[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_task_from_pid() kfunc

[David Vernet]

Callers can currently store tasks as kptrs using bpf_task_acquire(),
bpf_task_kptr_get(), and bpf_task_release(). These are useful if a
caller already has a struct task_struct *, but there may be some callers
who only have a pid, and want to look up the associated struct
task_struct * from that to e.g. find task->comm.

This patch therefore adds a new bpf_task_from_pid() kfunc which allows
BPF programs to get a struct task_struct * kptr from a pid.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 9e8a5557ea8d..d5a849d44a35 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1879,6 +1879,25 @@ void bpf_task_release(struct task_struct *p)
 	put_task_struct_rcu_user(p);
 }
 
+/**
+ * bpf_task_from_pid - Find a struct task_struct from its pid by looking it up
+ * in the root pid namespace idr. If a task is returned, it must either be
+ * stored in a map, or released with bpf_task_release().
+ * @pid: The pid of the task being looked up.
+ */
+struct task_struct *bpf_task_from_pid(s32 pid)
+{
+	struct task_struct *p;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	p = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
+	if (p)
+		bpf_task_acquire(p);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return p;
+}
+
 void *bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(void *obj)
 {
 	return obj;
@@ -1904,6 +1923,7 @@ BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_pop_back, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
 BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_task_acquire, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_TRUSTED_ARGS)
 BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_task_kptr_get, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_KPTR_GET | KF_RET_NULL)
 BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_task_release, KF_RELEASE)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_task_from_pid, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
 BTF_SET8_END(generic_btf_ids)
 
 static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set generic_kfunc_set = {
-- 
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