Jens Axboe d42eb05e60 io_uring: add support for BPF filtering for opcode restrictions
Add support for loading classic BPF programs with io_uring to provide
fine-grained filtering of SQE operations. Unlike
IORING_REGISTER_RESTRICTIONS which only allows bitmap-based allow/deny
of opcodes, BPF filters can inspect request attributes and make dynamic
decisions.

The filter is registered via IORING_REGISTER_BPF_FILTER with a struct
io_uring_bpf:

struct io_uring_bpf_filter {
	__u32	opcode;		/* io_uring opcode to filter */
	__u32	flags;
	__u32	filter_len;	/* number of BPF instructions */
	__u32	resv;
	__u64	filter_ptr;	/* pointer to BPF filter */
	__u64	resv2[5];
};

enum {
	IO_URING_BPF_CMD_FILTER	= 1,
};

struct io_uring_bpf {
	__u16	cmd_type;	/* IO_URING_BPF_* values */
	__u16	cmd_flags;	/* none so far */
	__u32	resv;
	union {
		struct io_uring_bpf_filter	filter;
	};
};

and the filters get supplied a struct io_uring_bpf_ctx:

struct io_uring_bpf_ctx {
	__u64	user_data;
	__u8	opcode;
	__u8	sqe_flags;
	__u8	pdu_size;
	__u8	pad[5];
};

where it's possible to filter on opcode and sqe_flags, with pdu_size
indicating how much extra data is being passed in beyond the pad field.
This will used for specific finer grained filtering inside an opcode.
An example of that for sockets is in one of the following patches.
Anything the opcode supports can end up in this struct, populated by
the opcode itself, and hence can be filtered for.

Filters have the following semantics:
  - Return 1 to allow the request
  - Return 0 to deny the request with -EACCES
  - Multiple filters can be stacked per opcode. All filters must
    return 1 for the opcode to be allowed.
  - Filters are evaluated in registration order (most recent first)

The implementation uses classic BPF (cBPF) rather than eBPF for as
that's required for containers, and since they can be used by any
user in the system.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2026-01-27 11:09:57 -07:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
2025-12-28 13:24:26 -08:00

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