From: Kaitao Cheng <kaitao.cheng@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] bpf: Add KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE flag for kfuncs under bpf_spin_lock
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 23:33:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805153340.34776-2-kaitao.cheng@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805153340.34776-1-kaitao.cheng@linux.dev>
From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Introduce the KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE kfunc metadata flag in BTF so kfuncs may
be explicitly marked as safe to call while holding bpf_spin_lock.
Allow kfuncs defined in kernel modules to be marked with KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE.
Example: BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, $kfunc_name, KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE)
Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
---
include/linux/btf.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index c09b7994de4e..3f5255d095a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
#define KF_ARENA_ARG1 (1 << 14) /* kfunc takes an arena pointer as its first argument */
#define KF_ARENA_ARG2 (1 << 15) /* kfunc takes an arena pointer as its second argument */
#define KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS (1 << 16) /* kfunc has implicit arguments supplied by the verifier */
+#define KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE (1 << 17) /* kfunc is allowed inside bpf_spin_lock-ed region */
/*
* Tag marking a kernel function as a kfunc. This is meant to minimize the
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index b274004fccfd..9c1f8d552655 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -11832,11 +11832,21 @@ static bool is_bpf_stream_kfunc(u32 btf_id)
btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_stream_print_stack];
}
-static bool kfunc_spin_allowed(u32 btf_id)
+static bool kfunc_spin_allowed(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, s32 func_id, s16 offset)
{
- return is_bpf_graph_api_kfunc(btf_id) || is_bpf_iter_num_api_kfunc(btf_id) ||
- is_bpf_res_spin_lock_kfunc(btf_id) || is_bpf_arena_kfunc(btf_id) ||
- is_bpf_stream_kfunc(btf_id);
+ struct bpf_kfunc_meta kfunc;
+ int err;
+
+ if (is_bpf_graph_api_kfunc(func_id) || is_bpf_iter_num_api_kfunc(func_id) ||
+ is_bpf_res_spin_lock_kfunc(func_id) || is_bpf_arena_kfunc(func_id) ||
+ is_bpf_stream_kfunc(func_id))
+ return true;
+
+ err = fetch_kfunc_meta(env, func_id, offset, &kfunc);
+ if (err || !kfunc.flags)
+ return false;
+
+ return *kfunc.flags & KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE;
}
static bool is_sync_callback_calling_kfunc(u32 btf_id)
@@ -17415,7 +17425,7 @@ static int do_check_insn(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, bool *do_print_state)
insn->imm != BPF_FUNC_spin_unlock &&
insn->imm != BPF_FUNC_kptr_xchg) ||
(insn->src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_KFUNC_CALL &&
- (insn->off != 0 || !kfunc_spin_allowed(insn->imm)))) {
+ !kfunc_spin_allowed(env, insn->imm, insn->off))) {
verbose(env,
"function calls are not allowed while holding a lock\n");
return -EINVAL;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 15:33 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] bpf: Allow selected kfuncs under bpf_spin_lock Kaitao Cheng
2026-08-05 15:33 ` Kaitao Cheng [this message]
2026-08-05 15:33 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] bpf: Mark existing lock-safe kfuncs with KF_SPINLOCK_SAFE Kaitao Cheng
2026-08-05 15:33 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/3] selftests/bpf: Test module kfunc calls under spin lock Kaitao Cheng
2026-08-05 16:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] bpf: Allow selected kfuncs under bpf_spin_lock Leon Hwang
2026-08-06 9:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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