bpf: Introduce bpf_mem_free_rcu() similar to kfree_rcu().

Introduce bpf_mem_[cache_]free_rcu() similar to kfree_rcu().
Unlike bpf_mem_[cache_]free() that links objects for immediate reuse into
per-cpu free list the _rcu() flavor waits for RCU grace period and then moves
objects into free_by_rcu_ttrace list where they are waiting for RCU
task trace grace period to be freed into slab.

The life cycle of objects:
alloc: dequeue free_llist
free: enqeueu free_llist
free_rcu: enqueue free_by_rcu -> waiting_for_gp
free_llist above high watermark -> free_by_rcu_ttrace
after RCU GP waiting_for_gp -> free_by_rcu_ttrace
free_by_rcu_ttrace -> waiting_for_gp_ttrace -> slab
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230706033447.54696-13-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com

include/linux/bpf_mem_alloc.h

@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ void bpf_mem_alloc_destroy(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma);
 /* kmalloc/kfree equivalent: */
 void *bpf_mem_alloc(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, size_t size);
 void bpf_mem_free(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr);
+void bpf_mem_free_rcu(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr);
 
 /* kmem_cache_alloc/free equivalent: */
 void *bpf_mem_cache_alloc(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma);
 void bpf_mem_cache_free(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr);
+void bpf_mem_cache_free_rcu(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr);
 void bpf_mem_cache_raw_free(void *ptr);
 void *bpf_mem_cache_alloc_flags(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, gfp_t flags);
 

kernel/bpf/memalloc.c

@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ struct bpf_mem_cache {
 	bool draining;
 	struct bpf_mem_cache *tgt;
 
+	/* list of objects to be freed after RCU GP */
+	struct llist_head free_by_rcu;
+	struct llist_node *free_by_rcu_tail;
+	struct llist_head waiting_for_gp;
+	struct llist_node *waiting_for_gp_tail;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	atomic_t call_rcu_in_progress;
+	struct llist_head free_llist_extra_rcu;
+
 	/* list of objects to be freed after RCU tasks trace GP */
 	struct llist_head free_by_rcu_ttrace;
 	struct llist_head waiting_for_gp_ttrace;
@@ -346,6 +355,69 @@ static void free_bulk(struct bpf_mem_cache *c)
 	do_call_rcu_ttrace(tgt);
 }
 
+static void __free_by_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct bpf_mem_cache *c = container_of(head, struct bpf_mem_cache, rcu);
+	struct bpf_mem_cache *tgt = c->tgt;
+	struct llist_node *llnode;
+
+	llnode = llist_del_all(&c->waiting_for_gp);
+	if (!llnode)
+		goto out;
+
+	llist_add_batch(llnode, c->waiting_for_gp_tail, &tgt->free_by_rcu_ttrace);
+
+	/* Objects went through regular RCU GP. Send them to RCU tasks trace */
+	do_call_rcu_ttrace(tgt);
+out:
+	atomic_set(&c->call_rcu_in_progress, 0);
+}
+
+static void check_free_by_rcu(struct bpf_mem_cache *c)
+{
+	struct llist_node *llnode, *t;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/* drain free_llist_extra_rcu */
+	if (unlikely(!llist_empty(&c->free_llist_extra_rcu))) {
+		inc_active(c, &flags);
+		llist_for_each_safe(llnode, t, llist_del_all(&c->free_llist_extra_rcu))
+			if (__llist_add(llnode, &c->free_by_rcu))
+				c->free_by_rcu_tail = llnode;
+		dec_active(c, flags);
+	}
+
+	if (llist_empty(&c->free_by_rcu))
+		return;
+
+	if (atomic_xchg(&c->call_rcu_in_progress, 1)) {
+		/*
+		 * Instead of kmalloc-ing new rcu_head and triggering 10k
+		 * call_rcu() to hit rcutree.qhimark and force RCU to notice
+		 * the overload just ask RCU to hurry up. There could be many
+		 * objects in free_by_rcu list.
+		 * This hint reduces memory consumption for an artificial
+		 * benchmark from 2 Gbyte to 150 Mbyte.
+		 */
+		rcu_request_urgent_qs_task(current);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!llist_empty(&c->waiting_for_gp));
+
+	inc_active(c, &flags);
+	WRITE_ONCE(c->waiting_for_gp.first, __llist_del_all(&c->free_by_rcu));
+	c->waiting_for_gp_tail = c->free_by_rcu_tail;
+	dec_active(c, flags);
+
+	if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(c->draining))) {
+		free_all(llist_del_all(&c->waiting_for_gp), !!c->percpu_size);
+		atomic_set(&c->call_rcu_in_progress, 0);
+	} else {
+		call_rcu_hurry(&c->rcu, __free_by_rcu);
+	}
+}
+
 static void bpf_mem_refill(struct irq_work *work)
 {
 	struct bpf_mem_cache *c = container_of(work, struct bpf_mem_cache, refill_work);
@@ -360,6 +432,8 @@ static void bpf_mem_refill(struct irq_work *work)
 		alloc_bulk(c, c->batch, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	else if (cnt > c->high_watermark)
 		free_bulk(c);
+
+	check_free_by_rcu(c);
 }
 
