len = w1_reply_len(block);
if (len) {
cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len,
- block->portid, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ block->portid, 0,
+ GFP_KERNEL, NULL, NULL);
}
kfree(block);
}
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ static void w1_reply_make_space(struct w1_cb_block *block, u16 space)
{
u16 len = w1_reply_len(block);
if (len + space >= block->maxlen) {
- cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len, block->portid, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ cn_netlink_send_mult(block->first_cn, len, block->portid,
+ 0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, NULL);
block->first_cn->len = 0;
block->cn = NULL;
block->msg = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/connector.h b/include/linux/connector.h
index 487350bb19c3..cec2d99ae902 100644
--- a/include/linux/connector.h
+++ b/include/linux/connector.h
@@ -90,13 +90,19 @@ void cn_del_callback(const struct cb_id *id);
* If @group is not zero, then message will be delivered
* to the specified group.
* @gfp_mask: GFP mask.
+ * @filter: Filter function to be used at netlink layer.
+ * @filter_data:Filter data to be supplied to the filter function
*
* It can be safely called from softirq context, but may silently
* fail under strong memory pressure.
*
* If there are no listeners for given group %-ESRCH can be returned.
*/
-int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid, u32 group, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+int cn_netlink_send_mult(struct cn_msg *msg, u16 len, u32 portid,
+ u32 group, gfp_t gfp_mask,
+ int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ void *data),
+ void *filter_data);

/**
* cn_netlink_send - Sends message to the specified groups.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
index db210625cee8..6a06fb424313 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE = 2
};

+enum proc_cn_event {
+ /* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
+ * sets of events as well
+ */
+ PROC_EVENT_NONE = 0x00000000,
+ PROC_EVENT_FORK = 0x00000001,
+ PROC_EVENT_EXEC = 0x00000002,
+ PROC_EVENT_UID = 0x00000004,
+ PROC_EVENT_GID = 0x00000040,
+ PROC_EVENT_SID = 0x00000080,
+ PROC_EVENT_PTRACE = 0x00000100,
+ PROC_EVENT_COMM = 0x00000200,
+ /* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
+ /* "last" is the last process event: exit,
+ * while "next to last" is coredumping event
+ */
+ PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
+ PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
+};
+
+struct proc_input {
+ enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op;
+};
+
/*
* From the user's point of view, the process
* ID is the thread group ID and thread ID is the internal
@@ -44,24 +68,7 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
*/

struct proc_event {
- enum what {
- /* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
- * sets of events as well
- */
- PROC_EVENT_NONE = 0x00000000,
- PROC_EVENT_FORK = 0x00000001,
- PROC_EVENT_EXEC = 0x00000002,
- PROC_EVENT_UID = 0x00000004,
- PROC_EVENT_GID = 0x00000040,
- PROC_EVENT_SID = 0x00000080,
- PROC_EVENT_PTRACE = 0x00000100,
- PROC_EVENT_COMM = 0x00000200,
- /* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
- /* "last" is the last process event: exit,
- * while "next to last" is coredumping event */
- PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
- PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
- } what;
+ enum proc_cn_event what;
__u32 cpu;
__u64 __attribute__((aligned(8))) timestamp_ns;
/* Number of nano seconds since system boot */
--
2.40.0

2023-03-31 23:57:35

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] connector/cn_proc: Allow non-root users access

There were a couple of reasons for not allowing non-root users access
initially - one is there was some point no proper receive buffer
management in place for netlink multicast. But that should be long
fixed. See link below for more context.

Second is that some of the messages may contain data that is root only. But
this should be handled with a finer granularity, which is being done at the
protocol layer. The only problematic protocols are nf_queue and the
firewall netlink. Hence, this restriction for non-root access was relaxed
for NETLINK_ROUTE initially:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

This restriction has also been removed for following protocols:
NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT, NETLINK_AUDIT, NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG,
NETLINK_GENERIC, NETLINK_SELINUX.

Since process connector messages are not sensitive (process fork, exit
notifications etc.), and anyone can read /proc data, we can allow non-root
access here. However, since process event notification is not the only
consumer of NETLINK_CONNECTOR, we can make this change even more
fine grained than the protocol level, by checking for multicast group
within the protocol.

