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<title>Merge patch series "bpf: Fix OOB in pcpu_init_value and add a test"</title>
<updated>2026-04-12T20:36:55+00:00</updated>
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<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@kernel.org</email>
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xulang &lt;xulang@uniontech.com&gt; says:
====================

Fix OOB read when copying element from a BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE
map to another pcpu map with the same value_size that is not rounded
up to 8 bytes, and add a test case to reproduce the issue.

The root cause is that pcpu_init_value() uses copy_map_value_long() which
rounds up the copy size to 8 bytes, but CGROUP_STORAGE map values are not
8-byte aligned (e.g., 4-byte). This causes a 4-byte OOB read when
the copy is performed.
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7653EEEC2BAB17DF+20260402073948.2185396-1-xulang@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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xulang &lt;xulang@uniontech.com&gt; says:
====================

Fix OOB read when copying element from a BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE
map to another pcpu map with the same value_size that is not rounded
up to 8 bytes, and add a test case to reproduce the issue.

The root cause is that pcpu_init_value() uses copy_map_value_long() which
rounds up the copy size to 8 bytes, but CGROUP_STORAGE map values are not
8-byte aligned (e.g., 4-byte). This causes a 4-byte OOB read when
the copy is performed.
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7653EEEC2BAB17DF+20260402073948.2185396-1-xulang@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix OOB in pcpu_init_value</title>
<updated>2026-04-12T20:35:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lang Xu</name>
<email>xulang@uniontech.com</email>
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<published>2026-04-02T07:42:35+00:00</published>
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An out-of-bounds read occurs when copying element from a
BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE map to another pcpu map with the
same value_size that is not rounded up to 8 bytes.

The issue happens when:
1. A CGROUP_STORAGE map is created with value_size not aligned to
   8 bytes (e.g., 4 bytes)
2. A pcpu map is created with the same value_size (e.g., 4 bytes)
3. Update element in 2 with data in 1

pcpu_init_value assumes that all sources are rounded up to 8 bytes,
and invokes copy_map_value_long to make a data copy, However, the
assumption doesn't stand since there are some cases where the source
may not be rounded up to 8 bytes, e.g., CGROUP_STORAGE, skb-&gt;data.
the verifier verifies exactly the size that the source claims, not
the size rounded up to 8 bytes by kernel, an OOB happens when the
source has only 4 bytes while the copy size(4) is rounded up to 8.

Fixes: d3bec0138bfb ("bpf: Zero-fill re-used per-cpu map element")
Reported-by: Kaiyan Mei &lt;kaiyanm@hust.edu.cn&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/14e6c70c.6c121.19c0399d948.Coremail.kaiyanm@hust.edu.cn/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/420FEEDDC768A4BE+20260402074236.2187154-1-xulang@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Lang Xu &lt;xulang@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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An out-of-bounds read occurs when copying element from a
BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_STORAGE map to another pcpu map with the
same value_size that is not rounded up to 8 bytes.

The issue happens when:
1. A CGROUP_STORAGE map is created with value_size not aligned to
   8 bytes (e.g., 4 bytes)
2. A pcpu map is created with the same value_size (e.g., 4 bytes)
3. Update element in 2 with data in 1

pcpu_init_value assumes that all sources are rounded up to 8 bytes,
and invokes copy_map_value_long to make a data copy, However, the
assumption doesn't stand since there are some cases where the source
may not be rounded up to 8 bytes, e.g., CGROUP_STORAGE, skb-&gt;data.
the verifier verifies exactly the size that the source claims, not
the size rounded up to 8 bytes by kernel, an OOB happens when the
source has only 4 bytes while the copy size(4) is rounded up to 8.

Fixes: d3bec0138bfb ("bpf: Zero-fill re-used per-cpu map element")
Reported-by: Kaiyan Mei &lt;kaiyanm@hust.edu.cn&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/14e6c70c.6c121.19c0399d948.Coremail.kaiyanm@hust.edu.cn/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/420FEEDDC768A4BE+20260402074236.2187154-1-xulang@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Lang Xu &lt;xulang@uniontech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Use copy_map_value_locked() in alloc_htab_elem() for BPF_F_LOCK</title>
<updated>2026-04-06T01:37:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-01T13:50:36+00:00</published>
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When a BPF_F_LOCK update races with a concurrent delete, the freed
element can be immediately recycled by alloc_htab_elem(). The fast path
in htab_map_update_elem() performs a lockless lookup and then calls
copy_map_value_locked() under the element's spin_lock. If
alloc_htab_elem() recycles the same memory, it overwrites the value
with plain copy_map_value(), without taking the spin_lock, causing
torn writes.

