From: Chengkaitao <pilgrimtao@gmail.com>
To: martin.lau@linux.dev, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
yonghong.song@linux.dev, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me, haoluo@google.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, chengkaitao@kylinos.cn,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v8 0/8] bpf: Extend the bpf_list family of APIs
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:28:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316112843.78657-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
In BPF, a list can only be used to implement a stack structure.
Due to an incomplete API set, only FIFO or LIFO operations are
supported. The patches enhance the BPF list API, making it more
list-like.
Five new kfuncs have been added:
bpf_list_del: remove a node from the list
bpf_list_add_impl: insert a node after a given list node
bpf_list_is_first: check if a node is the first in the list
bpf_list_is_last: check if a node is the last in the list
bpf_list_empty: check if the list is empty
refactor kfunc checks to table-driven approach, and add test cases for
the aforementioned kfuncs.
Changes in v8:
- Use [patch v7 5/5] as the start of the patch series
- Introduce double pointer prev_ptr in __bpf_list_del
- Extract refactored __bpf_list_del/add into separate patches
- Allow bpf_list_front/back result as the prev argument of bpf_list_add
- Split test cases
Changes in v7:
- Replace bpf_list_node_is_edge with bpf_list_is_first/is_last
- Reimplement __bpf_list_del and __bpf_list_add
- Simplify test cases
Changes in v6:
- Merge [patch v5 (2,4,6)/6] into [patch v6 4/5]
- If list_head was 0-initialized, init it
- refactor kfunc checks to table-driven approach
Changes in v5:
- Fix bpf_obj leak on bpf_list_add_impl error
Changes in v4:
- [patch v3 1/6] Revert to version v1
- Change the parameters of bpf_list_add_impl to (head, new, prev, ...)
Changes in v3:
- Add a new lock_rec member to struct bpf_reference_state for lock
holding detection.
- Add test cases to verify that the verifier correctly restricts calls
to bpf_list_del when the spin_lock is not held.
Changes in v2:
- Remove the head parameter from bpf_list_del
- Add bpf_list_add/is_first/is_last/empty to API and test cases
Link to v7:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260308134614.29711-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v6:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260304143459.78059-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v5:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260304031606.43884-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v4:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260303135219.33726-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v3:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260302124028.82420-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225092651.94689-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Link to v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260209025250.55750-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Kaitao Cheng (8):
bpf: refactor kfunc checks using table-driven approach in verifier
bpf: refactor __bpf_list_del to take list node pointer
bpf: Introduce the bpf_list_del kfunc.
bpf: refactor __bpf_list_add to take insertion point via **prev_ptr
bpf: Add bpf_list_add_impl to insert node after a given list node
bpf: allow bpf_list_front/back result as the prev argument of
bpf_list_add_impl
bpf: add bpf_list_is_first/last/empty kfuncs
selftests/bpf: Add test cases for
bpf_list_del/add/is_first/is_last/empty
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 121 +++++--
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 116 +++++--
.../testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h | 16 +
.../selftests/bpf/progs/refcounted_kptr.c | 311 ++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 519 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
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2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 11:28 Chengkaitao [this message]
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 1/8] bpf: refactor kfunc checks using table-driven approach in verifier Chengkaitao
2026-03-19 15:39 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 2/8] bpf: refactor __bpf_list_del to take list node pointer Chengkaitao
2026-03-19 16:17 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 3/8] bpf: Introduce the bpf_list_del kfunc Chengkaitao
2026-03-16 12:10 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-21 2:45 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 4/8] bpf: refactor __bpf_list_add to take insertion point via **prev_ptr Chengkaitao
2026-03-21 23:23 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 5/8] bpf: Add bpf_list_add_impl to insert node after a given list node Chengkaitao
2026-03-22 0:45 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 6/8] bpf: allow bpf_list_front/back result as the prev argument of bpf_list_add_impl Chengkaitao
2026-03-16 14:29 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 7/8] bpf: add bpf_list_is_first/last/empty kfuncs Chengkaitao
2026-03-22 1:01 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-22 1:20 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-16 11:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 8/8] selftests/bpf: Add test cases for bpf_list_del/add/is_first/is_last/empty Chengkaitao
2026-03-19 16:18 ` [PATCH bpf-next v8 0/8] bpf: Extend the bpf_list family of APIs Emil Tsalapatis
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