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<title>bpf: Reject NULL data/sig in bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature</title>
<updated>2026-05-20T03:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>KP Singh</name>
<email>kpsingh@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2026-05-20T02:40:59+00:00</published>
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__bpf_dynptr_data() can return NULL (FILE dynptrs, any non-contiguous
backing). bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature() forwards the pointer to
verify_pkcs7_signature() unchecked, causing a NULL deref in
asn1_ber_decoder() reachable from a sleepable BPF LSM at lsm.s/bpf.

NULL-check both pointers and reject with -EINVAL. Mirrors the guards
already in kernel/bpf/crypto.c.

Fixes: 865b0566d8f1 ("bpf: Add bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature() kfunc")
Reported-by: Xianrui Dong &lt;dongxianrui1@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: KP Singh &lt;kpsingh@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Song Liu &lt;song@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260520024059.313468-1-kpsingh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
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__bpf_dynptr_data() can return NULL (FILE dynptrs, any non-contiguous
backing). bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature() forwards the pointer to
verify_pkcs7_signature() unchecked, causing a NULL deref in
asn1_ber_decoder() reachable from a sleepable BPF LSM at lsm.s/bpf.

NULL-check both pointers and reject with -EINVAL. Mirrors the guards
already in kernel/bpf/crypto.c.

Fixes: 865b0566d8f1 ("bpf: Add bpf_verify_pkcs7_signature() kfunc")
Reported-by: Xianrui Dong &lt;dongxianrui1@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: KP Singh &lt;kpsingh@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Song Liu &lt;song@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260520024059.313468-1-kpsingh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()</title>
<updated>2026-04-16T22:53:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yihan Ding</name>
<email>dingyihan@uniontech.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T12:01:41+00:00</published>
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bpf_bprintf_prepare() only needs ASCII parsing for conversion
specifiers. Plain text can safely carry bytes &gt;= 0x80, so allow
UTF-8 literals outside '%' sequences while keeping ASCII control
bytes rejected and format specifiers ASCII-only.

This keeps existing parsing rules for format directives unchanged,
while allowing helpers such as bpf_trace_printk() to emit UTF-8
literal text.

Update test_snprintf_negative() in the same commit so selftests keep
matching the new plain-text vs format-specifier split during bisection.

Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding &lt;dingyihan@uniontech.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416120142.1420646-2-dingyihan@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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bpf_bprintf_prepare() only needs ASCII parsing for conversion
specifiers. Plain text can safely carry bytes &gt;= 0x80, so allow
UTF-8 literals outside '%' sequences while keeping ASCII control
bytes rejected and format specifiers ASCII-only.

This keeps existing parsing rules for format directives unchanged,
while allowing helpers such as bpf_trace_printk() to emit UTF-8
literal text.

Update test_snprintf_negative() in the same commit so selftests keep
matching the new plain-text vs format-specifier split during bisection.

Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding &lt;dingyihan@uniontech.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416120142.1420646-2-dingyihan@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp()</title>
<updated>2026-04-07T19:24:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-07T16:22:33+00:00</published>
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RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, and this
guarantee is expected to remain in the future. Only BPF is the user of
this predicate, hence retire the API and clean up all in-tree users.

RCU Tasks Trace is now implemented on SRCU-fast and its grace period
mechanism always has at least one call to synchronize_rcu() as it is
required for SRCU-fast's correctness (it replaces the smp_mb() that
SRCU-fast readers skip). So, RCU-tt GP will always imply RCU GP.

Reviewed-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260407162234.785270-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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RCU Tasks Trace grace period implies RCU grace period, and this
guarantee is expected to remain in the future. Only BPF is the user of
this predicate, hence retire the API and clean up all in-tree users.

RCU Tasks Trace is now implemented on SRCU-fast and its grace period
mechanism always has at least one call to synchronize_rcu() as it is
required for SRCU-fast's correctness (it replaces the smp_mb() that
SRCU-fast readers skip). So, RCU-tt GP will always imply RCU GP.