Use copy_map_value_locked() when BPF_F_LOCK is set so the new element's
value is written under the embedded spin_lock, serializing against any
stale lock holders.

Fixes: 96049f3afd50 ("bpf: introduce BPF_F_LOCK flag")
Reported-by: Aaron Esau &lt;aaron1esau@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CADucPGRvSRpkneb94dPP08YkOHgNgBnskTK6myUag_Mkjimihg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260401-bpf_map_torn_writes-v1-1-782d071c55e7@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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When a BPF_F_LOCK update races with a concurrent delete, the freed
element can be immediately recycled by alloc_htab_elem(). The fast path
in htab_map_update_elem() performs a lockless lookup and then calls
copy_map_value_locked() under the element's spin_lock. If
alloc_htab_elem() recycles the same memory, it overwrites the value
with plain copy_map_value(), without taking the spin_lock, causing
torn writes.

Use copy_map_value_locked() when BPF_F_LOCK is set so the new element's
value is written under the embedded spin_lock, serializing against any
stale lock holders.

Fixes: 96049f3afd50 ("bpf: introduce BPF_F_LOCK flag")
Reported-by: Aaron Esau &lt;aaron1esau@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CADucPGRvSRpkneb94dPP08YkOHgNgBnskTK6myUag_Mkjimihg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260401-bpf_map_torn_writes-v1-1-782d071c55e7@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Lose const-ness of map in map_check_btf()</title>
<updated>2026-02-27T23:39:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T22:48:02+00:00</published>
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BPF hash map may now use the map_check_btf() callback to decide whether
to set a dtor on its bpf_mem_alloc or not. Unlike C++ where members can
opt out of const-ness using mutable, we must lose the const qualifier on
the callback such that we can avoid the ugly cast. Make the change and
adjust all existing users, and lose the comment in hashtab.c.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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BPF hash map may now use the map_check_btf() callback to decide whether
to set a dtor on its bpf_mem_alloc or not. Unlike C++ where members can
opt out of const-ness using mutable, we must lose the const qualifier on
the callback such that we can avoid the ugly cast. Make the change and
adjust all existing users, and lose the comment in hashtab.c.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-3-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields</title>
<updated>2026-02-27T23:39:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T22:48:01+00:00</published>
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There is a race window where BPF hash map elements can leak special
fields if the program with access to the map value recreates these
special fields between the check_and_free_fields done on the map value
and its eventual return to the memory allocator.

Several ways were explored prior to this patch, most notably [0] tried
to use a poison value to reject attempts to recreate special fields for
map values that have been logically deleted but still accessible to BPF
programs (either while sitting in the free list or when reused). While
this approach works well for task work, timers, wq, etc., it is harder
to apply the idea to kptrs, which have a similar race and failure mode.

Instead, we change bpf_mem_alloc to allow registering destructor for
allocated elements, such that when they are returned to the allocator,
any special fields created while they were accessible to programs in the
mean time will be freed. If these values get reused, we do not free the
fields again before handing the element back. The special fields thus
may remain initialized while the map value sits in a free list.

When bpf_mem_alloc is retired in the future, a similar concept can be
introduced to kmalloc_nolock-backed kmem_cache, paired with the existing
idea of a constructor.

Note that the destructor registration happens in map_check_btf, after
the BTF record is populated and (at that point) avaiable for inspection
and duplication. Duplication is necessary since the freeing of embedded
bpf_mem_alloc can be decoupled from actual map lifetime due to logic
introduced to reduce the cost of rcu_barrier()s in mem alloc free path in
9f2c6e96c65e ("bpf: Optimize rcu_barrier usage between hash map and bpf_mem_alloc.").

