History log of /linux-master/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_map_init.c
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# d3bec013 03-Nov-2020 David Verbeiren <david.verbeiren@tessares.net>

bpf: Zero-fill re-used per-cpu map element

Zero-fill element values for all other cpus than current, just as
when not using prealloc. This is the only way the bpf program can
ensure known initial values for all cpus ('onallcpus' cannot be
set when coming from the bpf program).

The scenario is: bpf program inserts some elements in a per-cpu
map, then deletes some (or userspace does). When later adding
new elements using bpf_map_update_elem(), the bpf program can
only set the value of the new elements for the current cpu.
When prealloc is enabled, previously deleted elements are re-used.
Without the fix, values for other cpus remain whatever they were
when the re-used entry was previously freed.

A selftest is added to validate correct operation in above
scenario as well as in case of LRU per-cpu map element re-use.

Fixes: 6c9059817432 ("bpf: pre-allocate hash map elements")
Signed-off-by: David Verbeiren <david.verbeiren@tessares.net>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@tessares.net>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20201104112332.15191-1-david.verbeiren@tessares.net