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<title>Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2026-03-01T20:15:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-01T20:15:58+00:00</published>
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Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Improve the inlining of jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs(), for
  the common HZ=100, 250 or 1000 cases. Only use a function call for odd
  HZ values like HZ=300 that generate more code.

  The function call overhead showed up in performance tests of the TCP
  code"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  time/jiffies: Inline jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs()
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Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
 "Improve the inlining of jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs(), for
  the common HZ=100, 250 or 1000 cases. Only use a function call for odd
  HZ values like HZ=300 that generate more code.

  The function call overhead showed up in performance tests of the TCP
  code"

* tag 'timers-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  time/jiffies: Inline jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs()
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2026-03-01T19:09:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-01T19:09:24+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Fix zero_vruntime tracking when there's a single task running

 - Fix slice protection logic

 - Fix the -&gt;vprot logic for reniced tasks

 - Fix lag clamping in mixed slice workloads

 - Fix objtool uaccess warning (and bug) in the
   !CONFIG_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION case caused by unexpected un-inlining,
   which triggers with older compilers

 - Fix a comment in the rseq registration rseq_size bound check code

 - Fix a legacy RSEQ ABI quirk that handled 32-byte area sizes
   differently, which special size we now reached naturally and want to
   avoid. The visible ugliness of the new reserved field will be avoided
   the next time the RSEQ area is extended.

* tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  rseq: slice ext: Ensure rseq feature size differs from original rseq size
  rseq: Clarify rseq registration rseq_size bound check comment
  sched/core: Fix wakeup_preempt's next_class tracking
  rseq: Mark rseq_arm_slice_extension_timer() __always_inline
  sched/fair: Fix lag clamp
  sched/eevdf: Update se-&gt;vprot in reweight_entity()
  sched/fair: Only set slice protection at pick time
  sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Fix zero_vruntime tracking when there's a single task running

 - Fix slice protection logic

 - Fix the -&gt;vprot logic for reniced tasks

 - Fix lag clamping in mixed slice workloads

 - Fix objtool uaccess warning (and bug) in the
   !CONFIG_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION case caused by unexpected un-inlining,
   which triggers with older compilers

 - Fix a comment in the rseq registration rseq_size bound check code

 - Fix a legacy RSEQ ABI quirk that handled 32-byte area sizes
   differently, which special size we now reached naturally and want to
   avoid. The visible ugliness of the new reserved field will be avoided
   the next time the RSEQ area is extended.

* tag 'sched-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  rseq: slice ext: Ensure rseq feature size differs from original rseq size
  rseq: Clarify rseq registration rseq_size bound check comment
  sched/core: Fix wakeup_preempt's next_class tracking
  rseq: Mark rseq_arm_slice_extension_timer() __always_inline
  sched/fair: Fix lag clamp
  sched/eevdf: Update se-&gt;vprot in reweight_entity()
  sched/fair: Only set slice protection at pick time
  sched/fair: Fix zero_vruntime tracking
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'perf-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2026-03-01T19:07:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-01T19:07:20+00:00</published>
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Pull perf events fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Fix lock ordering bug found by lockdep in perf_event_wakeup()

 - Fix uncore counter enumeration on Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest

 - Fix perf_mmap() refcount bug found by Syzkaller

 - Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race

* tag 'perf-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race
  perf/core: Fix refcount bug and potential UAF in perf_mmap
  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add per-scheduler IMC CAS count events
  perf/core: Fix invalid wait context in ctx_sched_in()
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Pull perf events fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Fix lock ordering bug found by lockdep in perf_event_wakeup()

 - Fix uncore counter enumeration on Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest

 - Fix perf_mmap() refcount bug found by Syzkaller

 - Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race

* tag 'perf-urgent-2026-03-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race
  perf/core: Fix refcount bug and potential UAF in perf_mmap
  perf/x86/intel/uncore: Add per-scheduler IMC CAS count events
  perf/core: Fix invalid wait context in ctx_sched_in()
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf</title>
<updated>2026-03-01T03:54:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-01T03:54:28+00:00</published>
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:

 - Fix alignment of arm64 JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing (Fuad
   Tabba)

 - Fix invariant violation for single value tnums in the verifier
   (Harishankar Vishwanathan, Paul Chaignon)

 - Fix a bunch of issues found by ASAN in selftests/bpf (Ihor Solodrai)

 - Fix race in devmpa and cpumap on PREEMPT_RT (Jiayuan Chen)