Allow non-root access for NETLINK_CONNECTOR via NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV
but add new bind function cn_bind(), which allows non-root access only
for CN_IDX_PROC multicast group.

Signed-off-by: Anjali Kulkarni <[email protected]>
---
drivers/connector/cn_proc.c | 7 -------
drivers/connector/connector.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index 35bec1fd7ee0..046a8c1d8577 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -408,12 +408,6 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
!task_is_in_init_pid_ns(current))
return;

- /* Can only change if privileged. */
- if (!__netlink_ns_capable(nsp, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
- err = EPERM;
- goto out;
- }
-
if (msg->len == sizeof(*pinput)) {
pinput = (struct proc_input *)msg->data;
mc_op = pinput->mcast_op;
@@ -460,7 +454,6 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
break;
}

-out:
cn_proc_ack(err, msg->seq, msg->ack);
}

diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
index d1179df2b0ba..193d3056de64 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
@@ -166,6 +166,18 @@ static int cn_call_callback(struct sk_buff *skb)
return err;
}

+static int cn_bind(struct net *net, int group)
+{
+ unsigned long groups = 0;
+ groups = (unsigned long) group;
+
+ if (ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return 0;
+ if (test_bit(CN_IDX_PROC - 1, &groups))
+ return 0;
+ return -EPERM;
+}
+
static void cn_release(struct sock *sk, unsigned long *groups)
{
if (groups && test_bit(CN_IDX_PROC - 1, groups)) {
@@ -261,6 +273,8 @@ static int cn_init(void)
struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
.groups = CN_NETLINK_USERS + 0xf,
.input = cn_rx_skb,
+ .flags = NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV,
+ .bind = cn_bind,
.release = cn_release,
};

--
2.40.0

2023-03-31 23:58:11

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements

This patch adds the capability to filter messages sent by the proc
connector on the event type supplied in the message from the client
to the connector. The client can register to listen for an event type
given in struct proc_input.

This event based filteting will greatly enhance performance - handling
8K exits takes about 70ms, whereas 8K-forks + 8K-exits takes about 150ms
& handling 8K-forks + 8K-exits + 8K-execs takes 200ms. There are currently
9 different types of events, and we need to listen to all of them. Also,
measuring the time using pidfds for monitoring 8K process exits took
much longer - 200ms, as compared to 70ms using only exit notifications of
proc connector.

We also add a new event type - PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT, which is
only sent by kernel to a listening application when any process exiting,
has a non-zero exit status. This will help the clients like Oracle DB,
where a monitoring process wants notfications for non-zero process exits
so it can cleanup after them.

This kind of a new event could also be useful to other applications like
Google's lmkd daemon, which needs a killed process's exit notification.

The patch takes care that existing clients using old mechanism of not
sending the event type work without any changes.

cn_filter function checks to see if the event type being notified via
proc connector matches the event type requested by client, before
sending(matches) or dropping(does not match) a packet.

The proc_filter.c test file is updated to reflect the new filtering.

Signed-off-by: Anjali Kulkarni <[email protected]>
---
drivers/connector/cn_proc.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h | 19 +++++++++++
samples/connector/proc_filter.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index 84f38d2bd4b9..35bec1fd7ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -50,21 +50,44 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct local_event, local_event) = {

static int cn_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
{
+ uintptr_t val;
+ __u32 what, exit_code, *ptr;
enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op;

- if (!dsk)
+ if (!dsk || !data)
return 0;

+ ptr = (__u32 *)data;
+ what = *ptr++;
+ exit_code = *ptr;
+ val = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->event_type;
mc_op = ((struct proc_input *)(dsk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;

if (mc_op == PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE)
return 1;

