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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Add kernel-doc for arena page kfuncs
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 05:15:07 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23fbb5873bb90ce3201e3cdd2e6b6512ed519a9d4c8cbd950d96eeeca3ff463e@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
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> diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
> index 75e6c078e0e7..fe0df1e16453 100644
> --- a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> index 49a8f7b1beef..b8ec2953dee6 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> @@ -870,6 +870,33 @@ static void arena_free_irq(struct irq_work *iw)
>
> __bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
>
> +/**
> + * bpf_arena_alloc_pages() - Allocate pages within a BPF arena.
> + * @p__map: Pointer to a ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA`` map.
> + * @addr__ign: Page-aligned user-space address within the arena at which to
> + * place the allocation, or %NULL to let the kernel choose. When
> + * non-NULL the address must fall inside the arena's user VMA
> + * range; otherwise the allocation fails.
> + * @page_cnt: Number of pages to allocate. Must be non-zero and no greater
> + * than the arena's configured size in pages.
> + * @node_id: NUMA node hint for the backing pages, or %NUMA_NO_NODE.
> + * @flags: Reserved for future use; must be 0.
> + *
> + * Allocates @page_cnt physically-backed pages and inserts them into the
> + * arena's kernel VMA at the offset corresponding to @addr__ign (or at an
> + * arbitrary free offset when @addr__ign is %NULL). A subsequent user-space
> + * page fault on the matching user address populates the user VMA with the
> + * same pages, giving BPF and user space a shared view of the region.
> + *
> + * The underlying allocator may sleep, so this kfunc is only callable from
> + * sleepable BPF programs.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * * Kernel pointer to the start of the allocated region on success.
Does the return value description match the implementation? Looking at
arena_alloc_pages() in kernel/bpf/arena.c, the function returns:
return clear_lo32(arena->user_vm_start) + uaddr32;
which is a user-space virtual address derived from the arena's
user_vm_start. This matches the description for bpf_arena_free_pages()
later in this patch which notes the address is "in user-space form" when
previously returned by bpf_arena_alloc_pages().
Should the documentation state it returns a user-space pointer rather than
"Kernel pointer"?
> + * * %NULL if @p__map is not an arena, @flags is non-zero, @page_cnt is zero
> + * or exceeds the arena size, @addr__ign is misaligned or outside the
> + * arena, @node_id is invalid, or the kernel is out of memory.
> + */
> __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt,
> int node_id, u64 flags)
> {
[ ... ]
> @@ -913,6 +957,26 @@ void bpf_arena_free_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *ptr__ign, u32 page_c
> arena_free_pages(arena, (long)ptr__ign, page_cnt, false);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * bpf_arena_free_pages() - Free a range of pages within a BPF arena.
> + * @p__map: Pointer to a ``BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA`` map.
> + * @ptr__ign: User-space virtual address of the first page to free, as used
> + * to address the arena from BPF and user space. Typically the
> + * same address that was previously returned (in user-space form)
> + * by bpf_arena_alloc_pages().
> + * @page_cnt: Number of pages to free.
> + *
> + * Releases the backing pages, unmapping them from the arena's kernel VMA
> + * and from any user-space VMA that previously faulted them in. May sleep,
> + * so the kfunc is callable only from sleepable BPF programs.
> + *
> + * The call is a no-op when @p__map is not an arena, when @page_cnt is zero,
> + * or when @ptr__ign is %NULL.
> + */
> __bpf_kfunc void bpf_arena_free_pages(void *p__map, void *ptr__ign, u32 page_cnt)
> {
[ ... ]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-21 5:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-21 4:35 Dhiraj Shah
2026-05-21 4:56 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-05-21 5:15 ` bot+bpf-ci [this message]
2026-05-21 5:28 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-05-24 11:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2] " Dhiraj Shah
2026-05-24 12:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-05-25 16:36 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-05-25 20:50 ` Alexei Starovoitov
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