As such, once all callbacks are done, we must also free the duplicated
record. To remove dependency on the bpf_map itself, also stash the key
size of the map to obtain value from htab_elem long after the map is
gone.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260216131341.1285427-1-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com

Fixes: 14a324f6a67e ("bpf: Wire up freeing of referenced kptr")
Fixes: 1bfbc267ec91 ("bpf: Enable bpf_timer and bpf_wq in any context")
Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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There is a race window where BPF hash map elements can leak special
fields if the program with access to the map value recreates these
special fields between the check_and_free_fields done on the map value
and its eventual return to the memory allocator.

Several ways were explored prior to this patch, most notably [0] tried
to use a poison value to reject attempts to recreate special fields for
map values that have been logically deleted but still accessible to BPF
programs (either while sitting in the free list or when reused). While
this approach works well for task work, timers, wq, etc., it is harder
to apply the idea to kptrs, which have a similar race and failure mode.

Instead, we change bpf_mem_alloc to allow registering destructor for
allocated elements, such that when they are returned to the allocator,
any special fields created while they were accessible to programs in the
mean time will be freed. If these values get reused, we do not free the
fields again before handing the element back. The special fields thus
may remain initialized while the map value sits in a free list.

When bpf_mem_alloc is retired in the future, a similar concept can be
introduced to kmalloc_nolock-backed kmem_cache, paired with the existing
idea of a constructor.

Note that the destructor registration happens in map_check_btf, after
the BTF record is populated and (at that point) avaiable for inspection
and duplication. Duplication is necessary since the freeing of embedded
bpf_mem_alloc can be decoupled from actual map lifetime due to logic
introduced to reduce the cost of rcu_barrier()s in mem alloc free path in
9f2c6e96c65e ("bpf: Optimize rcu_barrier usage between hash map and bpf_mem_alloc.").

As such, once all callbacks are done, we must also free the duplicated
record. To remove dependency on the bpf_map itself, also stash the key
size of the map to obtain value from htab_elem long after the map is
gone.

  [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260216131341.1285427-1-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com

Fixes: 14a324f6a67e ("bpf: Wire up freeing of referenced kptr")
Fixes: 1bfbc267ec91 ("bpf: Enable bpf_timer and bpf_wq in any context")
Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-2-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>bpf: Remove leftover accounting in htab_map_mem_usage after rqspinlock</title>
<updated>2026-01-20T19:28:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Borkmann</name>
<email>daniel@iogearbox.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-20T12:55:01+00:00</published>
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After commit 4fa8d68aa53e ("bpf: Convert hashtab.c to rqspinlock")
we no longer use HASHTAB_MAP_LOCK_{COUNT,MASK} as the per-CPU
map_locked[HASHTAB_MAP_LOCK_COUNT] array got removed from struct
bpf_htab. Right now it is still accounted for in htab_map_mem_usage.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/09703eb6bb249f12b1d5253b5a50a0c4fa239d27.1768913513.git.daniel@iogearbox.net
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After commit 4fa8d68aa53e ("bpf: Convert hashtab.c to rqspinlock")
we no longer use HASHTAB_MAP_LOCK_{COUNT,MASK} as the per-CPU
map_locked[HASHTAB_MAP_LOCK_COUNT] array got removed from struct
bpf_htab. Right now it is still accounted for in htab_map_mem_usage.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/09703eb6bb249f12b1d5253b5a50a0c4fa239d27.1768913513.git.daniel@iogearbox.net
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Add BPF_F_CPU and BPF_F_ALL_CPUS flags support for percpu_hash and lru_percpu_hash maps</title>
<updated>2026-01-07T04:48:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leon Hwang</name>
<email>leon.hwang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-07T02:20:18+00:00</published>
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Introduce BPF_F_ALL_CPUS flag support for percpu_hash and lru_percpu_hash
maps to allow updating values for all CPUs with a single value for both
update_elem and update_batch APIs.

Introduce BPF_F_CPU flag support for percpu_hash and lru_percpu_hash
maps to allow:

* update value for specified CPU for both update_elem and update_batch
APIs.
* lookup value for specified CPU for both lookup_elem and lookup_batch
APIs.

The BPF_F_CPU flag is passed via:

* map_flags along with embedded cpu info.
* elem_flags along with embedded cpu info.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260107022022.12843-4-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Introduce BPF_F_ALL_CPUS flag support for percpu_hash and lru_percpu_hash
maps to allow updating values for all CPUs with a single value for both
update_elem and update_batch APIs.

