Re: [PATCH bpf-next v7 2/2] bpf: Hold the perf callchain entry until used completely

From: Tao Chen

Date: Tue Jan 06 2026 - 11:00:33 EST


在 2025/12/23 14:29, Tao Chen 写道:
在 2025/12/17 17:33, Tao Chen 写道:
As Alexei noted, get_perf_callchain() return values may be reused
if a task is preempted after the BPF program enters migrate disable
mode. The perf_callchain_entres has a small stack of entries, and
we can reuse it as follows:

1. get the perf callchain entry
2. BPF use...
3. put the perf callchain entry

And Peter suggested that get_recursion_context used with preemption
disabled, so we should disable preemption at BPF side.

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  kernel/bpf/stackmap.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
index da3d328f5c1..3bdd99a630d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
@@ -210,13 +210,14 @@ static void stack_map_get_build_id_offset(struct bpf_stack_build_id *id_offs,
  }
  static struct perf_callchain_entry *
-get_callchain_entry_for_task(struct task_struct *task, u32 max_depth)
+get_callchain_entry_for_task(int *rctx, struct task_struct *task, u32 max_depth)
  {
  #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
      struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
-    int rctx;
-    entry = get_callchain_entry(&rctx);
+    preempt_disable();
+    entry = get_callchain_entry(rctx);
+    preempt_enable();
      if (!entry)
          return NULL;
@@ -238,8 +239,6 @@ get_callchain_entry_for_task(struct task_struct *task, u32 max_depth)
              to[i] = (u64)(from[i]);
      }
-    put_callchain_entry(rctx);
-
      return entry;
  #else /* CONFIG_STACKTRACE */
      return NULL;
@@ -320,6 +319,34 @@ static long __bpf_get_stackid(struct bpf_map *map,
      return id;
  }
+static struct perf_callchain_entry *
+bpf_get_perf_callchain(int *rctx, struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
+               int max_stack, bool crosstask)
+{
+    struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx ctx;
+    struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
+
+    preempt_disable();
+    entry = get_callchain_entry(rctx);
+    preempt_enable();
+
+    if (unlikely(!entry))
+        return NULL;
+
+    __init_perf_callchain_ctx(&ctx, entry, max_stack, false);
+    if (kernel)
+        __get_perf_callchain_kernel(&ctx, regs);
+    if (user && !crosstask)
+        __get_perf_callchain_user(&ctx, regs, 0);
+
+    return entry;
+}
+
+static void bpf_put_perf_callchain(int rctx)
+{
+    put_callchain_entry(rctx);
+}
+
  BPF_CALL_3(bpf_get_stackid, struct pt_regs *, regs, struct bpf_map *, map,
         u64, flags)
  {
@@ -328,20 +355,25 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_get_stackid, struct pt_regs *, regs, struct bpf_map *, map,
      struct perf_callchain_entry *trace;
      bool kernel = !user;
      u32 max_depth;
+    int rctx, ret;
      if (unlikely(flags & ~(BPF_F_SKIP_FIELD_MASK | BPF_F_USER_STACK |
                     BPF_F_FAST_STACK_CMP | BPF_F_REUSE_STACKID)))
          return -EINVAL;
      max_depth = stack_map_calculate_max_depth(map->value_size, elem_size, flags);
-    trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
-                   false, false, 0);
+
+    trace = bpf_get_perf_callchain(&rctx, regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
+                       false);
      if (unlikely(!trace))
          /* couldn't fetch the stack trace */
          return -EFAULT;
-    return __bpf_get_stackid(map, trace, flags);
+    ret = __bpf_get_stackid(map, trace, flags);
+    bpf_put_perf_callchain(rctx);
+
+    return ret;
  }
  const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_stackid_proto = {
@@ -435,6 +467,7 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
      bool kernel = !user;
      int err = -EINVAL;
      u64 *ips;
+    int rctx;
      if (unlikely(flags & ~(BPF_F_SKIP_FIELD_MASK | BPF_F_USER_STACK |
                     BPF_F_USER_BUILD_ID)))
@@ -467,18 +500,26 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
          trace = trace_in;
          trace->nr = min_t(u32, trace->nr, max_depth);
      } else if (kernel && task) {
-        trace = get_callchain_entry_for_task(task, max_depth);
+        trace = get_callchain_entry_for_task(&rctx, task, max_depth);
      } else {
-        trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
-                       crosstask, false, 0);
+        trace = bpf_get_perf_callchain(&rctx, regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
+                           crosstask);
      }
-    if (unlikely(!trace) || trace->nr < skip) {
+    if (unlikely(!trace)) {
          if (may_fault)
              rcu_read_unlock();
          goto err_fault;
      }
+    if (trace->nr < skip) {
+        if (may_fault)
+            rcu_read_unlock();
+        if (!trace_in)
+            bpf_put_perf_callchain(rctx);
+        goto err_fault;
+    }
+
      trace_nr = trace->nr - skip;
      copy_len = trace_nr * elem_size;
@@ -497,6 +538,9 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
      if (may_fault)
          rcu_read_unlock();
+    if (!trace_in)
+        bpf_put_perf_callchain(rctx);
+
      if (user_build_id)
          stack_map_get_build_id_offset(buf, trace_nr, user, may_fault);

Hi Peter,

As Alexei said, the patch needs your ack, please review again, thanks.


ping...

--
Best Regards
Tao Chen