Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 0/6] bpf: enable task local storage for tracing programs

From: Martin KaFai Lau
Date: Thu Feb 25 2021 - 19:05:26 EST


On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 03:43:13PM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> This set enables task local storage for non-BPF_LSM programs.
>
> It is common for tracing BPF program to access per-task data. Currently,
> these data are stored in hash tables with pid as the key. In
> bcc/libbpftools [1], 9 out of 23 tools use such hash tables. However,
> hash table is not ideal for many use case. Task local storage provides
> better usability and performance for BPF programs. Please refer to 6/6 for
> some performance comparison of task local storage vs. hash table.
Thanks for the patches.

Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>