Introduce BPF_F_CPU flag support for percpu_hash and lru_percpu_hash
maps to allow:

* update value for specified CPU for both update_elem and update_batch
APIs.
* lookup value for specified CPU for both lookup_elem and lookup_batch
APIs.

The BPF_F_CPU flag is passed via:

* map_flags along with embedded cpu info.
* elem_flags along with embedded cpu info.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260107022022.12843-4-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Free special fields when update [lru_,]percpu_hash maps</title>
<updated>2025-11-13T17:14:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leon Hwang</name>
<email>leon.hwang@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-05T15:14:06+00:00</published>
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As [lru_,]percpu_hash maps support BPF_KPTR_{REF,PERCPU}, missing
calls to 'bpf_obj_free_fields()' in 'pcpu_copy_value()' could cause the
memory referenced by BPF_KPTR_{REF,PERCPU} fields to be held until the
map gets freed.

Fix this by calling 'bpf_obj_free_fields()' after
'copy_map_value[,_long]()' in 'pcpu_copy_value()'.

Fixes: 65334e64a493 ("bpf: Support kptrs in percpu hashmap and percpu LRU hashmap")
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251105151407.12723-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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As [lru_,]percpu_hash maps support BPF_KPTR_{REF,PERCPU}, missing
calls to 'bpf_obj_free_fields()' in 'pcpu_copy_value()' could cause the
memory referenced by BPF_KPTR_{REF,PERCPU} fields to be held until the
map gets freed.

Fix this by calling 'bpf_obj_free_fields()' after
'copy_map_value[,_long]()' in 'pcpu_copy_value()'.

Fixes: 65334e64a493 ("bpf: Support kptrs in percpu hashmap and percpu LRU hashmap")
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang &lt;leon.hwang@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251105151407.12723-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Consistently use bpf_rcu_lock_held() everywhere</title>
<updated>2025-10-15T10:26:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrii Nakryiko</name>
<email>andrii@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-14T20:14:03+00:00</published>
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We have many places which open-code what's now is bpf_rcu_lock_held()
macro, so replace all those places with a clean and short macro invocation.
For that, move bpf_rcu_lock_held() macro into include/linux/bpf.h.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251014201403.4104511-1-andrii@kernel.org
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We have many places which open-code what's now is bpf_rcu_lock_held()
macro, so replace all those places with a clean and short macro invocation.
For that, move bpf_rcu_lock_held() macro into include/linux/bpf.h.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251014201403.4104511-1-andrii@kernel.org
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<title>bpf: Extract internal structs validation logic into helpers</title>
<updated>2025-10-10T18:13:28+00:00</updated>
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<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
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<published>2025-10-10T16:46:06+00:00</published>
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The arraymap and hashtab duplicate the logic that checks for and frees
internal structs (timer, workqueue, task_work) based on
BTF record flags. Centralize this by introducing two helpers:

  * bpf_map_has_internal_structs(map)
    Returns true if the map value contains any of internal structs:
    BPF_TIMER | BPF_WORKQUEUE | BPF_TASK_WORK.

  * bpf_map_free_internal_structs(map, obj)
    Frees the internal structs for a single value object.

Convert arraymap and both the prealloc/malloc hashtab paths to use the
new generic functions. This keeps the functionality for when/how to free
these special fields in one place and makes it easier to add support for
new internal structs in the future without touching every map
implementation.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251010164606.147298-3-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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The arraymap and hashtab duplicate the logic that checks for and frees
internal structs (timer, workqueue, task_work) based on
BTF record flags. Centralize this by introducing two helpers:

  * bpf_map_has_internal_structs(map)
    Returns true if the map value contains any of internal structs:
    BPF_TIMER | BPF_WORKQUEUE | BPF_TASK_WORK.

  * bpf_map_free_internal_structs(map, obj)
    Frees the internal structs for a single value object.

Convert arraymap and both the prealloc/malloc hashtab paths to use the
new generic functions. This keeps the functionality for when/how to free
these special fields in one place and makes it easier to add support for
new internal structs in the future without touching every map
implementation.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251010164606.147298-3-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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