From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
To: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/2] bpf: Fix sleepable context checks and remove in_sleepable helper
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:17:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <db75ab0bb5d1d03c3062ffc6b5c0c0fe6a3a41c6.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DKI6CW88BSBH.10NB8NCS4Z92U@gmail.com>
On Thu, 2026-08-06 at 23:22 +0200, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
> On Thu Aug 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM CEST, Eduard Zingerman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2026-08-06 at 18:40 +0200, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > @@ -10258,7 +10253,7 @@ static inline bool in_sleepable_context(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
> > > !env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks &&
> > > !env->cur_state->active_locks &&
> > > !env->cur_state->active_irq_id &&
> > > - in_sleepable(env);
> > > + env->cur_state->in_sleepable;
> > > }
> >
> > The in_rcu_cs() and in_sleepable_context() are complementary:
> >
> > env->cur_state->active_rcu_locks || !env->cur_state->active_rcu_locks &&
> > env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks || !env->cur_state->active_preempt_locks &&
> > env->cur_state->active_locks || !env->cur_state->active_locks &&
> > env->cur_state->active_irq_id || !env->cur_state->active_irq_id &&
> > !env->cur_state->in_sleepable; env->cur_state->in_sleepable;
> >
> > Should the one be expressed through the other?
> >
>
> I thought about this, and I really can't decide, so I'll let others shape the
> decision. On one hand, it is true, but I am just worried we have some other way
> of disabling sleepable context in the future, for which we modify
> in_sleepable_context(), but that thing does not imply RCU CS. I don't know
> whether we will have such a case though.
>
> We can also add a comment to revisit in_rcu_cs() and keep it in sync everytime
> in_sleepable_context() is changed though, and hopefully reviewers (human and AI)
> will be reminded to not break the relationship between both.
I'd declare in_rcu_cs() as !in_sleepable_context() and put both
functions side-by-side in the verifier.c.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 22:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 16:40 [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/2] Fix sleepable context checks in verifier Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 16:40 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/2] bpf: Fix sleepable context checks and remove in_sleepable helper Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 17:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06 20:31 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-06 21:22 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 22:17 ` Eduard Zingerman [this message]
2026-08-06 21:10 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-06 21:20 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 21:46 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-08-06 16:40 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/2] selftests/bpf: Test sleepable context distinctions Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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