From: Florian Lehner <dev@der-flo.net>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
andrii@kernel.org, martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com,
memxor@gmail.com, song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev,
jolsa@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
kuba@kernel.org, hawk@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com, Florian Lehner <dev@der-flo.net>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2 v3] bpf: Add LINK_DETACH support for perf link
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 18:09:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260501160901.224134-2-dev@der-flo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260501160901.224134-1-dev@der-flo.net>
Implement the .detach operation for bpf_perf_link, allowing BPF_LINK_DETACH
to release the perf event without destroying the link object. This mirrors
the existing behavior for xdp and cgroup links.
Introduce bpf_perf_link_mutext to guard perf_file against concurrent access
from BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD and /proc fdinfo: the detach path NULLs out
perf_file under the lock, while fill_link_info and show_fdinfo take a
get_file() reference under the same lock before dereferencing it.
Signed-off-by: Florian Lehner <dev@der-flo.net>
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 3b1f0ba02f61..efd759970e10 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -3880,13 +3880,35 @@ struct bpf_perf_link {
struct file *perf_file;
};
+/* Serializes bpf_perf_link_release() against bpf_perf_link_fill_link_info()
+ * and bpf_perf_link_show_fdinfo() to prevent a use-after-free on perf_file
+ * when BPF_LINK_DETACH races with BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD or /proc fdinfo.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+
static void bpf_perf_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
{
struct bpf_perf_link *perf_link = container_of(link, struct bpf_perf_link, link);
- struct perf_event *event = perf_link->perf_file->private_data;
+ struct perf_event *event;
+ struct file *perf_file;
+
+ mutex_lock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+ perf_file = perf_link->perf_file;
+ perf_link->perf_file = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+ if (!perf_file)
+ return;
+
+ event = perf_file->private_data;
perf_event_free_bpf_prog(event);
- fput(perf_link->perf_file);
+ fput(perf_file);
+}
+
+static int bpf_perf_link_detach(struct bpf_link *link)
+{
+ bpf_perf_link_release(link);
+ return 0;
}
static void bpf_perf_link_dealloc(struct bpf_link *link)
@@ -4095,22 +4117,42 @@ static int bpf_perf_link_fill_link_info(const struct bpf_link *link,
{
struct bpf_perf_link *perf_link;
const struct perf_event *event;
+ struct file *perf_file;
+ int ret;
perf_link = container_of(link, struct bpf_perf_link, link);
- event = perf_get_event(perf_link->perf_file);
- if (IS_ERR(event))
+
+ mutex_lock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+ perf_file = perf_link->perf_file;
+ if (perf_file)
+ get_file(perf_file);
+ mutex_unlock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+
+ if (!perf_file)
+ return 0;
+
+ event = perf_get_event(perf_file);
+ if (IS_ERR(event)) {
+ fput(perf_file);
return PTR_ERR(event);
+ }
switch (event->prog->type) {
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT:
- return bpf_perf_link_fill_perf_event(event, info);
+ ret = bpf_perf_link_fill_perf_event(event, info);
+ break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
- return bpf_perf_link_fill_tracepoint(event, info);
+ ret = bpf_perf_link_fill_tracepoint(event, info);
+ break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE:
- return bpf_perf_link_fill_probe(event, info);
+ ret = bpf_perf_link_fill_probe(event, info);
+ break;
default:
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
+
+ fput(perf_file);
+ return ret;
}
static void bpf_perf_event_link_show_fdinfo(const struct perf_event *event,
@@ -4163,26 +4205,43 @@ static void bpf_perf_link_show_fdinfo(const struct bpf_link *link,
{
struct bpf_perf_link *perf_link;
const struct perf_event *event;
+ struct file *perf_file;
perf_link = container_of(link, struct bpf_perf_link, link);
- event = perf_get_event(perf_link->perf_file);
- if (IS_ERR(event))
+
+ mutex_lock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+ perf_file = perf_link->perf_file;
+ if (perf_file)
+ get_file(perf_file);
+ mutex_unlock(&bpf_perf_link_mutex);
+
+ if (!perf_file)
return;
+ event = perf_get_event(perf_file);
+ if (IS_ERR(event))
+ goto out;
+
switch (event->prog->type) {
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT:
- return bpf_perf_event_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ bpf_perf_event_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
- return bpf_tracepoint_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ bpf_tracepoint_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE:
- return bpf_probe_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ bpf_probe_link_show_fdinfo(event, seq);
+ break;
default:
- return;
+ break;
}
+out:
+ fput(perf_file);
}
static const struct bpf_link_ops bpf_perf_link_lops = {
.release = bpf_perf_link_release,
+ .detach = bpf_perf_link_detach,
.dealloc = bpf_perf_link_dealloc,
.fill_link_info = bpf_perf_link_fill_link_info,
.show_fdinfo = bpf_perf_link_show_fdinfo,
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 16:08 [PATCH bpf-next 0/2 v3] bpf: Add LINK_DETACH for perf links Florian Lehner
2026-05-01 16:09 ` Florian Lehner [this message]
2026-05-01 16:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2 v3] bpf: Add LINK_DETACH support for perf link bot+bpf-ci
2026-05-01 16:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-01 16:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2 v3] selftests/bpf: Test LINK_DETACH " Florian Lehner
2026-05-01 17:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-05-03 13:14 ` Jiri Olsa
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