Reviewed-by: Puranjay Mohan &lt;puranjay@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260407162234.785270-1-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Migrate dynptr file to kmalloc_nolock</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T16:31:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T22:27:57+00:00</published>
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Replace bpf_mem_alloc/bpf_mem_free with kmalloc_nolock/kfree_nolock for
bpf_dynptr_file_impl, continuing the migration away from bpf_mem_alloc
now that kmalloc can be used from NMI context.

freader_cleanup() runs before kfree_nolock() while the dynptr still
holds exclusive access, so plain kfree_nolock() is safe — no concurrent
readers can access the object.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330-kmalloc_special-v2-2-c90403f92ff0@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Replace bpf_mem_alloc/bpf_mem_free with kmalloc_nolock/kfree_nolock for
bpf_dynptr_file_impl, continuing the migration away from bpf_mem_alloc
now that kmalloc can be used from NMI context.

freader_cleanup() runs before kfree_nolock() while the dynptr still
holds exclusive access, so plain kfree_nolock() is safe — no concurrent
readers can access the object.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330-kmalloc_special-v2-2-c90403f92ff0@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Migrate bpf_task_work to kmalloc_nolock</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T16:31:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-30T22:27:56+00:00</published>
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Replace bpf_mem_alloc/bpf_mem_free with
kmalloc_nolock/kfree_rcu for bpf_task_work_ctx.

Replace guard(rcu_tasks_trace)() with guard(rcu)() in
bpf_task_work_irq(). The function only accesses ctx struct members
(not map values), so tasks trace protection is not needed - regular
RCU is sufficient since ctx is freed via kfree_rcu. The guard in
bpf_task_work_callback() remains as tasks trace since it accesses map
values from process context.

Sleepable BPF programs hold rcu_read_lock_trace but not
regular rcu_read_lock. Since kfree_rcu
waits for a regular RCU grace period, the ctx memory can be freed
while a sleepable program is still running. Add scoped_guard(rcu)
around the pointer read and refcount tryget in
bpf_task_work_acquire_ctx to close this race window.

Since kfree_rcu uses call_rcu internally which is not safe from
NMI context, defer destruction via irq_work when irqs are disabled.

For the lost-cmpxchg path the ctx was never published, so
kfree_nolock is safe.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330-kmalloc_special-v2-1-c90403f92ff0@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Replace bpf_mem_alloc/bpf_mem_free with
kmalloc_nolock/kfree_rcu for bpf_task_work_ctx.

Replace guard(rcu_tasks_trace)() with guard(rcu)() in
bpf_task_work_irq(). The function only accesses ctx struct members
(not map values), so tasks trace protection is not needed - regular
RCU is sufficient since ctx is freed via kfree_rcu. The guard in
bpf_task_work_callback() remains as tasks trace since it accesses map
values from process context.

Sleepable BPF programs hold rcu_read_lock_trace but not
regular rcu_read_lock. Since kfree_rcu
waits for a regular RCU grace period, the ctx memory can be freed
while a sleepable program is still running. Add scoped_guard(rcu)
around the pointer read and refcount tryget in
bpf_task_work_acquire_ctx to close this race window.

Since kfree_rcu uses call_rcu internally which is not safe from
NMI context, defer destruction via irq_work when irqs are disabled.

For the lost-cmpxchg path the ctx was never published, so
kfree_nolock is safe.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260330-kmalloc_special-v2-1-c90403f92ff0@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Support struct btf_struct_meta via KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS</title>
<updated>2026-03-29T16:56:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ihor Solodrai</name>
<email>ihor.solodrai@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-27T20:32:40+00:00</published>
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The following kfuncs currently accept void *meta__ign argument:
  * bpf_obj_new_impl
  * bpf_obj_drop_impl
  * bpf_percpu_obj_new_impl
  * bpf_percpu_obj_drop_impl
  * bpf_refcount_acquire_impl
  * bpf_list_push_back_impl
  * bpf_list_push_front_impl
  * bpf_rbtree_add_impl

The __ign suffix is an indicator for the verifier to skip the argument
in check_kfunc_args(). Then, in fixup_kfunc_call() the verifier may
set the value of this argument to struct btf_struct_meta *
kptr_struct_meta from insn_aux_data.

BPF programs must pass a dummy NULL value when calling these kfuncs.

Additionally, the list and rbtree _impl kfuncs also accept an implicit
u64 argument, which doesn't require __ign suffix because it's a
scalar, and BPF programs explicitly pass 0.