 static void notrace irq_work_raise(struct bpf_mem_cache *c)
@@ -488,6 +562,9 @@ static void drain_mem_cache(struct bpf_mem_cache *c)
 	free_all(llist_del_all(&c->waiting_for_gp_ttrace), percpu);
 	free_all(__llist_del_all(&c->free_llist), percpu);
 	free_all(__llist_del_all(&c->free_llist_extra), percpu);
+	free_all(__llist_del_all(&c->free_by_rcu), percpu);
+	free_all(__llist_del_all(&c->free_llist_extra_rcu), percpu);
+	free_all(llist_del_all(&c->waiting_for_gp), percpu);
 }
 
 static void free_mem_alloc_no_barrier(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
@@ -500,8 +577,8 @@ static void free_mem_alloc_no_barrier(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 
 static void free_mem_alloc(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 {
-	/* waiting_for_gp_ttrace lists was drained, but __free_rcu might
-	 * still execute. Wait for it now before we freeing percpu caches.
+	/* waiting_for_gp[_ttrace] lists were drained, but RCU callbacks
+	 * might still execute. Wait for them.
 	 *
 	 * rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() doesn't imply synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace(),
 	 * but rcu_barrier_tasks_trace() and rcu_barrier() below are only used
@@ -510,7 +587,8 @@ static void free_mem_alloc(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 	 * rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp(), it will be OK to skip rcu_barrier() by
 	 * using rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() as well.
 	 */
-	rcu_barrier_tasks_trace();
+	rcu_barrier(); /* wait for __free_by_rcu */
+	rcu_barrier_tasks_trace(); /* wait for __free_rcu */
 	if (!rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp())
 		rcu_barrier();
 	free_mem_alloc_no_barrier(ma);
@@ -563,6 +641,7 @@ void bpf_mem_alloc_destroy(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 			irq_work_sync(&c->refill_work);
 			drain_mem_cache(c);
 			rcu_in_progress += atomic_read(&c->call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress);
+			rcu_in_progress += atomic_read(&c->call_rcu_in_progress);
 		}
 		/* objcg is the same across cpus */
 		if (c->objcg)
@@ -579,6 +658,7 @@ void bpf_mem_alloc_destroy(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 				irq_work_sync(&c->refill_work);
 				drain_mem_cache(c);
 				rcu_in_progress += atomic_read(&c->call_rcu_ttrace_in_progress);
+				rcu_in_progress += atomic_read(&c->call_rcu_in_progress);
 			}
 		}
 		if (c->objcg)
@@ -663,6 +743,27 @@ static void notrace unit_free(struct bpf_mem_cache *c, void *ptr)
 		irq_work_raise(c);
 }
 
+static void notrace unit_free_rcu(struct bpf_mem_cache *c, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct llist_node *llnode = ptr - LLIST_NODE_SZ;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	c->tgt = *(struct bpf_mem_cache **)llnode;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	if (local_inc_return(&c->active) == 1) {
+		if (__llist_add(llnode, &c->free_by_rcu))
+			c->free_by_rcu_tail = llnode;
+	} else {
+		llist_add(llnode, &c->free_llist_extra_rcu);
+	}
+	local_dec(&c->active);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	if (!atomic_read(&c->call_rcu_in_progress))
+		irq_work_raise(c);
+}
+
 /* Called from BPF program or from sys_bpf syscall.
  * In both cases migration is disabled.
  */
@@ -696,6 +797,20 @@ void notrace bpf_mem_free(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr)
 	unit_free(this_cpu_ptr(ma->caches)->cache + idx, ptr);
 }
 
+void notrace bpf_mem_free_rcu(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr)
+{
+	int idx;
+
+	if (!ptr)
+		return;
+
+	idx = bpf_mem_cache_idx(ksize(ptr - LLIST_NODE_SZ));
+	if (idx < 0)
+		return;
+
+	unit_free_rcu(this_cpu_ptr(ma->caches)->cache + idx, ptr);
+}
+
 void notrace *bpf_mem_cache_alloc(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma)
 {
 	void *ret;
@@ -712,6 +827,14 @@ void notrace bpf_mem_cache_free(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr)
 	unit_free(this_cpu_ptr(ma->cache), ptr);
 }
 
+void notrace bpf_mem_cache_free_rcu(struct bpf_mem_alloc *ma, void *ptr)
+{
+	if (!ptr)
+		return;
+
+	unit_free_rcu(this_cpu_ptr(ma->cache), ptr);
+}
+
 /* Directly does a kfree() without putting 'ptr' back to the free_llist
  * for reuse and without waiting for a rcu_tasks_trace gp.
  * The caller must first go through the rcu_tasks_trace gp for 'ptr'