From: chenyuan_fl@163.com
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Yuan Chen <chenyuan@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v5 3/3] bpf, arena: handle range_tree_set failures in alloc/free paths
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:37:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902093740.2338724-4-chenyuan_fl@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902093740.2338724-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com>
From: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@kylinos.cn>
arena_alloc_pages(), arena_free_pages() and arena_free_worker() now
handle range_tree_set() errors. arena_free_pages() aborts the free on
error, and arena_free_worker() moves range_tree_set() before PTE
clearing so that a failed tree update leaves the PTEs intact instead of
freeing pages that the arena free tree does not track.
Also check the range_tree_set() return value in arena_alloc_pages()'s
error path, which restores the unpopulated tail of a partially
allocated range; log a warning instead of silently leaking the virtual
range when the tree update fails.
range_tree_set() is failure-atomic (it pre-allocates the node before
touching the tree), so on -ENOMEM the range stays tracked as allocated
and the pages remain mapped and accessible. A failed free is therefore
retryable, and arena_map_free() reclaims any retained pages at map
destruction; aborting the free avoids clearing PTEs for pages the
arena free tree does not track.
In arena_free_worker() a failed tree update used to leave the span in
the drained list, where the second loop would still flush TLB entries,
zap user VMAs, and free the span itself: the free request was dropped,
user mappings were destroyed for a free that never happened, and the
pages stayed mapped until map destruction. Keep failed spans on
arena->free_spans instead and retry them on a later worker run; only
spans whose PTE clearing actually ran are flushed, zapped, and
released.
The retry queues arena->free_irq while the map can concurrently be
freed. arena_map_free() relied on irq_work_sync() + flush_work(),
which miss an irq_work queued by the running worker between the two
calls: the irq_work can fire after the arena is freed and its callback
schedules free_work on freed memory. Set arena->dying under the arena
spinlock before draining, so the worker stops requeueing, steal the
orphaned spans (their pages are reclaimed by existing_page_cb()), and
drain with flush_work() + irq_work_sync() + flush_work().
Setting @dying requires the arena spinlock. raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave()
can fail (-EDEADLK on a proven deadlock cycle, -ETIMEDOUT after a long
hold), and proceeding without the lock would race the worker. Retry a
bounded number of times for a long but finite hold and do not retry
-EDEADLK; on exhaustion leak the arena with a WARN carrying the error
code rather than hang map free.
Suggested-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@kylinos.cn>
---
kernel/bpf/arena.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
index 7b6847200b43..b0d1f0facfb2 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/cacheflush.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
#include "linux/filter.h"
#include <linux/llist.h>
#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ struct bpf_arena {
struct irq_work free_irq;
struct work_struct free_work;
struct llist_head free_spans;
+ /* set under spinlock during map free; stops the worker retry loop */
+ bool dying;
};
static void arena_free_worker(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -370,6 +373,9 @@ static int existing_page_cb(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
static void arena_map_free(struct bpf_map *map)
{
struct bpf_arena *arena = container_of(map, struct bpf_arena, map);
+ struct llist_node *list, *pos, *t;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret, i;
/*
* Check that user vma-s are not around when bpf map is freed.
@@ -380,7 +386,40 @@ static void arena_map_free(struct bpf_map *map)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&arena->vma_list)))
return;
- /* Ensure no pending deferred frees */
+ /*
+ * No fallback if this fails, so retry a few times for a long but
+ * finite hold; -EDEADLK can't be waited out. Cap the retries:
+ * leaking the arena is better than hanging map free.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&arena->spinlock, flags);
+ if (!ret || ret == -EDEADLK)
+ break;
+ msleep(1);
+ }
+ if (ret) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "bpf_arena: spinlock acquire failed %d\n", ret);
+ return;
+ }
+ /*
+ * Set @dying before draining: the worker checks it under this
+ * spinlock before requeueing, so a failed span is either stolen
+ * here or dropped by the worker.
+ */
+ arena->dying = true;
+ list = llist_del_all(&arena->free_spans);
+ raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
+
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, list)
+ kfree_nolock(llist_entry(pos, struct arena_free_span, node));
+
+ /*
+ * flush_work() lets the running worker observe @dying so it stops
+ * requeueing; irq_work_sync() retires anything queued before that;
+ * the final flush_work() runs the instance which the retired
+ * irq_work's callback may have scheduled.
+ */
+ flush_work(&arena->free_work);
irq_work_sync(&arena->free_irq);
flush_work(&arena->free_work);
@@ -766,7 +805,9 @@ static long arena_alloc_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt
bpf_map_memcg_exit(old_memcg, new_memcg);
return clear_lo32(arena->user_vm_start) + uaddr32;
out:
- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped);
+ if (range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped))
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("bpf_arena: leak range %ld+%ld on failed alloc\n",
+ pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped);
raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
if (mapped) {
flush_vmap_cache(kern_vm_start + uaddr32, mapped << PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -881,7 +922,20 @@ static void arena_free_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt,
if (ret)
goto defer;
- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ ret = range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * range_tree_set() is failure-atomic, so -ENOMEM leaves the
+ * range allocated and the pages mapped; abort the free rather
+ * than release pages the tree does not track. Nothing retries
+ * the free; the program can free the range again.
