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To: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] mm: Add ptep_try_set() for lockless empty-slot installs
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 15:50:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <177972421364.2623932.4873892825966322227.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522172219.1423324-2-tj@kernel.org>
Hello:
This series was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>:
On Fri, 22 May 2026 07:22:12 -1000 you wrote:
> Add ptep_try_set(ptep, new_pte): atomically set *ptep to new_pte iff it is
> currently pte_none(). Returns true on success, false if the slot was already
> populated or the arch has no implementation.
>
> The intended caller is the upcoming bpf_arena kernel-side fault recovery
> path. The install runs from a page fault that can be nested under locks
> held by the faulting kernel caller (e.g. a BPF program holding
> raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave on its arena's spinlock), so trylock-and-retry
> would A-A deadlock. Lock-free cmpxchg is the only viable option, which
> constrains this helper to special kernel page tables where concurrent
> writers cooperate via atomic accessors.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [1/8] mm: Add ptep_try_set() for lockless empty-slot installs
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/258df8fce42f
- [2/8] bpf: Recover arena kernel faults with scratch page
(no matching commit)
- [3/8] bpf: Add sleepable variant of bpf_arena_alloc_pages for kernel callers
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/f211c81ddc36
- [4/8] bpf: Add bpf_struct_ops_for_each_prog()
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/7c48a28c1bbe
- [5/8] bpf/arena: Add bpf_arena_map_kern_vm_start() and bpf_prog_arena()
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/53cc12a2dc88
- [6/8] sched_ext: Require an arena for cid-form schedulers
(no matching commit)
- [7/8] sched_ext: Sub-allocator over kernel-claimed BPF arena pages
(no matching commit)
- [8/8] sched_ext: Convert ops.set_cmask() to arena-resident cmask
(no matching commit)
You are awesome, thank you!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-25 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 17:22 [PATCHSET v4 sched_ext/for-7.2] bpf/arena: Direct kernel-side access Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm: Add ptep_try_set() for lockless empty-slot installs Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 22:07 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-25 15:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 2/8] bpf: Recover arena kernel faults with scratch page Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 3/8] bpf: Add sleepable variant of bpf_arena_alloc_pages for kernel callers Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 4/8] bpf: Add bpf_struct_ops_for_each_prog() Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 5/8] bpf/arena: Add bpf_arena_map_kern_vm_start() and bpf_prog_arena() Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 6/8] sched_ext: Require an arena for cid-form schedulers Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 7/8] sched_ext: Sub-allocator over kernel-claimed BPF arena pages Tejun Heo
2026-05-22 17:22 ` [PATCH 8/8] sched_ext: Convert ops.set_cmask() to arena-resident cmask Tejun Heo
2026-05-25 15:45 ` [PATCHSET v4 sched_ext/for-7.2] bpf/arena: Direct kernel-side access Alexei Starovoitov
2026-05-25 19:54 ` Tejun Heo
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-05-20 23:50 [PATCHSET v3 " Tejun Heo
2026-05-20 23:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm: Add ptep_try_set() for lockless empty-slot installs Tejun Heo
2026-05-21 7:00 ` Andrea Righi
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