- return 0;
+ if ((__u32)val == PROC_EVENT_ALL)
+ return 0;
+ /*
+ * Drop packet if we have to report only non-zero exit status
+ * (PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT) and exit status is 0
+ */
+ if (((__u32)val & PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT) &&
+ (what == PROC_EVENT_EXIT)) {
+ if (exit_code)
+ return 0;
+ else
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if ((__u32)val & what)
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
}

static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
{
+ __u32 filter_data[2];
+
local_lock(&local_event.lock);

msg->seq = __this_cpu_inc_return(local_event.count) - 1;
@@ -76,8 +99,15 @@ static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
*
* If cn_netlink_send() fails, the data is not sent.
*/
+ filter_data[0] = ((struct proc_event *)msg->data)->what;
+ if (filter_data[0] == PROC_EVENT_EXIT) {
+ filter_data[1] =
+ ((struct proc_event *)msg->data)->event_data.exit.exit_code;
+ } else {
+ filter_data[1] = 0;
+ }
cn_netlink_send_mult(msg, msg->len, 0, CN_IDX_PROC, GFP_NOWAIT,
- cn_filter, NULL);
+ cn_filter, (void *)filter_data);

local_unlock(&local_event.lock);
}
@@ -357,12 +387,15 @@ static void cn_proc_ack(int err, int rcvd_seq, int rcvd_ack)

/**
* cn_proc_mcast_ctl
- * @data: message sent from userspace via the connector
+ * @msg: message sent from userspace via the connector
+ * @nsp: NETLINK_CB of the client's socket buffer
*/
static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
{
enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op = 0, prev_mc_op = 0;
+ struct proc_input *pinput = NULL;
+ enum proc_cn_event ev_type = 0;
int err = 0, initial = 0;
struct sock *sk = NULL;

@@ -381,11 +414,21 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
goto out;
}

- if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op))
+ if (msg->len == sizeof(*pinput)) {
+ pinput = (struct proc_input *)msg->data;
+ mc_op = pinput->mcast_op;
+ ev_type = pinput->event_type;
+ } else if (msg->len == sizeof(mc_op)) {
mc_op = *((enum proc_cn_mcast_op *)msg->data);
- else
+ ev_type = PROC_EVENT_ALL;
+ } else
return;

+ ev_type = valid_event((enum proc_cn_event)ev_type);
+
+ if (ev_type == PROC_EVENT_NONE)
+ ev_type = PROC_EVENT_ALL;
+
if (nsp->sk) {
sk = nsp->sk;
if (sk->sk_user_data == NULL) {
@@ -396,6 +439,8 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
prev_mc_op =
((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op;
}
+ ((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->event_type =
+ ev_type;
((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->mcast_op = mc_op;
}

@@ -407,6 +452,8 @@ static void cn_proc_mcast_ctl(struct cn_msg *msg,
case PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE:
if (!initial && (prev_mc_op != PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE))
atomic_dec(&proc_event_num_listeners);
+ ((struct proc_input *)(sk->sk_user_data))->event_type =
+ PROC_EVENT_NONE;
break;
default:
err = EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
index 6a06fb424313..f2afb7cc4926 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/cn_proc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ enum proc_cn_mcast_op {
PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE = 2
};

+#define PROC_EVENT_ALL (PROC_EVENT_FORK | PROC_EVENT_EXEC | PROC_EVENT_UID | \
+ PROC_EVENT_GID | PROC_EVENT_SID | PROC_EVENT_PTRACE | \
+ PROC_EVENT_COMM | PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT | \
+ PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP | PROC_EVENT_EXIT)
+
+/*
+ * If you add an entry in proc_cn_event, make sure you add it in
+ * PROC_EVENT_ALL above as well.
+ */
enum proc_cn_event {
/* Use successive bits so the enums can be used to record
* sets of events as well
@@ -45,15 +54,25 @@ enum proc_cn_event {
/* "next" should be 0x00000400 */
/* "last" is the last process event: exit,
* while "next to last" is coredumping event
+ * before that is report only if process dies
+ * with non-zero exit status
*/
+ PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT = 0x20000000,
PROC_EVENT_COREDUMP = 0x40000000,
PROC_EVENT_EXIT = 0x80000000
};

struct proc_input {
enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op;
+ enum proc_cn_event event_type;
};

