From: Mykyta Yatsenko <mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com>
To: Chengkaitao <pilgrimtao@gmail.com>,
martin.lau@linux.dev, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
yonghong.song@linux.dev, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me, haoluo@google.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, chengkaitao@kylinos.cn,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] bpf: Introduce the bpf_list_del kfunc.
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:50:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wlzry4ot.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260304031606.43884-2-pilgrimtao@gmail.com>
Chengkaitao <pilgrimtao@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
>
> If a user holds ownership of a node in the middle of a list, they
> can directly remove it from the list without strictly adhering to
> deletion rules from the head or tail.
>
> This is typically paired with bpf_refcount. After calling
> bpf_list_del, it is generally necessary to drop the reference to
> the list node twice to prevent reference count leaks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kaitao Cheng <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 6 +++++-
> 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> index 6eb6c82ed2ee..19d88da8e694 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> @@ -2459,6 +2459,24 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct bpf_list_node *bpf_list_pop_back(struct bpf_list_head *head)
> return __bpf_list_del(head, true);
> }
>
> +__bpf_kfunc struct bpf_list_node *bpf_list_del(struct bpf_list_head *head,
> + struct bpf_list_node *node)
> +{
> + struct bpf_list_node_kern *knode = (struct bpf_list_node_kern *)node;
> + struct list_head *h = (void *)head;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!knode))
Can you pass knode==NULL to this kfunc?
> + return NULL;
> +
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(knode->owner) != h))
it looks like you can just do READ_ONCE(knode->owner) != head. owner is
void*, what's the point of defining struct list_head *h?
> + return NULL;
> +
> + list_del_init(&knode->list_head);
> + WRITE_ONCE(knode->owner, NULL);
> +
> + return node;
> +}
> +
> __bpf_kfunc struct bpf_list_node *bpf_list_front(struct bpf_list_head *head)
> {
> struct list_head *h = (struct list_head *)head;
> @@ -4545,6 +4563,7 @@ BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_push_front_impl)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_push_back_impl)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_pop_front, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_pop_back, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
> +BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_del, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_front, KF_RET_NULL)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_list_back, KF_RET_NULL)
> BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_task_acquire, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RCU | KF_RET_NULL)
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index 67c09b43a497..c9557d3fb8dd 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -12461,6 +12461,7 @@ enum special_kfunc_type {
> KF_bpf_list_push_back_impl,
> KF_bpf_list_pop_front,
> KF_bpf_list_pop_back,
> + KF_bpf_list_del,
> KF_bpf_list_front,
> KF_bpf_list_back,
> KF_bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx,
> @@ -12521,6 +12522,7 @@ BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_push_front_impl)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_push_back_impl)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_pop_front)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_pop_back)
> +BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_del)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_front)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_list_back)
> BTF_ID(func, bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx)
> @@ -12996,6 +12998,7 @@ static bool is_bpf_list_api_kfunc(u32 btf_id)
> btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_push_back_impl] ||
> btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_pop_front] ||
> btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_pop_back] ||
> + btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_del] ||
> btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_front] ||
> btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_back];
> }
> @@ -13118,7 +13121,8 @@ static bool check_kfunc_is_graph_node_api(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
> switch (node_field_type) {
> case BPF_LIST_NODE:
> ret = (kfunc_btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_push_front_impl] ||
> - kfunc_btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_push_back_impl]);
> + kfunc_btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_push_back_impl] ||
> + kfunc_btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_list_del]);
> break;
> case BPF_RB_NODE:
> ret = (kfunc_btf_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_rbtree_remove] ||
> --
> 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-04 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 3:16 [PATCH v5 0/6] bpf: Extend the bpf_list family of APIs Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] bpf: Introduce the bpf_list_del kfunc Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 15:50 ` Mykyta Yatsenko [this message]
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] selftests/bpf: Add test cases for bpf_list_del Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 15:43 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] bpf: add bpf_list_add_impl to insert node after a given list node Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 3:50 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] selftests/bpf: Add test case for bpf_list_add_impl Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 15:40 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-08 14:29 ` Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] bpf: add bpf_list_is_first/last/empty kfuncs Chengkaitao
2026-03-04 15:13 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-04 3:16 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add test cases for bpf_list_is_first/is_last/empty Chengkaitao
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