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| author | Dmitrii Banshchikov <me@ubique.spb.ru> | 2020-11-17 18:45:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> | 2020-11-18 23:25:32 +0100 |
| commit | d055126180564a57fe533728a4e93d0cb53d49b3 (patch) | |
| tree | bc4413bce59ff96530fb58525010f22cbb1ff5b3 /include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | |
| parent | ea87ae85c9b31303a2e9d4c769d9f3ee8a3a60d1 (diff) | |
bpf: Add bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns helper
The helper uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE source of time that is less
accurate but more performant.
We have a BPF CGROUP_SKB firewall that supports event logging through
bpf_perf_event_output(). Each event has a timestamp and currently we use
bpf_ktime_get_ns() for it. Use of bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns() saves ~15-20
ns in time required for event logging.
bpf_ktime_get_ns():
EgressLogByRemoteEndpoint 113.82ns 8.79M
bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns():
EgressLogByRemoteEndpoint 95.40ns 10.48M
Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Banshchikov <me@ubique.spb.ru>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20201117184549.257280-1-me@ubique.spb.ru
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index a52299b80b9d..3ca6146f001a 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -3797,6 +3797,16 @@ union bpf_attr { * is cleared if the flag is not specified. * Return * **-EINVAL** if invalid *flags* are passed, zero otherwise. + * + * u64 bpf_ktime_get_coarse_ns(void) + * Description + * Return a coarse-grained version of the time elapsed since + * system boot, in nanoseconds. Does not include time the system + * was suspended. + * + * See: **clock_gettime**\ (**CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE**) + * Return + * Current *ktime*. */ #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \ FN(unspec), \ @@ -3959,6 +3969,7 @@ union bpf_attr { FN(task_storage_delete), \ FN(get_current_task_btf), \ FN(bprm_opts_set), \ + FN(ktime_get_coarse_ns), \ /* */ /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper |