[PATCH bpf-next v8 3/3] bpf: Hold ther perf callchain entry until used completely
From: Tao Chen
Date: Mon Jan 26 2026 - 02:46:52 EST
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 | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
index e77dcdc2164..6bdee6cc05f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ get_callchain_entry_for_task(struct task_struct *task, u32 max_depth)
#ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
+ preempt_disable();
entry = get_callchain_entry();
+ preempt_enable();
if (!entry)
return NULL;
@@ -237,14 +239,40 @@ get_callchain_entry_for_task(struct task_struct *task, u32 max_depth)
to[i] = (u64)(from[i]);
}
- put_callchain_entry(entry);
-
return entry;
#else /* CONFIG_STACKTRACE */
return NULL;
#endif
}
+static struct perf_callchain_entry *
+bpf_get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user, int max_stack,
+ bool crosstask)
+{
+ struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
+ int ret;
+
+ preempt_disable();
+ entry = get_callchain_entry();
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ if (unlikely(!entry))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ret = __get_perf_callchain(entry, regs, kernel, user, max_stack, crosstask, false, 0);
+ if (ret) {
+ put_callchain_entry(entry);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return entry;
+}
+
+static void bpf_put_perf_callchain(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)
+{
+ put_callchain_entry(entry);
+}
+
static long __bpf_get_stackid(struct bpf_map *map,
struct perf_callchain_entry *trace, u64 flags)
{
@@ -327,20 +355,23 @@ 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 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(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(trace);
+
+ return ret;
}
const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_stackid_proto = {
@@ -468,13 +499,19 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
} else if (kernel && task) {
trace = get_callchain_entry_for_task(task, max_depth);
} else {
- trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
- crosstask, false, 0);
+ trace = bpf_get_perf_callchain(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(trace);
goto err_fault;
}
@@ -495,6 +532,8 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
/* trace/ips should not be dereferenced after this point */
if (may_fault)
rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (!trace_in)
+ bpf_put_perf_callchain(trace);
if (user_build_id)
stack_map_get_build_id_offset(buf, trace_nr, user, may_fault);
--
2.48.1