+ */
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("bpf_arena: free of %lx+%ld failed\n",
+ uaddr, page_cnt);
+ raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
+ bpf_map_memcg_exit(old_memcg, new_memcg);
+ return;
+ }
init_llist_head(&free_pages);
cdata.arena = arena;
@@ -977,12 +1031,13 @@ static void arena_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
struct llist_node *list, *pos, *t;
struct arena_free_span *s;
u64 arena_vm_start, user_vm_start;
- struct llist_head free_pages;
+ struct llist_head free_pages, cleared;
struct clear_range_data cdata;
struct page *page;
unsigned long full_uaddr;
long kaddr, page_cnt, pgoff;
unsigned long flags;
+ bool retry = false;
if (raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&arena->spinlock, flags)) {
schedule_work(work);
@@ -992,28 +1047,52 @@ static void arena_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
bpf_map_memcg_enter(&arena->map, &old_memcg, &new_memcg);
init_llist_head(&free_pages);
+ init_llist_head(&cleared);
cdata.arena = arena;
cdata.free_pages = &free_pages;
arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(arena);
user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(arena);
list = llist_del_all(&arena->free_spans);
- llist_for_each(pos, list) {
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, list) {
s = llist_entry(pos, struct arena_free_span, node);
page_cnt = s->page_cnt;
kaddr = arena_vm_start + s->uaddr;
pgoff = compute_pgoff(arena, s->uaddr);
+ /*
+ * Set the range free before clearing PTEs, and requeue the
+ * span on failure: the PTEs stay intact and the free is
+ * retried later. Only spans moved to @cleared (PTE clearing
+ * actually ran) reach the flush/zap/release loop below.
+ */
+ if (range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt)) {
+ if (arena->dying) {
+ /*
+ * The map is being freed. PTEs stay intact
+ * and the pages are reclaimed by
+ * arena_map_free() via existing_page_cb().
+ */
+ kfree_nolock(s);
+ continue;
+ }
+ llist_add(&s->node, &arena->free_spans);
+ retry = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* clear ptes and collect pages in free_pages llist */
apply_to_existing_page_range(&init_mm, kaddr, page_cnt << PAGE_SHIFT,
apply_range_clear_cb, &cdata);
-
- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ llist_add(&s->node, &cleared);
}
raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
+ if (retry)
+ irq_work_queue(&arena->free_irq);
+
/* Iterate the list again without holding spinlock to do the tlb flush and zap_pages */
- llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, list) {
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, cleared.first) {
s = llist_entry(pos, struct arena_free_span, node);
page_cnt = s->page_cnt;
full_uaddr = clear_lo32(user_vm_start) + s->uaddr;
--
2.54.0
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 13:40 [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree consistency on allocation failure chenyuan_fl
2026-08-24 13:40 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_clear inconsistency on kmalloc_nolock failure chenyuan_fl
2026-08-24 14:35 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-24 13:40 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_set " chenyuan_fl
2026-08-24 14:35 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-27 2:56 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-01 7:01 ` chenyuan
2026-09-02 9:37 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 0/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree consistency on allocation failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-02 9:37 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_clear inconsistency on kmalloc_nolock failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-02 9:37 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_set " chenyuan_fl
2026-09-02 9:37 ` chenyuan_fl [this message]
2026-09-08 15:53 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 3/3] bpf, arena: handle range_tree_set failures in alloc/free paths Emil Tsalapatis
2026-09-22 6:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v6 0/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree consistency on allocation failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-22 7:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v6 1/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_clear inconsistency on kmalloc_nolock failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-22 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v6 2/3] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_set " chenyuan_fl
2026-09-22 8:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 2:02 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-22 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v6 3/3] bpf, arena: check range_tree_set return in arena_free_pages and arena_free_worker chenyuan_fl
2026-09-23 2:02 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-23 8:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/2] bpf, arena: fix range_tree consistency on allocation failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-23 8:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/2] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_clear inconsistency on kmalloc_nolock failure chenyuan_fl
2026-09-23 9:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 8:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 2/2] bpf, arena: fix range_tree_set " chenyuan_fl
2026-09-23 9:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-24 2:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/2] bpf, arena: fix range_tree consistency on allocation failure patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-08-24 13:40 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 3/3] bpf, arena: check range_tree_set return in arena_free_pages and arena_free_worker chenyuan_fl
2026-08-24 14:35 ` bot+bpf-ci
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