From: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12@gmail.com>,
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>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Mykyta Yatsenko <mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com>,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf v2 4/4] bpf: return VMA snapshot from task_vma iterator
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 08:54:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309155506.23490-5-puranjay@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309155506.23490-1-puranjay@kernel.org>
Holding the per-VMA lock across the BPF program body creates a lock
ordering problem when helpers acquire locks that depend on mmap_lock:
vm_lock -> i_rwsem -> mmap_lock -> vm_lock
Snapshot VMA fields under the per-VMA lock in _next(), then drop the
lock before returning. The BPF program accesses only the snapshot.
Copy vm_start, vm_end, vm_flags, vm_pgoff, vm_page_prot, vm_file, and
vm_mm. vm_file is reference-counted with get_file() under the lock and
released via fput() on the next iteration or in _destroy(). vm_mm uses
the mm pointer already held via mmget().
Fixes: 4ac454682158 ("bpf: Introduce task_vma open-coded iterator kfuncs")
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
---
kernel/bpf/task_iter.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
index e20c85e06afa..f04d6e310fd3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_find_vma_proto = {
struct bpf_iter_task_vma_kern_data {
struct task_struct *task;
struct mm_struct *mm;
- struct vm_area_struct *locked_vma;
+ struct vm_area_struct snapshot;
u64 last_addr;
};
@@ -895,8 +895,8 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_iter_task_vma_new(struct bpf_iter_task_vma *it,
goto err_cleanup_iter;
}
- kit->data->locked_vma = NULL;
kit->data->last_addr = addr;
+ memset(&kit->data->snapshot, 0, sizeof(kit->data->snapshot));
return 0;
err_cleanup_iter:
@@ -954,23 +954,33 @@ bpf_iter_task_vma_find_next(struct bpf_iter_task_vma_kern_data *data)
__bpf_kfunc struct vm_area_struct *bpf_iter_task_vma_next(struct bpf_iter_task_vma *it)
{
struct bpf_iter_task_vma_kern *kit = (void *)it;
- struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct vm_area_struct *snap, *vma;
if (!kit->data) /* bpf_iter_task_vma_new failed */
return NULL;
- if (kit->data->locked_vma)
- vma_end_read(kit->data->locked_vma);
+ snap = &kit->data->snapshot;
+
+ if (snap->vm_file) {
+ fput(snap->vm_file);
+ snap->vm_file = NULL;
+ }
vma = bpf_iter_task_vma_find_next(kit->data);
- if (!vma) {
- kit->data->locked_vma = NULL;
+ if (!vma)
return NULL;
- }
- kit->data->locked_vma = vma;
+ snap->vm_start = vma->vm_start;
+ snap->vm_end = vma->vm_end;
+ snap->vm_mm = kit->data->mm;
+ snap->vm_page_prot = vma->vm_page_prot;
+ snap->flags = vma->flags;
+ snap->vm_pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
+ snap->vm_file = vma->vm_file ? get_file(vma->vm_file) : NULL;
+
kit->data->last_addr = vma->vm_end;
- return vma;
+ vma_end_read(vma);
+ return snap;
}
__bpf_kfunc void bpf_iter_task_vma_destroy(struct bpf_iter_task_vma *it)
@@ -978,8 +988,8 @@ __bpf_kfunc void bpf_iter_task_vma_destroy(struct bpf_iter_task_vma *it)
struct bpf_iter_task_vma_kern *kit = (void *)it;
if (kit->data) {
- if (kit->data->locked_vma)
- vma_end_read(kit->data->locked_vma);
+ if (kit->data->snapshot.vm_file)
+ fput(kit->data->snapshot.vm_file);
bpf_iter_mmput(kit->data->mm);
put_task_struct(kit->data->task);
bpf_mem_free(&bpf_global_ma, kit->data);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 15:54 [PATCH bpf v2 0/4] bpf: fix and improve open-coded task_vma iterator Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-09 15:54 ` [PATCH bpf v2 1/4] bpf: rename mmap_unlock_irq_work to bpf_iter_mm_irq_work Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-11 18:32 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-09 15:54 ` [PATCH bpf v2 2/4] bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-09 16:48 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-09 18:02 ` Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-09 18:12 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-11 18:35 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-09 15:54 ` [PATCH bpf v2 3/4] bpf: switch task_vma iterator from mmap_lock to per-VMA locks Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-09 16:33 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-11 19:00 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 19:25 ` Puranjay Mohan
2026-03-11 23:54 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-09 15:54 ` Puranjay Mohan [this message]
2026-03-09 17:11 ` [PATCH bpf v2 4/4] bpf: return VMA snapshot from task_vma iterator Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-11 19:07 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-03-11 19:27 ` Puranjay Mohan
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