Add new kfuncs with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS [1], that correspond to each
_impl kfunc accepting meta__ign. The existing _impl kfuncs remain
unchanged for backwards compatibility.

To support this, add "btf_struct_meta" to the list of recognized
implicit argument types in resolve_btfids.

Implement is_kfunc_arg_implicit() in the verifier, that determines
implicit args by inspecting both a non-_impl BTF prototype of the
kfunc.

Update the special_kfunc_list in the verifier and relevant checks to
support both the old _impl and the new KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS variants of
btf_struct_meta users.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260120222638.3976562-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260327203241.3365046-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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The following kfuncs currently accept void *meta__ign argument:
  * bpf_obj_new_impl
  * bpf_obj_drop_impl
  * bpf_percpu_obj_new_impl
  * bpf_percpu_obj_drop_impl
  * bpf_refcount_acquire_impl
  * bpf_list_push_back_impl
  * bpf_list_push_front_impl
  * bpf_rbtree_add_impl

The __ign suffix is an indicator for the verifier to skip the argument
in check_kfunc_args(). Then, in fixup_kfunc_call() the verifier may
set the value of this argument to struct btf_struct_meta *
kptr_struct_meta from insn_aux_data.

BPF programs must pass a dummy NULL value when calling these kfuncs.

Additionally, the list and rbtree _impl kfuncs also accept an implicit
u64 argument, which doesn't require __ign suffix because it's a
scalar, and BPF programs explicitly pass 0.

Add new kfuncs with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS [1], that correspond to each
_impl kfunc accepting meta__ign. The existing _impl kfuncs remain
unchanged for backwards compatibility.

To support this, add "btf_struct_meta" to the list of recognized
implicit argument types in resolve_btfids.

Implement is_kfunc_arg_implicit() in the verifier, that determines
implicit args by inspecting both a non-_impl BTF prototype of the
kfunc.

Update the special_kfunc_list in the verifier and relevant checks to
support both the old _impl and the new KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS variants of
btf_struct_meta users.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260120222638.3976562-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai &lt;ihor.solodrai@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260327203241.3365046-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>s390: Introduce bpf_get_lowcore() kfunc</title>
<updated>2026-03-03T16:35:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ilya Leoshkevich</name>
<email>iii@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-17T16:05:08+00:00</published>
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Implementing BPF version of preempt_count() requires accessing lowcore
from BPF. Since lowcore can be relocated, open-coding
(struct lowcore *)0 does not work, so add a kfunc.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich &lt;iii@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260217160813.100855-2-iii@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Implementing BPF version of preempt_count() requires accessing lowcore
from BPF. Since lowcore can be relocated, open-coding
(struct lowcore *)0 does not work, so add a kfunc.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Leoshkevich &lt;iii@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260217160813.100855-2-iii@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>bpf: Remove task local storage percpu counter</title>
<updated>2026-02-06T22:29:09+00:00</updated>
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<name>Amery Hung</name>
<email>ameryhung@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2026-02-05T22:29:04+00:00</published>
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The percpu counter in task local storage is no longer needed as the
underlying bpf_local_storage can now handle deadlock with the help of
rqspinlock. Remove the percpu counter and related migrate_{disable,
enable}.

Since the percpu counter is removed, merge back bpf_task_storage_get()
and bpf_task_storage_get_recur(). This will allow the bpf syscalls and
helpers to run concurrently on the same CPU, removing the spurious
-EBUSY error. bpf_task_storage_get(..., F_CREATE) will now always
succeed with enough free memory unless being called recursively.

Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205222916.1788211-7-ameryhung@gmail.com
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The percpu counter in task local storage is no longer needed as the
underlying bpf_local_storage can now handle deadlock with the help of
rqspinlock. Remove the percpu counter and related migrate_{disable,
enable}.

Since the percpu counter is removed, merge back bpf_task_storage_get()
and bpf_task_storage_get_recur(). This will allow the bpf syscalls and
helpers to run concurrently on the same CPU, removing the spurious
-EBUSY error. bpf_task_storage_get(..., F_CREATE) will now always
succeed with enough free memory unless being called recursively.

Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau &lt;martin.lau@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205222916.1788211-7-ameryhung@gmail.com
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