From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Cc: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>,
Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-input@vger.kernel.org, sched-ext@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 10/10] bpf,docs: Document KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:48:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109184852.1089786-11-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109184852.1089786-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Add sections explaining KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS kfunc flag. Mark __prog
annotation as deprecated.
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
index 3eb59a8f9f34..b849598271d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Or::
...
}
-2.3.6 __prog Annotation
+2.3.6 __prog Annotation (deprecated, use KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS instead)
---------------------------
This annotation is used to indicate that the argument needs to be fixed up to
the bpf_prog_aux of the caller BPF program. Any value passed into this argument
@@ -381,6 +381,48 @@ encouraged to make their use-cases known as early as possible, and participate
in upstream discussions regarding whether to keep, change, deprecate, or remove
those kfuncs if and when such discussions occur.
+2.5.9 KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag
+------------------------------------
+
+The KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag is used to indicate that the BPF signature
+of the kfunc is different from it's kernel signature, and the values
+for implicit arguments are provided at load time by the verifier.
+
+Only arguments of specific types are implicit.
+Currently only ``struct bpf_prog_aux *`` type is supported.
+
+A kfunc with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag therefore has two types in BTF: one
+function matching the kernel declaration (with _impl suffix in the
+name by convention), and another matching the intended BPF API.
+
+Verifier only allows calls to the non-_impl version of a kfunc, that
+uses a signature without the implicit arguments.
+
+Example declaration:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_task_work_schedule_signal(struct task_struct *task, struct bpf_task_work *tw,
+ void *map__map, bpf_task_work_callback_t callback,
+ struct bpf_prog_aux *aux) { ... }
+
+Example usage in BPF program:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ /* note that the last argument is omitted */
+ bpf_task_work_schedule_signal(task, &work->tw, &arrmap, task_work_callback);
+
+An exception to this are kfuncs that use __prog argument, and were
+implemented before KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS mechanism was introduced:
+ * bpf_stream_vprintk_impl
+ * bpf_task_work_schedule_resume_impl
+ * bpf_task_work_schedule_signal_impl
+ * bpf_wq_set_callback_impl
+
+These are allowed for backwards compatibility, however BPF programs
+should use newer API that omits implicit arguments in BPF.
+
2.6 Registering the kfuncs
--------------------------
--
2.52.0
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 18:48 [PATCH bpf-next v1 00/10] bpf: Kernel functions with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 01/10] bpf: Refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_contains Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-13 21:43 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 02/10] bpf: Introduce struct bpf_kfunc_meta Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-13 21:46 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 03/10] bpf: Verifier support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 19:54 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-01-09 23:25 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-13 20:39 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-13 22:03 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-13 23:48 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-14 0:55 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-01-14 3:57 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-14 1:35 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-13 21:59 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-14 0:03 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-14 1:06 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-01-14 4:08 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 04/10] resolve_btfids: Support " Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 19:15 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-01-09 19:34 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 23:25 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-10 1:15 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-12 16:51 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-13 1:49 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-13 16:55 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 05/10] selftests/bpf: Add tests " Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 23:25 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-10 1:29 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-12 16:55 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 06/10] bpf: Add bpf_wq_set_callback kfunc with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 07/10] HID: Use bpf_wq_set_callback kernel function Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 21:34 ` Benjamin Tissoires
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 08/10] bpf: Add bpf_task_work_schedule_* kfuncs with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 19:58 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-01-09 20:02 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 20:47 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-01-09 21:39 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 21:49 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-01-09 21:56 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-12 18:53 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-12 22:43 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-09 18:48 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 09/10] bpf: Add bpf_stream_vprintk " Ihor Solodrai
2026-01-09 18:48 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
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