+static inline enum proc_cn_event valid_event(enum proc_cn_event ev_type)
+{
+ ev_type &= PROC_EVENT_ALL;
+ return ev_type;
+}
+
/*
* From the user's point of view, the process
* ID is the thread group ID and thread ID is the internal
diff --git a/samples/connector/proc_filter.c b/samples/connector/proc_filter.c
index 25202f5bc126..63504fc5f002 100644
--- a/samples/connector/proc_filter.c
+++ b/samples/connector/proc_filter.c
@@ -15,22 +15,33 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <signal.h>

+#define FILTER
+
+#ifdef FILTER
+#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
+ sizeof(struct proc_input))
+#else
#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
sizeof(int))
+#endif

#define MAX_EVENTS 1

+volatile static int interrupted;
+static int nl_sock, ret_errno, tcount;
+static struct epoll_event evn;
+
#ifdef ENABLE_PRINTS
#define Printf printf
#else
#define Printf
#endif

-volatile static int interrupted;
-static int nl_sock, ret_errno, tcount;
-static struct epoll_event evn;
-
+#ifdef FILTER
+int send_message(struct proc_input *pinp)
+#else
int send_message(enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
+#endif
{
char buff[NL_MESSAGE_SIZE];
struct nlmsghdr *hdr;
@@ -50,8 +61,14 @@ int send_message(enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
msg->ack = 0;
msg->flags = 0;

+#ifdef FILTER
+ msg->len = sizeof(struct proc_input);
+ ((struct proc_input *)msg->data)->mcast_op = pinp->mcast_op;
+ ((struct proc_input *)msg->data)->event_type = pinp->event_type;
+#else
msg->len = sizeof(int);
*(int *)msg->data = mcast_op;
+#endif

if (send(nl_sock, hdr, hdr->nlmsg_len, 0) == -1) {
ret_errno = errno;
@@ -61,7 +78,11 @@ int send_message(enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
return 0;
}

+#ifdef FILTER
+int register_proc_netlink(int *efd, struct proc_input *input)
+#else
int register_proc_netlink(int *efd, enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
+#endif
{
struct sockaddr_nl sa_nl;
int err = 0, epoll_fd;
@@ -92,7 +113,11 @@ int register_proc_netlink(int *efd, enum proc_cn_mcast_op mcast_op)
return -2;
}

+#ifdef FILTER
+ err = send_message(input);
+#else
err = send_message(mcast_op);
+#endif
if (err < 0)
return err;

@@ -223,10 +248,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int epoll_fd, err;
struct proc_event proc_ev;
+#ifdef FILTER
+ struct proc_input input;
+#endif

signal(SIGINT, sigint);

+#ifdef FILTER
+ input.event_type = PROC_EVENT_NONZERO_EXIT;
+ input.mcast_op = PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN;
+ err = register_proc_netlink(&epoll_fd, &input);
+#else
err = register_proc_netlink(&epoll_fd, PROC_CN_MCAST_LISTEN);
+#endif
if (err < 0) {
if (err == -2)
close(nl_sock);
@@ -252,7 +286,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}

+#ifdef FILTER
+ input.mcast_op = PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE;
+ send_message(&input);
+#else
send_message(PROC_CN_MCAST_IGNORE);
+#endif

close(epoll_fd);
close(nl_sock);
--
2.40.0

2023-06-01 16:43:27

by Jakub Kicinski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements

On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:55:27 -0700 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> +#define FILTER
> +
> +#ifdef FILTER
> +#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
> + sizeof(struct proc_input))
> +#else
> #define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
> sizeof(int))
> +#endif

The #define FILTER and ifdefs around it need to go, this much I can
tell you without understanding what it does :S We have the git history
we don't need to keep dead code around.

2023-06-01 16:51:43

by Jakub Kicinski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:38:04 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> > The #define FILTER and ifdefs around it need to go, this much I can
> > tell you without understanding what it does :S We have the git history
> > we don't need to keep dead code around.
>
> The FILTER option is for backwards compatibility for those who may be
> using the proc connector today - so they do not need to immediately
> switch to using the new method - the example just shows the old
> method which does not break or need changes - do you still want me to
> remove the FILTER?

Is it possible to recode the sample so the format can be decided based
on cmd line argument? To be honest samples are kinda dead, it'd be best
if the code was rewritten to act as a selftest.

