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Date:   Sat, 5 Mar 2022 16:58:00 +0000
From:   Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/28] bpf: add new is_sys_admin_prog_type()
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On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 11:07:04AM +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 12:12 AM Song Liu <song@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 9:30 AM Benjamin Tissoires
> > <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > LIRC_MODE2 does not really need net_admin capability, but only sys_admin.
> > >
> > > Extract a new helper for it, it will be also used for the HID bpf
> > > implementation.
> > >
> > > Cc: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > new in v2
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> > > index db402ebc5570..cc570891322b 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> > > @@ -2165,7 +2165,6 @@ static bool is_net_admin_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type)
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LWT_SEG6LOCAL:
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_SKB:
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG:
> > > -       case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2:
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR:
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_DEVICE:
> > >         case BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK:
> > > @@ -2202,6 +2201,17 @@ static bool is_perfmon_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type)
> > >         }
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static bool is_sys_admin_prog_type(enum bpf_prog_type prog_type)
> > > +{
> > > +       switch (prog_type) {
> > > +       case BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2:
> > > +       case BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT: /* extends any prog */
> > > +               return true;
> > > +       default:
> > > +               return false;
> > > +       }
> > > +}
> >
> > I am not sure whether we should do this. This is a behavior change, that may
> > break some user space. Also, BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT is checked in
> > is_perfmon_prog_type(), and this change will make that case useless.
> 
> Sure, I can drop it from v3 and make this function appear for HID only.

For BPF_PROG_TYPE_LIRC_MODE2, I don't think this change will break userspace.
This is called from ir-keytable(1) which is called from udev. It should have
all the necessary permissions.

In addition, the vast majority IR decoders are non-bpf. bpf ir decoders have
very few users at the moment.

I am working on completely new userspace tooling which will make extensive
use of bpf ir decoding with full lircd and IRP compatibility, but this is not
finished yet (see https://github.com/seanyoung/cir).

Thanks

Sean