 - Fix show_fdinfo of kprobe_multi when cookies are not present (Jiri
   Olsa)

 - Fix race in freeing special fields in BPF maps to prevent memory
   leaks (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi)

 - Fix OOB read in dmabuf_collector (T.J. Mercier)

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: (36 commits)
  selftests/bpf: Avoid simplification of crafted bounds test
  selftests/bpf: Test refinement of single-value tnum
  bpf: Improve bounds when tnum has a single possible value
  bpf: Introduce tnum_step to step through tnum's members
  bpf: Fix race in devmap on PREEMPT_RT
  bpf: Fix race in cpumap on PREEMPT_RT
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for special fields races
  bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() from local storage
  bpf: Delay freeing fields in local storage
  bpf: Lose const-ness of map in map_check_btf()
  bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields
  selftests/bpf: Fix OOB read in dmabuf_collector
  selftests/bpf: Fix a memory leak in xdp_flowtable test
  bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap
  bpf: Fix kprobe_multi cookies access in show_fdinfo callback
  bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing
  selftests/bpf: Don't override SIGSEGV handler with ASAN
  selftests/bpf: Check BPFTOOL env var in detect_bpftool_path()
  selftests/bpf: Fix out-of-bounds array access bugs reported by ASAN
  selftests/bpf: Fix array bounds warning in jit_disasm_helpers
  ...
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Pull bpf fixes from Alexei Starovoitov:

 - Fix alignment of arm64 JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing (Fuad
   Tabba)

 - Fix invariant violation for single value tnums in the verifier
   (Harishankar Vishwanathan, Paul Chaignon)

 - Fix a bunch of issues found by ASAN in selftests/bpf (Ihor Solodrai)

 - Fix race in devmpa and cpumap on PREEMPT_RT (Jiayuan Chen)

 - Fix show_fdinfo of kprobe_multi when cookies are not present (Jiri
   Olsa)

 - Fix race in freeing special fields in BPF maps to prevent memory
   leaks (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi)

 - Fix OOB read in dmabuf_collector (T.J. Mercier)

* tag 'bpf-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf: (36 commits)
  selftests/bpf: Avoid simplification of crafted bounds test
  selftests/bpf: Test refinement of single-value tnum
  bpf: Improve bounds when tnum has a single possible value
  bpf: Introduce tnum_step to step through tnum's members
  bpf: Fix race in devmap on PREEMPT_RT
  bpf: Fix race in cpumap on PREEMPT_RT
  selftests/bpf: Add tests for special fields races
  bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() from local storage
  bpf: Delay freeing fields in local storage
  bpf: Lose const-ness of map in map_check_btf()
  bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields
  selftests/bpf: Fix OOB read in dmabuf_collector
  selftests/bpf: Fix a memory leak in xdp_flowtable test
  bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap
  bpf: Fix kprobe_multi cookies access in show_fdinfo callback
  bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing
  selftests/bpf: Don't override SIGSEGV handler with ASAN
  selftests/bpf: Check BPFTOOL env var in detect_bpftool_path()
  selftests/bpf: Fix out-of-bounds array access bugs reported by ASAN
  selftests/bpf: Fix array bounds warning in jit_disasm_helpers
  ...
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Improve bounds when tnum has a single possible value</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T00:11:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Chaignon</name>
<email>paul.chaignon@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T21:35:02+00:00</published>
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We're hitting an invariant violation in Cilium that sometimes leads to
BPF programs being rejected and Cilium failing to start [1]. The
following extract from verifier logs shows what's happening:

  from 201 to 236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0
  236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0
  ; if (magic == MARK_MAGIC_HOST || magic == MARK_MAGIC_OVERLAY || magic == MARK_MAGIC_ENCRYPT) @ bpf_host.c:1337
  236: (16) if w9 == 0xe00 goto pc+45   ; R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3585,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100))
  237: (16) if w9 == 0xf00 goto pc+1
  verifier bug: REG INVARIANTS VIOLATION (false_reg1): range bounds violation u64=[0xe01, 0xe00] s64=[0xe01, 0xe00] u32=[0xe01, 0xe00] s32=[0xe01, 0xe00] var_off=(0xe00, 0x0)

We reach instruction 236 with two possible values for R9, 0xe00 and
0xf00. This is perfectly reflected in the tnum, but of course the ranges
are less accurate and cover [0xe00; 0xf00]. Taking the fallthrough path
at instruction 236 allows the verifier to reduce the range to
[0xe01; 0xf00]. The tnum is however not updated.

