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    bpf: Add kfuncs for storing struct task_struct * as a kptr · 90660309
    David Vernet authored
    Now that BPF supports adding new kernel functions with kfuncs, and
    storing kernel objects in maps with kptrs, we can add a set of kfuncs
    which allow struct task_struct objects to be stored in maps as
    referenced kptrs. The possible use cases for doing this are plentiful.
    During tracing, for example, it would be useful to be able to collect
    some tasks that performed a certain operation, and then periodically
    summarize who they are, which cgroup they're in, how much CPU time
    they've utilized, etc.
    
    In order to enable this, this patch adds three new kfuncs:
    
    struct task_struct *bpf_task_acquire(struct task_struct *p);
    struct task_struct *bpf_task_kptr_get(struct task_struct **pp);
    void bpf_task_release(struct task_struct *p);
    
    A follow-on patch will add selftests validating these kfuncs.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Vernet <void@manifault.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221120051004.3605026-4-void@manifault.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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