2023-06-01 16:53:42

by Anjali Kulkarni

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements



> On Jun 1, 2023, at 9:25 AM, Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:55:27 -0700 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>> +#define FILTER
>> +
>> +#ifdef FILTER
>> +#define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
>> + sizeof(struct proc_input))
>> +#else
>> #define NL_MESSAGE_SIZE (sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + \
>> sizeof(int))
>> +#endif
>
> The #define FILTER and ifdefs around it need to go, this much I can
> tell you without understanding what it does :S We have the git history
> we don't need to keep dead code around.

The FILTER option is for backwards compatibility for those who may be using the proc connector today - so they do not need to immediately switch to using the new method - the example just shows the old method which does not break or need changes - do you still want me to remove the FILTER?

Anjali


2023-06-01 17:21:22

by Anjali Kulkarni

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements



> On Jun 1, 2023, at 9:48 AM, Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:38:04 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>> The #define FILTER and ifdefs around it need to go, this much I can
>>> tell you without understanding what it does :S We have the git history
>>> we don't need to keep dead code around.
>>
>> The FILTER option is for backwards compatibility for those who may be
>> using the proc connector today - so they do not need to immediately
>> switch to using the new method - the example just shows the old
>> method which does not break or need changes - do you still want me to
>> remove the FILTER?
>
> Is it possible to recode the sample so the format can be decided based
> on cmd line argument? To be honest samples are kinda dead, it'd be best
> if the code was rewritten to act as a selftest.

Yes, I can recode to use a cmd line argument. Where would a selftest be committed? This is kind of a self test in the sense that this is working code to test the other kernel code. What else is needed to make it a selftest?

Anjali


2023-06-01 17:59:33

by Jakub Kicinski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:53:07 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> > Is it possible to recode the sample so the format can be decided based
> > on cmd line argument? To be honest samples are kinda dead, it'd be best
> > if the code was rewritten to act as a selftest.
>
> Yes, I can recode to use a cmd line argument. Where would a selftest
> be committed?

The path flow is the same as for the sample, the file just goes to
tools/testing/selftests rather than samples/.

> This is kind of a self test in the sense that this is
> working code to test the other kernel code. What else is needed to
> make it a selftest?

Not much, really. I think the requirement is to exit with a non-zero
return code on failure, which you already do. 0 means success; 1 means
failure; 2 means skip, IIRC.

The main work in your case would be that the selftest needs to do its
checking and exit, so the stimuli must be triggered automatically.
(You can use a bash script to drive the events.)

2023-06-02 22:26:51

by Anjali Kulkarni

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements



> On Jun 1, 2023, at 10:15 AM, Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 16:53:07 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>> Is it possible to recode the sample so the format can be decided based
>>> on cmd line argument? To be honest samples are kinda dead, it'd be best
>>> if the code was rewritten to act as a selftest.
>>
>> Yes, I can recode to use a cmd line argument. Where would a selftest
>> be committed?
>
> The path flow is the same as for the sample, the file just goes to
> tools/testing/selftests rather than samples/.
>
>> This is kind of a self test in the sense that this is
>> working code to test the other kernel code. What else is needed to
>> make it a selftest?
>
> Not much, really. I think the requirement is to exit with a non-zero
> return code on failure, which you already do. 0 means success; 1 means
> failure; 2 means skip, IIRC.
>
> The main work in your case would be that the selftest needs to do its
> checking and exit, so the stimuli must be triggered automatically.
> (You can use a bash script to drive the events.)

Thanks! So this will be part of the kselftest infra right?
https://docs.kernel.org/dev-tools/kselftest.html ?


2023-06-02 23:15:41

by Jakub Kicinski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] connector/cn_proc: Performance improvements

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 22:23:01 +0000 Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
> > Not much, really. I think the requirement is to exit with a non-zero
> > return code on failure, which you already do. 0 means success; 1 means
> > failure; 2 means skip, IIRC.
> >
> > The main work in your case would be that the selftest needs to do its
> > checking and exit, so the stimuli must be triggered automatically.
> > (You can use a bash script to drive the events.)
>
> Thanks! So this will be part of the kselftest infra right?
> https://docs.kernel.org/dev-tools/kselftest.html ?

Yes, that's right.