From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 3/4] bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() from local storage
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:51:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260225185121.2057388-4-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225185121.2057388-1-memxor@gmail.com>
This assumption will always hold going forward, hence just remove the
various checks and assume it is true with a comment for the uninformed
reader.
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c
index 0825a92dcd6d..84fe6364c75d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_local_storage.c
@@ -107,14 +107,12 @@ static void __bpf_local_storage_free_trace_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
struct bpf_local_storage *local_storage;
- /* If RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, do
- * kfree(), else do kfree_rcu().
+ /*
+ * RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, do
+ * kfree() directly.
*/
local_storage = container_of(rcu, struct bpf_local_storage, rcu);
- if (rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp())
- kfree(local_storage);
- else
- kfree_rcu(local_storage, rcu);
+ kfree(local_storage);
}
/* Handle use_kmalloc_nolock == false */
@@ -138,10 +136,11 @@ static void bpf_local_storage_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
static void bpf_local_storage_free_trace_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
- if (rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp())
- bpf_local_storage_free_rcu(rcu);
- else
- call_rcu(rcu, bpf_local_storage_free_rcu);
+ /*
+ * RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, do
+ * kfree() directly.
+ */
+ bpf_local_storage_free_rcu(rcu);
}
static void bpf_local_storage_free(struct bpf_local_storage *local_storage,
@@ -179,10 +178,11 @@ static void __bpf_selem_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
/* rcu tasks trace callback for use_kmalloc_nolock == false */
static void __bpf_selem_free_trace_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
- if (rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp())
- __bpf_selem_free_rcu(rcu);
- else
- call_rcu(rcu, __bpf_selem_free_rcu);
+ /*
+ * RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, do
+ * kfree() directly.
+ */
+ __bpf_selem_free_rcu(rcu);
}
/* Handle use_kmalloc_nolock == false */
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ static void bpf_selem_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
static void bpf_selem_free_trace_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
{
- if (rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp())
- bpf_selem_free_rcu(rcu);
- else
- call_rcu(rcu, bpf_selem_free_rcu);
+ /*
+ * RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, do
+ * kfree() directly.
+ */
+ bpf_selem_free_rcu(rcu);
}
void bpf_selem_free(struct bpf_local_storage_elem *selem,
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 18:51 [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/4] Close race in freeing special fields and map value Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-25 18:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/4] bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-25 18:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/4] bpf: Delay freeing fields in local storage Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-25 19:31 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-02-25 18:51 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-02-25 18:55 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 3/4] bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() from " Paul E. McKenney
2026-02-25 18:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 4/4] selftests/bpf: Add tests for special fields races Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-26 9:31 ` [syzbot ci] Re: Close race in freeing special fields and map value syzbot ci
2026-02-26 15:05 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-26 17:36 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-26 17:38 ` syzbot ci
2026-02-26 18:28 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-26 18:30 ` syzbot ci
2026-02-26 18:36 ` [PATCH] please work syzbot Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-02-26 18:42 ` syzbot ci
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