With these ranges, at instruction 237, the verifier is not able to
deduce that R9 is always equal to 0xf00. Hence the fallthrough pass is
explored first, the verifier refines the bounds using the assumption
that R9 != 0xf00, and ends up with an invariant violation.

This pattern of impossible branch + bounds refinement is common to all
invariant violations seen so far. The long-term solution is likely to
rely on the refinement + invariant violation check to detect dead
branches, as started by Eduard. To fix the current issue, we need
something with less refactoring that we can backport.

This patch uses the tnum_step helper introduced in the previous patch to
detect the above situation. In particular, three cases are now detected
in the bounds refinement:

1. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in umin.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: --xx----------x-

2. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in the maximum value
   represented by the tnum, called tmax.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: xx-----x--------

3. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in between umin (excluded)
   and umax.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: xx----x-------x-

To detect these three cases, we call tnum_step(tnum, umin), which
returns the smallest member of the tnum greater than umin, called
tnum_next here. We're in case (1) if umin is part of the tnum and
tnum_next is greater than umax. We're in case (2) if umin is not part of
the tnum and tnum_next is equal to tmax. Finally, we're in case (3) if
umin is not part of the tnum, tnum_next is inferior or equal to umax,
and calling tnum_step a second time gives us a value past umax.

This change implements these three cases. With it, the above bytecode
looks as follows:

  0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7    ; R0=scalar()
  1: (47) r0 |= 3584                    ; R0=scalar(smin=0x8000000000000e00,umin=umin32=3584,smin32=0x80000e00,var_off=(0xe00; 0xfffffffffffff1ff))
  2: (57) r0 &amp;= 3840                    ; R0=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100))
  3: (15) if r0 == 0xe00 goto pc+2      ; R0=3840
  4: (15) if r0 == 0xf00 goto pc+1
  4: R0=3840
  6: (95) exit

In addition to the new selftests, this change was also verified with
Agni [3]. For the record, the raw SMT is available at [4]. The property
it verifies is that: If a concrete value x is contained in all input
abstract values, after __update_reg_bounds, it will continue to be
contained in all output abstract values.

Link: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/44216 [1]
Link: https://pchaigno.github.io/test-verifier-complexity.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/bpfverif/agni [3]
Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/naCfaqNx [4]
Fixes: 0df1a55afa83 ("bpf: Warn on internal verifier errors")
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marco Schirrmeister &lt;mschirrmeister@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ef254c4f68be19bd393d450188946821c588565d.1772225741.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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We're hitting an invariant violation in Cilium that sometimes leads to
BPF programs being rejected and Cilium failing to start [1]. The
following extract from verifier logs shows what's happening:

  from 201 to 236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0
  236: R1=0 R6=ctx() R7=1 R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100)) R10=fp0
  ; if (magic == MARK_MAGIC_HOST || magic == MARK_MAGIC_OVERLAY || magic == MARK_MAGIC_ENCRYPT) @ bpf_host.c:1337
  236: (16) if w9 == 0xe00 goto pc+45   ; R9=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3585,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100))
  237: (16) if w9 == 0xf00 goto pc+1
  verifier bug: REG INVARIANTS VIOLATION (false_reg1): range bounds violation u64=[0xe01, 0xe00] s64=[0xe01, 0xe00] u32=[0xe01, 0xe00] s32=[0xe01, 0xe00] var_off=(0xe00, 0x0)

We reach instruction 236 with two possible values for R9, 0xe00 and
0xf00. This is perfectly reflected in the tnum, but of course the ranges
are less accurate and cover [0xe00; 0xf00]. Taking the fallthrough path
at instruction 236 allows the verifier to reduce the range to
[0xe01; 0xf00]. The tnum is however not updated.

With these ranges, at instruction 237, the verifier is not able to
deduce that R9 is always equal to 0xf00. Hence the fallthrough pass is
explored first, the verifier refines the bounds using the assumption
that R9 != 0xf00, and ends up with an invariant violation.

This pattern of impossible branch + bounds refinement is common to all
invariant violations seen so far. The long-term solution is likely to
rely on the refinement + invariant violation check to detect dead
branches, as started by Eduard. To fix the current issue, we need
something with less refactoring that we can backport.

This patch uses the tnum_step helper introduced in the previous patch to
detect the above situation. In particular, three cases are now detected
in the bounds refinement:

1. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in umin.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: --xx----------x-

2. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in the maximum value
   represented by the tnum, called tmax.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: xx-----x--------

3. The u64 range and the tnum only overlap in between umin (excluded)
   and umax.
   u64:  ---[xxxxxx]-----
   tnum: xx----x-------x-

To detect these three cases, we call tnum_step(tnum, umin), which
returns the smallest member of the tnum greater than umin, called
tnum_next here. We're in case (1) if umin is part of the tnum and
tnum_next is greater than umax. We're in case (2) if umin is not part of
the tnum and tnum_next is equal to tmax. Finally, we're in case (3) if
umin is not part of the tnum, tnum_next is inferior or equal to umax,
and calling tnum_step a second time gives us a value past umax.

This change implements these three cases. With it, the above bytecode
looks as follows:

  0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7    ; R0=scalar()
  1: (47) r0 |= 3584                    ; R0=scalar(smin=0x8000000000000e00,umin=umin32=3584,smin32=0x80000e00,var_off=(0xe00; 0xfffffffffffff1ff))
  2: (57) r0 &amp;= 3840                    ; R0=scalar(smin=umin=smin32=umin32=3584,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=3840,var_off=(0xe00; 0x100))
  3: (15) if r0 == 0xe00 goto pc+2      ; R0=3840
  4: (15) if r0 == 0xf00 goto pc+1
  4: R0=3840
  6: (95) exit

In addition to the new selftests, this change was also verified with
Agni [3]. For the record, the raw SMT is available at [4]. The property
it verifies is that: If a concrete value x is contained in all input
abstract values, after __update_reg_bounds, it will continue to be
contained in all output abstract values.

Link: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/issues/44216 [1]
Link: https://pchaigno.github.io/test-verifier-complexity.html [2]
Link: https://github.com/bpfverif/agni [3]
Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/naCfaqNx [4]
Fixes: 0df1a55afa83 ("bpf: Warn on internal verifier errors")
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marco Schirrmeister &lt;mschirrmeister@gmail.com&gt;
Co-developed-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon &lt;paul.chaignon@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ef254c4f68be19bd393d450188946821c588565d.1772225741.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Introduce tnum_step to step through tnum's members</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T00:11:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Harishankar Vishwanathan</name>
<email>harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T21:32:21+00:00</published>
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This commit introduces tnum_step(), a function that, when given t, and a
number z returns the smallest member of t larger than z. The number z
must be greater or equal to the smallest member of t and less than the
largest member of t.

The first step is to compute j, a number that keeps all of t's known
bits, and matches all unknown bits to z's bits. Since j is a member of
the t, it is already a candidate for result. However, we want our result
to be (minimally) greater than z.

There are only two possible cases:

(1) Case j &lt;= z. In this case, we want to increase the value of j and
make it &gt; z.
(2) Case j &gt; z. In this case, we want to decrease the value of j while
keeping it &gt; z.

(Case 1) j &lt;= z

t = xx11x0x0
z = 10111101 (189)
j = 10111000 (184)
         ^
         k

(Case 1.1) Let's first consider the case where j &lt; z. We will address j
== z later.

Since z &gt; j, there had to be a bit position that was 1 in z and a 0 in
j, beyond which all positions of higher significance are equal in j and
z. Further, this position could not have been unknown in a, because the
unknown positions of a match z. This position had to be a 1 in z and
known 0 in t.

Let k be position of the most significant 1-to-0 flip. In our example, k
= 3 (starting the count at 1 at the least significant bit).  Setting (to
1) the unknown bits of t in positions of significance smaller than
k will not produce a result &gt; z. Hence, we must set/unset the unknown
bits at positions of significance higher than k. Specifically, we look
for the next larger combination of 1s and 0s to place in those
positions, relative to the combination that exists in z. We can achieve
this by concatenating bits at unknown positions of t into an integer,
adding 1, and writing the bits of that result back into the
corresponding bit positions previously extracted from z.

