bpf: Add bpf_send_signal_thread() helper

Commit 8b401f9ed244 ("bpf: implement bpf_send_signal() helper")
added helper bpf_send_signal() which permits bpf program to
send a signal to the current process. The signal may be
delivered to any threads in the process.

We found a use case where sending the signal to the current
thread is more preferable.
  - A bpf program will collect the stack trace and then
    send signal to the user application.
  - The user application will add some thread specific
    information to the just collected stack trace for
    later analysis.

If bpf_send_signal() is used, user application will need
to check whether the thread receiving the signal matches
the thread collecting the stack by checking thread id.
If not, it will need to send signal to another thread
through pthread_kill().

This patch proposed a new helper bpf_send_signal_thread(),
which sends the signal to the thread corresponding to
the current kernel task. This way, user space is guaranteed that
bpf_program execution context and user space signal handling
context are the same thread.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200115035002.602336-1-yhs@fb.com

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index e5ef4ae9edb5..19e793aa441a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ struct send_signal_irq_work {
 	struct irq_work irq_work;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	u32 sig;
+	enum pid_type type;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct send_signal_irq_work, send_signal_work);
@@ -712,10 +713,10 @@ static void do_bpf_send_signal(struct irq_work *entry)
 	struct send_signal_irq_work *work;
 
 	work = container_of(entry, struct send_signal_irq_work, irq_work);
-	group_send_sig_info(work->sig, SEND_SIG_PRIV, work->task, PIDTYPE_TGID);
+	group_send_sig_info(work->sig, SEND_SIG_PRIV, work->task, work->type);
 }
 
-BPF_CALL_1(bpf_send_signal, u32, sig)
+static int bpf_send_signal_common(u32 sig, enum pid_type type)
 {
 	struct send_signal_irq_work *work = NULL;
 
@@ -748,11 +749,17 @@ BPF_CALL_1(bpf_send_signal, u32, sig)
 		 */
 		work->task = current;
 		work->sig = sig;
+		work->type = type;
 		irq_work_queue(&work->irq_work);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	return group_send_sig_info(sig, SEND_SIG_PRIV, current, PIDTYPE_TGID);
+	return group_send_sig_info(sig, SEND_SIG_PRIV, current, type);
+}
+
+BPF_CALL_1(bpf_send_signal, u32, sig)
+{
+	return bpf_send_signal_common(sig, PIDTYPE_TGID);
 }
 
 static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_send_signal_proto = {
@@ -762,6 +769,18 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_send_signal_proto = {
 	.arg1_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
 };
 
+BPF_CALL_1(bpf_send_signal_thread, u32, sig)
+{
+	return bpf_send_signal_common(sig, PIDTYPE_PID);
+}
+
+static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_send_signal_thread_proto = {
+	.func		= bpf_send_signal_thread,
+	.gpl_only	= false,
+	.ret_type	= RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
+};
+
 static const struct bpf_func_proto *
 tracing_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
 {
@@ -822,6 +841,8 @@ tracing_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id, const struct bpf_prog *prog)
 #endif
 	case BPF_FUNC_send_signal:
 		return &bpf_send_signal_proto;
+	case BPF_FUNC_send_signal_thread:
+		return &bpf_send_signal_thread_proto;
 	default:
 		return NULL;
 	}