Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/4] bpf: Add memory usage for arena
From: Emil Tsalapatis
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 19:33:22 EST
On Fri Jul 17, 2026 at 7:37 AM EDT, Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> arena is the only map type whose map_mem_usage() still returns 0, so
> "bpftool map show" and fdinfo always showed 0 memlock for an arena no
> matter how many pages it had.
>
> Count the pages that are actually mapped into the arena: bump a counter in
> apply_range_set_cb() when a page goes in and drop it in
> apply_range_clear_cb() when a page goes out, both under the arena spinlock.
> map_mem_usage() then just returns nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT.
>
> Only real data pages are counted, not the scratch page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> To sashiko:
> 1. __bpf_alloc_page::can_alloc_pages already check whether we are under lock.
> 2. apply_to_page_range() does not allocate page tables here. arena_map_alloc() already did it.
> ---
> kernel/bpf/arena.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> index 8dbc24460890..f046e878f7ae 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
> @@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ struct bpf_arena {
> struct vm_struct *kern_vm;
> struct page *scratch_page;
> struct range_tree rt;
> - /* protects rt */
> + /* protects rt and nr_pages */
> rqspinlock_t spinlock;
> + /* number of pages currently populated in the arena */
> + u64 nr_pages;
> struct list_head vma_list;
> /* protects vma_list */
> struct mutex lock;
> @@ -196,6 +198,7 @@ static int apply_range_set_cb(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
> set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, pteval);
> #endif
> d->i++;
> + WRITE_ONCE(d->arena->nr_pages, d->arena->nr_pages + 1);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ static int apply_range_clear_cb(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data)
> return 0;
>
> __llist_add(&page->pcp_llist, d->free_pages);
> + WRITE_ONCE(d->arena->nr_pages, d->arena->nr_pages - 1);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -413,7 +417,9 @@ static int arena_map_check_btf(struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
>
> static u64 arena_map_mem_usage(const struct bpf_map *map)
> {
> - return 0;
> + struct bpf_arena *arena = container_of(map, struct bpf_arena, map);
> +
> + return (u64)READ_ONCE(arena->nr_pages) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> }
>
> struct vma_list {