From: Maxim Khmelevskii <max@linux.ibm.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Fix flaky refcount asserts in map_kptr_race
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:40:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260723114042.559926-2-max@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
bpf_testmod shares objects across tests; prog_test_struct that holds
cnt.refs.counter is one of them. Refcounter release is deferred behind
an RCU grace period, so it may still be pending when this test asserts.
wait_for_refs prevents flaky failures when other tests have contaminated
the refcount.
Fixed tests:
- test_htab_leak
- test_percpu_htab_leak
- test_sk_ls_leak
Reported-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Maxim Khmelevskii <max@linux.ibm.com>
---
.../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_kptr_race.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_kptr_race.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_kptr_race.c
index 506ed55e8528..5a543b3465a8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_kptr_race.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_kptr_race.c
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ static int read_refs(struct map_kptr_race *skel)
return skel->bss->num_of_refs;
}
+static void wait_for_refs(struct map_kptr_race *skel)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
+ if (read_refs(skel) == 2)
+ return;
+ usleep(10 * 1000);
+ }
+}
+
static void test_htab_leak(void)
{
LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, opts,
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ static void test_htab_leak(void)
sched_yield();
ASSERT_EQ(watcher->bss->map_freed, 1, "map_freed");
+ wait_for_refs(watcher);
ASSERT_EQ(read_refs(watcher), 2, "htab refcount");
out_watcher:
@@ -134,6 +144,7 @@ static void test_percpu_htab_leak(void)
sched_yield();
ASSERT_EQ(watcher->bss->map_freed, 1, "map_freed");
+ wait_for_refs(watcher);
ASSERT_EQ(read_refs(watcher), 2, "percpu_htab refcount");
out_watcher:
@@ -195,6 +206,7 @@ static void test_sk_ls_leak(void)
sched_yield();
ASSERT_EQ(watcher->bss->map_freed, 1, "map_freed");
+ wait_for_refs(watcher);
ASSERT_EQ(read_refs(watcher), 2, "sk_ls refcount");
out_watcher:
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-23 11:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-23 11:40 Maxim Khmelevskii [this message]
2026-07-23 11:49 ` [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Fix flaky refcount asserts in map_kptr_race sashiko-bot
2026-07-23 16:34 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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