[PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add a test for udp_bpf_recvmsg() with a stuck backlog
From: chenyuan_fl
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 04:40:59 EST
From: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
A sk_skb verdict program that redirects every skb back to the socket
itself keeps psock->ingress_skb populated: the backlog work re-sends
the skb out of that same socket, so it keeps coming back through the
receive path, and ingress_msg never receives anything.
Redirect targets must be in TCP_ESTABLISHED for non-TCP sockets
(sock_map_redirect_allowed()), so the test connects the UDP socket to
its own address; without that bpf_sk_redirect_map() turns every
redirect into SK_DROP and the backlog never fills up.
Reading on such a socket must fall back to the plain UDP receive path,
honor SO_RCVTIMEO and return -EAGAIN instead of spinning. A re-sent
copy may still win the race against the verdict and be delivered; the
test accepts either outcome.
Run the scenario in a fork()ed child supervised by the parent, since
the spinning reader holds the socket lock and even SIGKILL cannot
reclaim it on an unfixed kernel.
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen <chenyuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_udp_backlog.c | 141 ++++++++++++++++++
.../bpf/progs/test_sockmap_udp_backlog.c | 21 +++
2 files changed, 162 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_udp_backlog.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_udp_backlog.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_udp_backlog.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_udp_backlog.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbfe2623bd9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_udp_backlog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 KylinSoft */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "test_progs.h"
+#include "test_sockmap_udp_backlog.skel.h"
+
+#define RCV_TIMEOUT_MS 1000
+#define HANG_LIMIT_MS 5000
+
+static int run_child(void)
+{
+ struct test_sockmap_udp_backlog *skel;
+ struct timeval tv = { .tv_sec = RCV_TIMEOUT_MS / 1000 };
+ struct sockaddr_in addr = {};
+ struct timespec t0, t1;
+ socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+ int zero = 0, sfd, ret, err, exit_code = 1;
+ double elapsed_ms;
+ char byte = 0;
+
+ skel = test_sockmap_udp_backlog__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_open_and_load"))
+ return 1;
+
+ sfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(sfd, 0, "socket"))
+ goto out;
+
+ addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+ addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+ addr.sin_port = 0;
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(bind(sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)), "bind"))
+ goto close;
+ addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(getsockname(sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen),
+ "getsockname"))
+ goto close;
+
+ /* Non-TCP redirect targets need TCP_ESTABLISHED: connect to self. */
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(connect(sfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)),
+ "connect"))
+ goto close;
+
+ err = bpf_prog_attach(bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.redir_to_self),
+ bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.sock_map),
+ BPF_SK_SKB_VERDICT, 0);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "prog_attach"))
+ goto close;
+
+ err = bpf_map_update_elem(bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.sock_map),
+ &zero, &sfd, BPF_ANY);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "map_update"))
+ goto close;
+
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(send(sfd, &byte, 1, 0), 1, "send"))
+ goto close;
+
+ /* Let the backlog pick the skb up. */
+ usleep(100 * 1000);
+
+ err = setsockopt(sfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "set_rcvtimeo"))
+ goto close;
+
+ /* A re-sent copy may be read back; the reader must not spin. */
+ clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t0);
+ errno = 0;
+ ret = recv(sfd, &byte, 1, 0);
+ clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t1);
+ elapsed_ms = (t1.tv_sec - t0.tv_sec) * 1000.0 +
+ (t1.tv_nsec - t0.tv_nsec) / 1000000.0;
+
+ if (ret != 1) {
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1, "recv"))
+ goto close;
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(errno, EAGAIN, "recv_errno"))
+ goto close;
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(elapsed_ms, RCV_TIMEOUT_MS * 0.9, "recv_blocked"))
+ goto close;
+ if (!ASSERT_LT(elapsed_ms, HANG_LIMIT_MS, "recv_timely"))
+ goto close;
+ }
+
+ exit_code = 0;
+close:
+ close(sfd);
+out:
+ test_sockmap_udp_backlog__destroy(skel);
+ return exit_code;
+}
+
+void serial_test_sockmap_udp_backlog(void)
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(pid, 0, "fork"))
+ return;
+
+ if (pid == 0)
+ _exit(run_child());
+
+ /* The child may survive SIGKILL: only a bounded wait is safe. */
+ for (i = 0; i < HANG_LIMIT_MS / 100; i++) {
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG) == pid)
+ break;
+ usleep(100 * 1000);
+ }
+
+ if (i == HANG_LIMIT_MS / 100) {
+ kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+ for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG) == pid)
+ break;
+ usleep(100 * 1000);
+ }
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "udp_bpf_recvmsg() spins on backlog-only ingress (timeout %dms)\n",
+ HANG_LIMIT_MS);
+ test__fail();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0, "child_exit_code");
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "child terminated abnormally (status=%d)\n", status);
+ test__fail();
+ }
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_udp_backlog.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_udp_backlog.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3459a66da3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_udp_backlog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 KylinSoft */
+
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+
+struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP);
+ __uint(max_entries, 1);
+ __type(key, __u32);
+ __type(value, __u64);
+} sock_map SEC(".maps");
+
+/* Self-redirect: the backlog work keeps re-sending the skb. */
+SEC("sk_skb/verdict")
+int redir_to_self(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return bpf_sk_redirect_map(skb, &sock_map, 0, 0);
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
--
2.54.0