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bpf: Add BPF-helper for accessing CLOCK_TAI
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Commit 3dc6ffa ("timekeeping: Introduce fast accessor to clock tai")
introduced a fast and NMI-safe accessor for CLOCK_TAI. Especially in time
sensitive networks (TSN), where all nodes are synchronized by Precision Time
Protocol (PTP), it's helpful to have the possibility to generate timestamps
based on CLOCK_TAI instead of CLOCK_MONOTONIC. With a BPF helper for TAI in
place, it becomes very convenient to correlate activity across different
machines in the network.

Use cases for such a BPF helper include functionalities such as Tx launch
time (e.g. ETF and TAPRIO Qdiscs) and timestamping.

Note: CLOCK_TAI is nothing new per se, only the NMI-safe variant of it is.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]>
[Kurt: Wrote changelog and renamed helper]
Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
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netoptimizer authored and Alexei Starovoitov committed Aug 9, 2022
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/linux/bpf.h
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Expand Up @@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_numa_node_id_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_tail_call_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_pid_tgid_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_uid_gid_proto;
extern const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_comm_proto;
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
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Expand Up @@ -5341,6 +5341,18 @@ union bpf_attr {
* **-EACCES** if the SYN cookie is not valid.
*
* **-EPROTONOSUPPORT** if CONFIG_IPV6 is not builtin.
*
* u64 bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns(void)
* Description
* A nonsettable system-wide clock derived from wall-clock time but
* ignoring leap seconds. This clock does not experience
* discontinuities and backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap
* seconds as CLOCK_REALTIME does.
*
* See: **clock_gettime**\ (**CLOCK_TAI**)
* Return
* Current *ktime*.
*
*/
#define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
FN(unspec), \
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FN(tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv6), \
FN(tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv4), \
FN(tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv6), \
FN(ktime_get_tai_ns), \
/* */

/* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions kernel/bpf/core.c
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Expand Up @@ -2623,6 +2623,7 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_numa_node_id_proto __weak;
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto __weak;
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto __weak;
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns_proto __weak;
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns_proto __weak;

const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_pid_tgid_proto __weak;
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_current_uid_gid_proto __weak;
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions kernel/bpf/helpers.c
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Expand Up @@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns_proto = {
.ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
};

BPF_CALL_0(bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns)
{
/* NMI safe access to clock tai */
return ktime_get_tai_fast_ns();
}

const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns_proto = {
.func = bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns,
.gpl_only = false,
.ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
};

BPF_CALL_0(bpf_get_current_pid_tgid)
{
struct task_struct *task = current;
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return &bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto;
case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_boot_ns:
return &bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns_proto;
case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_tai_ns:
return &bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns_proto;
case BPF_FUNC_ringbuf_output:
return &bpf_ringbuf_output_proto;
case BPF_FUNC_ringbuf_reserve:
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
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Expand Up @@ -5341,6 +5341,18 @@ union bpf_attr {
* **-EACCES** if the SYN cookie is not valid.
*
* **-EPROTONOSUPPORT** if CONFIG_IPV6 is not builtin.
*
* u64 bpf_ktime_get_tai_ns(void)
* Description
* A nonsettable system-wide clock derived from wall-clock time but
* ignoring leap seconds. This clock does not experience
* discontinuities and backwards jumps caused by NTP inserting leap
* seconds as CLOCK_REALTIME does.
*
* See: **clock_gettime**\ (**CLOCK_TAI**)
* Return
* Current *ktime*.
*
*/
#define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
FN(unspec), \
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FN(tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv6), \
FN(tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv4), \
FN(tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv6), \
FN(ktime_get_tai_ns), \
/* */

/* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
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