&gt;From our example, considering only positions of significance greater
than k:

t =  xx..x
z =  10..1
    +    1
     -----
     11..0

This is the exact combination 1s and 0s we need at the unknown bits of t
in positions of significance greater than k. Further, our result must
only increase the value minimally above z. Hence, unknown bits in
positions of significance smaller than k should remain 0. We finally
have,

result = 11110000 (240)

(Case 1.2) Now consider the case when j = z, for example

t = 1x1x0xxx
z = 10110100 (180)
j = 10110100 (180)

Matching the unknown bits of the t to the bits of z yielded exactly z.
To produce a number greater than z, we must set/unset the unknown bits
in t, and *all* the unknown bits of t candidates for being set/unset. We
can do this similar to Case 1.1, by adding 1 to the bits extracted from
the masked bit positions of z. Essentially, this case is equivalent to
Case 1.1, with k = 0.

t =  1x1x0xxx
z =  .0.1.100
    +       1
    ---------
     .0.1.101

This is the exact combination of bits needed in the unknown positions of
t. After recalling the known positions of t, we get

result = 10110101 (181)

(Case 2) j &gt; z

t = x00010x1
z = 10000010 (130)
j = 10001011 (139)
	^
	k

Since j &gt; z, there had to be a bit position which was 0 in z, and a 1 in
j, beyond which all positions of higher significance are equal in j and
z. This position had to be a 0 in z and known 1 in t. Let k be the
position of the most significant 0-to-1 flip. In our example, k = 4.

Because of the 0-to-1 flip at position k, a member of t can become
greater than z if the bits in positions greater than k are themselves &gt;=
to z. To make that member *minimally* greater than z, the bits in
positions greater than k must be exactly = z. Hence, we simply match all
of t's unknown bits in positions more significant than k to z's bits. In
positions less significant than k, we set all t's unknown bits to 0
to retain minimality.

In our example, in positions of greater significance than k (=4),
t=x000. These positions are matched with z (1000) to produce 1000. In
positions of lower significance than k, t=10x1. All unknown bits are set
to 0 to produce 1001. The final result is:

result = 10001001 (137)

This concludes the computation for a result &gt; z that is a member of t.

The procedure for tnum_step() in this commit implements the idea
described above. As a proof of correctness, we verified the algorithm
against a logical specification of tnum_step. The specification asserts
the following about the inputs t, z and output res that:

1. res is a member of t, and
2. res is strictly greater than z, and
3. there does not exist another value res2 such that
	3a. res2 is also a member of t, and
	3b. res2 is greater than z
	3c. res2 is smaller than res

We checked the implementation against this logical specification using
an SMT solver. The verification formula in SMTLIB format is available
at [1]. The verification returned an "unsat": indicating that no input
assignment exists for which the implementation and the specification
produce different outputs.

In addition, we also automatically generated the logical encoding of the
C implementation using Agni [2] and verified it against the same
specification. This verification also returned an "unsat", confirming
that the implementation is equivalent to the specification. The formula
for this check is also available at [3].

Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/2eRWbiit [1]
Link: https://github.com/bpfverif/agni [2]
Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/EztVbBJ2 [3]
Co-developed-by: Srinivas Narayana &lt;srinivas.narayana@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Narayana &lt;srinivas.narayana@rutgers.edu&gt;
Co-developed-by: Santosh Nagarakatte &lt;santosh.nagarakatte@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Santosh Nagarakatte &lt;santosh.nagarakatte@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/93fdf71910411c0f19e282ba6d03b4c65f9c5d73.1772225741.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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This commit introduces tnum_step(), a function that, when given t, and a
number z returns the smallest member of t larger than z. The number z
must be greater or equal to the smallest member of t and less than the
largest member of t.

The first step is to compute j, a number that keeps all of t's known
bits, and matches all unknown bits to z's bits. Since j is a member of
the t, it is already a candidate for result. However, we want our result
to be (minimally) greater than z.

There are only two possible cases:

(1) Case j &lt;= z. In this case, we want to increase the value of j and
make it &gt; z.
(2) Case j &gt; z. In this case, we want to decrease the value of j while
keeping it &gt; z.

(Case 1) j &lt;= z

t = xx11x0x0
z = 10111101 (189)
j = 10111000 (184)
         ^
         k

(Case 1.1) Let's first consider the case where j &lt; z. We will address j
== z later.

Since z &gt; j, there had to be a bit position that was 1 in z and a 0 in
j, beyond which all positions of higher significance are equal in j and
z. Further, this position could not have been unknown in a, because the
unknown positions of a match z. This position had to be a 1 in z and
known 0 in t.

