Re: [syzbot] [perf?] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in get_callchain_entry

From: Qing Wang

Date: Tue Jan 27 2026 - 22:55:41 EST


#syz test

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
index da3d328f5c15..f97d4aa9d038 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,

max_depth = stack_map_calculate_max_depth(size, elem_size, flags);

- if (may_fault)
+ if (!trace_in)
rcu_read_lock(); /* need RCU for perf's callchain below */

if (trace_in) {
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
}

if (unlikely(!trace) || trace->nr < skip) {
- if (may_fault)
+ if (!trace_in)
rcu_read_unlock();
goto err_fault;
}
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ 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)
+ if (!trace_in)
rcu_read_unlock();

if (user_build_id)