Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 0/4] Introduce bpf_cgroup_read_xattr

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 04:33:02 EST


On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 04:20:58PM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
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> > On Jun 27, 2025, at 8:59 AM, Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM Alexei Starovoitov
> >> <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>> ./test_progs -t lsm_cgroup
> >>> Summary: 1/2 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
> >>> ./test_progs -t lsm_cgroup
> >>> Summary: 1/2 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
> >>> ./test_progs -t cgroup_xattr
> >>> Summary: 1/8 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
> >>> ./test_progs -t lsm_cgroup
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:PASS:bind(ETH_P_ALL) 0 nsec
> >>> (network_helpers.c:121: errno: Cannot assign requested address) Failed
> >>> to bind socket
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:FAIL:start_server unexpected start_server:
> >>> actual -1 < expected 0
> >>> (network_helpers.c:360: errno: Bad file descriptor) getsockopt(SOL_PROTOCOL)
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:FAIL:connect_to_fd unexpected
> >>> connect_to_fd: actual -1 < expected 0
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:FAIL:accept unexpected accept: actual -1 < expected 0
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:FAIL:getsockopt unexpected getsockopt:
> >>> actual -1 < expected 0
> >>> test_lsm_cgroup_functional:FAIL:sk_priority unexpected sk_priority:
> >>> actual 0 != expected 234
> >>> ...
> >>> Summary: 0/1 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 1 FAILED
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Song,
> >>> Please follow up with the fix for selftest.
> >>> It will be in bpf-next only.
> >>
> >> The issue is because cgroup_xattr calls "ip link set dev lo up"
> >> in setup, and calls "ip link set dev lo down" in cleanup. Most
> >> other tests only call "ip link set dev lo up". IOW, it appears to
> >> me that cgroup_xattr is doing the cleanup properly. To fix this,
> >> we can either remove "dev lo down" from cgroup_xattr, or add
> >> "dev lo up" to lsm_cgroups. Do you have any preference one
> >> way or another?
> >
> > It messes with "lo" without switching netns? Ouch.
>
> Ah, I see the problem now.
>
> > Not sure what tests you copied that code from,
> > but all "ip" commands, ping_group_range, and sockets
> > don't need to be in the test. Instead of triggering
> > progs through lsm/socket_connect hook can't you use
> > a simple hook like lsm/bpf or lsm/file_open that doesn't require
> > networking setup ?
>
> Yeah, let me fix the test with a different hook.

Where's the patch?