Let k be position of the most significant 1-to-0 flip. In our example, k
= 3 (starting the count at 1 at the least significant bit).  Setting (to
1) the unknown bits of t in positions of significance smaller than
k will not produce a result &gt; z. Hence, we must set/unset the unknown
bits at positions of significance higher than k. Specifically, we look
for the next larger combination of 1s and 0s to place in those
positions, relative to the combination that exists in z. We can achieve
this by concatenating bits at unknown positions of t into an integer,
adding 1, and writing the bits of that result back into the
corresponding bit positions previously extracted from z.

&gt;From our example, considering only positions of significance greater
than k:

t =  xx..x
z =  10..1
    +    1
     -----
     11..0

This is the exact combination 1s and 0s we need at the unknown bits of t
in positions of significance greater than k. Further, our result must
only increase the value minimally above z. Hence, unknown bits in
positions of significance smaller than k should remain 0. We finally
have,

result = 11110000 (240)

(Case 1.2) Now consider the case when j = z, for example

t = 1x1x0xxx
z = 10110100 (180)
j = 10110100 (180)

Matching the unknown bits of the t to the bits of z yielded exactly z.
To produce a number greater than z, we must set/unset the unknown bits
in t, and *all* the unknown bits of t candidates for being set/unset. We
can do this similar to Case 1.1, by adding 1 to the bits extracted from
the masked bit positions of z. Essentially, this case is equivalent to
Case 1.1, with k = 0.

t =  1x1x0xxx
z =  .0.1.100
    +       1
    ---------
     .0.1.101

This is the exact combination of bits needed in the unknown positions of
t. After recalling the known positions of t, we get

result = 10110101 (181)

(Case 2) j &gt; z

t = x00010x1
z = 10000010 (130)
j = 10001011 (139)
	^
	k

Since j &gt; z, there had to be a bit position which was 0 in z, and a 1 in
j, beyond which all positions of higher significance are equal in j and
z. This position had to be a 0 in z and known 1 in t. Let k be the
position of the most significant 0-to-1 flip. In our example, k = 4.

Because of the 0-to-1 flip at position k, a member of t can become
greater than z if the bits in positions greater than k are themselves &gt;=
to z. To make that member *minimally* greater than z, the bits in
positions greater than k must be exactly = z. Hence, we simply match all
of t's unknown bits in positions more significant than k to z's bits. In
positions less significant than k, we set all t's unknown bits to 0
to retain minimality.

In our example, in positions of greater significance than k (=4),
t=x000. These positions are matched with z (1000) to produce 1000. In
positions of lower significance than k, t=10x1. All unknown bits are set
to 0 to produce 1001. The final result is:

result = 10001001 (137)

This concludes the computation for a result &gt; z that is a member of t.

The procedure for tnum_step() in this commit implements the idea
described above. As a proof of correctness, we verified the algorithm
against a logical specification of tnum_step. The specification asserts
the following about the inputs t, z and output res that:

1. res is a member of t, and
2. res is strictly greater than z, and
3. there does not exist another value res2 such that
	3a. res2 is also a member of t, and
	3b. res2 is greater than z
	3c. res2 is smaller than res

We checked the implementation against this logical specification using
an SMT solver. The verification formula in SMTLIB format is available
at [1]. The verification returned an "unsat": indicating that no input
assignment exists for which the implementation and the specification
produce different outputs.

In addition, we also automatically generated the logical encoding of the
C implementation using Agni [2] and verified it against the same
specification. This verification also returned an "unsat", confirming
that the implementation is equivalent to the specification. The formula
for this check is also available at [3].

Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/2eRWbiit [1]
Link: https://github.com/bpfverif/agni [2]
Link: https://pastebin.com/raw/EztVbBJ2 [3]
Co-developed-by: Srinivas Narayana &lt;srinivas.narayana@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Narayana &lt;srinivas.narayana@rutgers.edu&gt;
Co-developed-by: Santosh Nagarakatte &lt;santosh.nagarakatte@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Santosh Nagarakatte &lt;santosh.nagarakatte@rutgers.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Harishankar Vishwanathan &lt;harishankar.vishwanathan@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/93fdf71910411c0f19e282ba6d03b4c65f9c5d73.1772225741.git.paul.chaignon@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix race in devmap on PREEMPT_RT</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T00:08:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiayuan Chen</name>
<email>jiayuan.chen@shopee.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-25T12:14:56+00:00</published>
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On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_dev_bulk_queue (bq) can be
accessed concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush() run atomically
with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on
local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT,
local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when
PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during
bq_xmit_all(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter
bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

1. Double-free / use-after-free on bq-&gt;q[]: bq_xmit_all() snapshots
   cnt = bq-&gt;count, then iterates bq-&gt;q[0..cnt-1] to transmit frames.
   If preempted after the snapshot, a second task can call bq_enqueue()
   -&gt; bq_xmit_all() on the same bq, transmitting (and freeing) the
   same frames. When the first task resumes, it operates on stale
   pointers in bq-&gt;q[], causing use-after-free.

2. bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] corruption: concurrent bq_enqueue() modifying
   bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] while bq_xmit_all() is reading them.

3. dev_rx/xdp_prog teardown race: __dev_flush() clears bq-&gt;dev_rx and
   bq-&gt;xdp_prog after bq_xmit_all(). If preempted between
   bq_xmit_all() return and bq-&gt;dev_rx = NULL, a preempting
   bq_enqueue() sees dev_rx still set (non-NULL), skips adding bq to
   the flush_list, and enqueues a frame. When __dev_flush() resumes,
   it clears dev_rx and removes bq from the flush_list, orphaning the
   newly enqueued frame.

4. __list_del_clearprev() on flush_node: similar to the cpumap race,
   both tasks can call __list_del_clearprev() on the same flush_node,
   the second dereferences the prev pointer already set to NULL.

The race between task A (__dev_flush -&gt; bq_xmit_all) and task B
(bq_enqueue -&gt; bq_xmit_all) on the same CPU:

  Task A (xdp_do_flush)          Task B (ndo_xdp_xmit redirect)
  ----------------------         --------------------------------
  __dev_flush(flush_list)
    bq_xmit_all(bq)
      cnt = bq-&gt;count  /* e.g. 16 */
      /* start iterating bq-&gt;q[] */
    &lt;-- CFS preempts Task A --&gt;
                                   bq_enqueue(dev, xdpf)
                                     bq-&gt;count == DEV_MAP_BULK_SIZE
                                     bq_xmit_all(bq, 0)
                                       cnt = bq-&gt;count  /* same 16! */
                                       ndo_xdp_xmit(bq-&gt;q[])
                                       /* frames freed by driver */
                                       bq-&gt;count = 0
    &lt;-- Task A resumes --&gt;
      ndo_xdp_xmit(bq-&gt;q[])
      /* use-after-free: frames already freed! */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_dev_bulk_queue and acquiring
it in bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush(). These paths already run under
local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is
a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a
per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

Fixes: 3253cb49cbad ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225121459.183121-3-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_dev_bulk_queue (bq) can be
accessed concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush() run atomically
with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on
local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT,
local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when
PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during
bq_xmit_all(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter
bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

1. Double-free / use-after-free on bq-&gt;q[]: bq_xmit_all() snapshots
   cnt = bq-&gt;count, then iterates bq-&gt;q[0..cnt-1] to transmit frames.
   If preempted after the snapshot, a second task can call bq_enqueue()
   -&gt; bq_xmit_all() on the same bq, transmitting (and freeing) the
   same frames. When the first task resumes, it operates on stale
   pointers in bq-&gt;q[], causing use-after-free.

2. bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] corruption: concurrent bq_enqueue() modifying
   bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] while bq_xmit_all() is reading them.

3. dev_rx/xdp_prog teardown race: __dev_flush() clears bq-&gt;dev_rx and
   bq-&gt;xdp_prog after bq_xmit_all(). If preempted between
   bq_xmit_all() return and bq-&gt;dev_rx = NULL, a preempting
   bq_enqueue() sees dev_rx still set (non-NULL), skips adding bq to
   the flush_list, and enqueues a frame. When __dev_flush() resumes,
   it clears dev_rx and removes bq from the flush_list, orphaning the
   newly enqueued frame.

4. __list_del_clearprev() on flush_node: similar to the cpumap race,
   both tasks can call __list_del_clearprev() on the same flush_node,
   the second dereferences the prev pointer already set to NULL.

