From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
davem@davemloft.net, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] bpf: use RCU-safe iteration in dev_map_redirect_multi() SKB path
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:24:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260318162420.7684-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
The DEVMAP_HASH branch in dev_map_redirect_multi() uses
hlist_for_each_entry_safe() to iterate hash buckets, but this function
runs under RCU protection (called from xdp_do_generic_redirect_map()
in softirq context). Concurrent writers (__dev_map_hash_update_elem,
dev_map_hash_delete_elem) modify the list using RCU primitives
(hlist_add_head_rcu, hlist_del_rcu).
hlist_for_each_entry_safe() performs plain pointer dereferences without
rcu_dereference(), missing the acquire barrier needed to pair with
writers' rcu_assign_pointer(). On weakly-ordered architectures (ARM64,
POWER), a reader can observe a partially-constructed node. It also
defeats CONFIG_PROVE_RCU lockdep validation and KCSAN data-race
detection.
Replace with hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), matching the XDP-frame path
(dev_map_enqueue_multi) which already uses the correct macro for the
same hash iteration.
Fixes: e624d4ed4aa8 ("xdp: Extend xdp_redirect_map with broadcast support")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
index 3d619d01088e..c8d256405c29 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ int dev_map_redirect_multi(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct bpf_dtab_netdev *dst, *last_dst = NULL;
int excluded_devices[1+MAX_NEST_DEV];
struct hlist_head *head;
- struct hlist_node *next;
int num_excluded = 0;
unsigned int i;
int err;
@@ -787,7 +786,7 @@ int dev_map_redirect_multi(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
} else { /* BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP_HASH */
for (i = 0; i < dtab->n_buckets; i++) {
head = dev_map_index_hash(dtab, i);
- hlist_for_each_entry_safe(dst, next, head, index_hlist) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(dst, head, index_hlist, lockdep_is_held(&dtab->index_lock)) {
if (is_ifindex_excluded(excluded_devices, num_excluded,
dst->dev->ifindex))
continue;
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 16:24 David Carlier [this message]
2026-03-19 7:00 ` [PATCH] bpf: use RCU-safe iteration in dev_map_redirect_multi() SKB path Jiayuan Chen
2026-03-20 1:37 ` Martin KaFai Lau
2026-03-20 1:59 ` Martin KaFai Lau
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