[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Keep target extended until its last freplace link detaches

From: chenyuan_fl

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 05:29:12 EST


From: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>

The is_extended / prog_array_member_cnt protocol introduced by commit
d6083f040d5d ("bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace")
keeps a prog extended by a freplace program out of prog_array maps, and
vice versa: once a tail call re-enters an extended subprogram, its
tail_call_cnt resets on every execution and the loop never terminates.

But is_extended is a plain boolean, while one target prog can carry
several freplace links at the same time, one on its entry and one on a
global subprogram. __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() cleared is_extended
whenever *any* freplace link detached, so detaching one of two links
re-armed the unbounded loop through the remaining one.

Replace the is_extended boolean with a count of the freplace links
attached to each target prog, so the target stays extended until its
last link detaches. Also rename bpf_freplace_check_tgt_prog() to
bpf_freplace_link_tgt_prog(), as the helper has never been a pure
check: it reserves the target prog on success.

Fixes: d6083f040d5d ("bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace")
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 4 ++--
kernel/bpf/arraymap.c | 2 +-
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c | 10 ++++++----
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 73bacfc6444d..fc9011b8446d 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1773,7 +1773,6 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
bool xdp_has_frags;
bool exception_cb;
bool exception_boundary;
- bool is_extended; /* true if extended by freplace program */
bool jits_use_priv_stack;
bool priv_stack_requested;
bool changes_pkt_data;
@@ -1785,7 +1784,8 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
u8 verdict;
} sig;
u64 prog_array_member_cnt; /* counts how many times as member of prog_array */
- struct mutex ext_mutex; /* mutex for is_extended and prog_array_member_cnt */
+ u64 freplace_link_cnt; /* counts freplace links extending this prog */
+ struct mutex ext_mutex; /* mutex for freplace_link_cnt and prog_array_member_cnt */
struct bpf_arena *arena;
void (*recursion_detected)(struct bpf_prog *prog); /* callback if recursion is detected */
/* BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO for valid attach_btf_id */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
index 248b4818178c..3bcff6a0430d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static void *prog_fd_array_get_ptr(struct bpf_map *map,
}

mutex_lock(&prog->aux->ext_mutex);
- is_extended = prog->aux->is_extended;
+ is_extended = prog->aux->freplace_link_cnt > 0;
if (!is_extended)
prog->aux->prog_array_member_cnt++;
mutex_unlock(&prog->aux->ext_mutex);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
index ed7999ad6c66..d18a913bc80f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static enum bpf_tramp_prog_type bpf_attach_type_to_tramp(struct bpf_prog *prog)
}
}

-static int bpf_freplace_check_tgt_prog(struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog)
+static int bpf_freplace_link_tgt_prog(struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog)
{
struct bpf_prog_aux *aux = tgt_prog->aux;

@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static int bpf_freplace_check_tgt_prog(struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog)
*/
return -EBUSY;

- aux->is_extended = true;
+ aux->freplace_link_cnt++;
return 0;
}

@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static int __bpf_trampoline_link_prog(struct bpf_tramp_node *node,
/* Cannot attach extension if fentry/fexit are in use. */
if (cnt)
return -EBUSY;
- err = bpf_freplace_check_tgt_prog(tgt_prog);
+ err = bpf_freplace_link_tgt_prog(tgt_prog);
if (err)
return err;
tr->extension_prog = node->link->prog;
@@ -979,7 +979,9 @@ static int __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(struct bpf_tramp_node *node,
tr->extension_prog->bpf_func, NULL);
tr->extension_prog = NULL;
guard(mutex)(&tgt_prog->aux->ext_mutex);
- tgt_prog->aux->is_extended = false;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!tgt_prog->aux->freplace_link_cnt))
+ return err;
+ tgt_prog->aux->freplace_link_cnt--;
return err;
}
bpf_trampoline_remove_prog(tr, node);
--
2.54.0