[PATCH bpf-next v4 3/3] bpf, arena: check range_tree_set return in arena_free_pages and arena_free_worker

From: chenyuan_fl

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 09:43:48 EST


From: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>

arena_free_pages() and arena_free_worker() now handle range_tree_set()
errors. arena_free_pages() aborts the free on error, and
arena_free_worker() moves range_tree_set() before PTE clearing so that a
failed tree update leaves the PTEs intact instead of freeing pages that
the arena free tree does not track.

Also check the range_tree_set() return value in arena_alloc_pages()'s
error path, which restores the unpopulated tail of a partially allocated
range; log a warning instead of silently leaking the virtual range when
the tree update fails.

range_tree_set() is failure-atomic (it pre-allocates the node before
touching the tree), so on -ENOMEM the range stays tracked as allocated
and the pages remain mapped and accessible. A failed free is therefore
retryable, and arena_map_free() reclaims any retained pages at map
destruction; aborting the free avoids clearing PTEs for pages the arena
free tree does not track.

In arena_free_worker() a failed tree update used to leave the span in
the drained list, where the second loop would still flush TLB entries,
zap user VMAs, and free the span itself: the free request was dropped,
user mappings were destroyed for a free that never happened, and the
pages stayed mapped until map destruction. Keep failed spans on
arena->free_spans instead and retry them on a later worker run; only
spans whose PTE clearing actually ran are flushed, zapped, and released.

Suggested-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/arena.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
index 555ee2531ef9..1315872941e1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
@@ -766,7 +766,9 @@ static long arena_alloc_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt
bpf_map_memcg_exit(old_memcg, new_memcg);
return clear_lo32(arena->user_vm_start) + uaddr32;
out:
- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped);
+ if (range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped))
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("bpf_arena: failed to restore free range %ld+%ld after partial alloc\n",
+ pgoff + mapped, page_cnt - mapped);
raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
if (mapped) {
flush_vmap_cache(kern_vm_start + uaddr32, mapped << PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -881,7 +883,18 @@ static void arena_free_pages(struct bpf_arena *arena, long uaddr, long page_cnt,
if (ret)
goto defer;

- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ ret = range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * range_tree_set() is failure-atomic, so -ENOMEM leaves the
+ * range allocated and the pages mapped. Abort the free rather
+ * than returning pages the free tree does not track; a later
+ * free of the same range can succeed.
+ */
+ raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);
+ bpf_map_memcg_exit(old_memcg, new_memcg);
+ return;
+ }

init_llist_head(&free_pages);
cdata.arena = arena;
@@ -977,12 +990,13 @@ static void arena_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
struct llist_node *list, *pos, *t;
struct arena_free_span *s;
u64 arena_vm_start, user_vm_start;
- struct llist_head free_pages;
+ struct llist_head free_pages, cleared;
struct clear_range_data cdata;
struct page *page;
unsigned long full_uaddr;
long kaddr, page_cnt, pgoff;
unsigned long flags;
+ bool retry = false;

if (raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&arena->spinlock, flags)) {
schedule_work(work);
@@ -992,28 +1006,43 @@ static void arena_free_worker(struct work_struct *work)
bpf_map_memcg_enter(&arena->map, &old_memcg, &new_memcg);

init_llist_head(&free_pages);
+ init_llist_head(&cleared);
cdata.arena = arena;
cdata.free_pages = &free_pages;
arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(arena);
user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(arena);

list = llist_del_all(&arena->free_spans);
- llist_for_each(pos, list) {
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, list) {
s = llist_entry(pos, struct arena_free_span, node);
page_cnt = s->page_cnt;
kaddr = arena_vm_start + s->uaddr;
pgoff = compute_pgoff(arena, s->uaddr);

+ /*
+ * Set the range free before clearing PTEs, and requeue the
+ * span on failure: the PTEs stay intact and the free is
+ * retried later. Only spans moved to @cleared (PTE clearing
+ * actually ran) reach the flush/zap/release loop below.
+ */
+ if (range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt)) {
+ llist_add(&s->node, &arena->free_spans);
+ retry = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* clear ptes and collect pages in free_pages llist */
apply_to_existing_page_range(&init_mm, kaddr, page_cnt << PAGE_SHIFT,
apply_range_clear_cb, &cdata);
-
- range_tree_set(&arena->rt, pgoff, page_cnt);
+ llist_add(&s->node, &cleared);
}
raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->spinlock, flags);

+ if (retry)
+ irq_work_queue(&arena->free_irq);
+
/* Iterate the list again without holding spinlock to do the tlb flush and zap_pages */
- llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, list) {
+ llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, cleared.first) {
s = llist_entry(pos, struct arena_free_span, node);
page_cnt = s->page_cnt;
full_uaddr = clear_lo32(user_vm_start) + s->uaddr;
--
2.54.0