Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 3/5] bpf: Introduce cgroup iter

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri May 20 2022 - 18:57:29 EST


Hello,

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 03:19:19PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> We have bpf_map iterator that walks all bpf maps.
> When map iterator is parametrized with map_fd the iterator walks
> all elements of that map.
> cgroup iterator should have similar semantics.
> When non-parameterized it will walk all cgroups and their descendent
> depth first way. I believe that's what Yonghong is proposing.
> When parametrized it will start from that particular cgroup and
> walk all descendant of that cgroup only.
> The bpf prog can stop the iteration right away with ret 1.
> Maybe we can add two parameters. One -> cgroup_fd to use and another ->
> the order of iteration css_for_each_descendant_pre vs _post.
> wdyt?

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Thanks.

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tejun