[PATCH bpf-next v3] bpf: log error code on trampoline unlink failure

From: xu.xin16

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 02:34:40 EST


From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

Replace silent WARN_ON_ONCE with WARN_ONCE that prints the actual error
code from bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(). This aids debugging of race
conditions during link teardown, while keeping the warning rate limited
to avoid log flooding.

This will be very helpful for speeding up trouble-shooting of some crash
UAF due to bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog failures.

No change to unlink behavior.

Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Change log
V2->v3:
Add up the case in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach. And remove the unneeded 'if (err)'

v1->v2:
1) clean the subject name by remove 'syscall' suggested by Leon Hwang
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20a444b2-aeed-4af8-ba76-e994e2c14087@xxxxxxxxx/
2) Add up the missed case in kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:bpf_shim_tramp_link_release()

kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 8 +++++---
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 6db306d23b47..52c57f8beb37 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -3626,10 +3626,12 @@ static void bpf_tracing_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
{
struct bpf_tracing_link *tr_link =
container_of(link, struct bpf_tracing_link, link.link);
+ int err;

- WARN_ON_ONCE(bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&tr_link->link.node,
- tr_link->trampoline,
- tr_link->tgt_prog));
+ err = bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&tr_link->link.node,
+ tr_link->trampoline,
+ tr_link->tgt_prog);
+ WARN_ONCE(err, "bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog returns error: %d\n", err);

bpf_trampoline_put(tr_link->trampoline);

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
index 1a721fc4bef5..a34ddb97ff6b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
@@ -997,12 +997,15 @@ static void bpf_shim_tramp_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
{
struct bpf_shim_tramp_link *shim_link =
container_of(link, struct bpf_shim_tramp_link, link.link);
+ int err;

/* paired with 'shim_link->trampoline = tr' in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim */
if (!shim_link->trampoline)
return;

- WARN_ON_ONCE(bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&shim_link->link.node, shim_link->trampoline, NULL));
+ err = bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&shim_link->link.node, shim_link->trampoline, NULL);
+ WARN_ONCE(err, "bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog returns error: %d\n", err);
+
bpf_trampoline_put(shim_link->trampoline);
}

@@ -1712,15 +1715,16 @@ int bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog, struct bpf_tracing_multi_
{
struct bpf_tracing_multi_data *data = &link->data;
struct bpf_tracing_multi_node *mnode;
- int i;
+ int i, err;

trampoline_lock_all();

for_each_mnode(mnode, link) {
data->entry = &mnode->entry;
bpf_trampoline_multi_attach_init(mnode->trampoline);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&mnode->node, mnode->trampoline,
- NULL, &trampoline_multi_ops, data));
+ err = __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&mnode->node, mnode->trampoline,NULL,
+ &trampoline_multi_ops, data);
+ WARN_ONCE(err, "__bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog returns error: %d\n", err);
}

if (ftrace_hash_count(data->unreg))
--
2.25.1