[PATCH v3 0/3] seccomp: Make seccomp filter reusable

From: Hengqi Chen
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 00:35:12 EST


This patchset introduces a new operation and a new flag
to split the SECCOMP_SET_MODE_FILTER process into two steps:
load filter and attach filter. Thus we can reuse the filter.

The new SECCOMP_LOAD_FILTER loads the filter and returns a fd
which can be reused for different processes via UDS.
With this new operation, we can eliminate a hot path of JITing
BPF program (the filter) where we apply the same seccomp filter
to thousands of micro VMs on a bare metal instance.

The new flag SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_FILTER_FD is used to attach
a filter which is loaded via SECCOMP_LOAD_FILTER and represented
by a seccomp filter fd.

Change logs:
v2 -> v3:
- Stick to cBPF, don't interfere with bpffs

v1 -> v2:
- Add a flag to attach filter from fd
- Update selftests

RFC -> v1:
- Addressed comments from Kees
- Reuse filter copy/create code (patch 1)
- Add a selftest (patch 4)

Hengqi Chen (3):
seccomp: Introduce SECCOMP_LOAD_FILTER operation
seccomp: Introduce new flag SECCOMP_FILTER_FLAG_FILTER_FD
selftests/seccomp: Test seccomp filter load and attach

include/linux/seccomp.h | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/seccomp.h | 3 +
kernel/seccomp.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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