From: Ning Ding <dingning04@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: memxor@gmail.com, puranjay@kernel.org, paulmck@kernel.org,
Ning Ding <dingning04@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@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>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Account for preempt and IRQ state in RCU protection
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:39:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805233940.3966981-2-dingning04@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260805233940.3966981-1-dingning04@gmail.com>
Disabling preemption or local IRQs keeps the current CPU in an RCU
read-side critical section, but in_rcu_cs() does not account for either
state. The verifier therefore rejects safe kptr accesses and invalidates
pointers when another RCU source ends.
Include preemption-disabled and IRQ-disabled state in in_rcu_cs().
Invalidate RCU-protected pointers on RCU unlock, preempt enable, or IRQ
restore only after the final protection ends.
Signed-off-by: Ning Ding <dingning04@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index d925197c2e5f7..a1005783db300 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -4452,8 +4452,9 @@ static bool in_sleepable(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
static bool in_rcu_cs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
{
return env->cur_state->active_rcu_locks ||
- env->cur_state->active_locks ||
- !in_sleepable(env);
+ env->cur_state->active_irq_id ||
+ env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks ||
+ env->cur_state->active_locks || !in_sleepable(env);
}
/* Once GCC supports btf_type_tag the following mechanism will be replaced with tag check */
@@ -11663,6 +11664,9 @@ static int process_irq_flag(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *
err = unmark_stack_slot_irq_flag(env, reg, kfunc_class);
if (err)
return err;
+
+ if (!in_rcu_cs(env))
+ invalidate_rcu_protected_refs(env);
}
return 0;
}
@@ -13181,7 +13185,8 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
verbose(env, "unmatched rcu read unlock (kernel function %s)\n", func_name);
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (--env->cur_state->active_rcu_locks == 0)
+ env->cur_state->active_rcu_locks--;
+ if (!in_rcu_cs(env))
invalidate_rcu_protected_refs(env);
} else if (preempt_disable) {
env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks++;
@@ -13191,6 +13196,8 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
return -EINVAL;
}
env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks--;
+ if (!in_rcu_cs(env))
+ invalidate_rcu_protected_refs(env);
}
if (sleepable && !in_sleepable_context(env)) {
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 23:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 23:39 [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: Track overlapping RCU protection Ning Ding
2026-08-05 23:39 ` Ning Ding [this message]
2026-08-10 19:30 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Account for preempt and IRQ state in " Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-10 19:33 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-05 23:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Test overlapping " Ning Ding
2026-08-06 9:13 ` [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: Track " Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 9:32 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 15:01 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 21:13 ` Ning Ding
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