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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


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-09 18:50 UTC|newest]

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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