The race between task A (__dev_flush -&gt; bq_xmit_all) and task B
(bq_enqueue -&gt; bq_xmit_all) on the same CPU:

  Task A (xdp_do_flush)          Task B (ndo_xdp_xmit redirect)
  ----------------------         --------------------------------
  __dev_flush(flush_list)
    bq_xmit_all(bq)
      cnt = bq-&gt;count  /* e.g. 16 */
      /* start iterating bq-&gt;q[] */
    &lt;-- CFS preempts Task A --&gt;
                                   bq_enqueue(dev, xdpf)
                                     bq-&gt;count == DEV_MAP_BULK_SIZE
                                     bq_xmit_all(bq, 0)
                                       cnt = bq-&gt;count  /* same 16! */
                                       ndo_xdp_xmit(bq-&gt;q[])
                                       /* frames freed by driver */
                                       bq-&gt;count = 0
    &lt;-- Task A resumes --&gt;
      ndo_xdp_xmit(bq-&gt;q[])
      /* use-after-free: frames already freed! */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_dev_bulk_queue and acquiring
it in bq_enqueue() and __dev_flush(). These paths already run under
local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is
a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a
per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

Fixes: 3253cb49cbad ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225121459.183121-3-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix race in cpumap on PREEMPT_RT</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T00:07:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiayuan Chen</name>
<email>jiayuan.chen@shopee.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-25T12:14:55+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=869c63d5975d55e97f6b168e885452b3da20ea47'/>
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On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_bulk_queue (bq) can be accessed
concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush() run
atomically with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on
local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT,
local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when
PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during
bq_flush_to_queue(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter
bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

1. Double __list_del_clearprev(): after bq-&gt;count is reset in
   bq_flush_to_queue(), a preempting task can call bq_enqueue() -&gt;
   bq_flush_to_queue() on the same bq when bq-&gt;count reaches
   CPU_MAP_BULK_SIZE. Both tasks then call __list_del_clearprev()
   on the same bq-&gt;flush_node, the second call dereferences the
   prev pointer that was already set to NULL by the first.

2. bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] races: concurrent bq_enqueue() can corrupt
   the packet queue while bq_flush_to_queue() is processing it.

The race between task A (__cpu_map_flush -&gt; bq_flush_to_queue) and
task B (bq_enqueue -&gt; bq_flush_to_queue) on the same CPU:

  Task A (xdp_do_flush)          Task B (cpu_map_enqueue)
  ----------------------         ------------------------
  bq_flush_to_queue(bq)
    spin_lock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
    /* flush bq-&gt;q[] to ptr_ring */
    bq-&gt;count = 0
    spin_unlock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                   bq_enqueue(rcpu, xdpf)
    &lt;-- CFS preempts Task A --&gt;      bq-&gt;q[bq-&gt;count++] = xdpf
                                     /* ... more enqueues until full ... */
                                     bq_flush_to_queue(bq)
                                       spin_lock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                       /* flush to ptr_ring */
                                       spin_unlock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                       __list_del_clearprev(flush_node)
                                         /* sets flush_node.prev = NULL */
    &lt;-- Task A resumes --&gt;
    __list_del_clearprev(flush_node)
      flush_node.prev-&gt;next = ...
      /* prev is NULL -&gt; kernel oops */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_bulk_queue and acquiring it
in bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush(). These paths already run under
local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is
a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a
per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

To reproduce, insert an mdelay(100) between bq-&gt;count = 0 and
__list_del_clearprev() in bq_flush_to_queue(), then run reproducer
provided by syzkaller.

Fixes: 3253cb49cbad ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+2b3391f44313b3983e91@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/69369331.a70a0220.38f243.009d.GAE@google.com/T/
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225121459.183121-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_bulk_queue (bq) can be accessed
concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush() run
atomically with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on
local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT,
local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when
PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable
preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during
bq_flush_to_queue(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter
bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

1. Double __list_del_clearprev(): after bq-&gt;count is reset in
   bq_flush_to_queue(), a preempting task can call bq_enqueue() -&gt;
   bq_flush_to_queue() on the same bq when bq-&gt;count reaches
   CPU_MAP_BULK_SIZE. Both tasks then call __list_del_clearprev()
   on the same bq-&gt;flush_node, the second call dereferences the
   prev pointer that was already set to NULL by the first.

2. bq-&gt;count and bq-&gt;q[] races: concurrent bq_enqueue() can corrupt
   the packet queue while bq_flush_to_queue() is processing it.

The race between task A (__cpu_map_flush -&gt; bq_flush_to_queue) and
task B (bq_enqueue -&gt; bq_flush_to_queue) on the same CPU:

  Task A (xdp_do_flush)          Task B (cpu_map_enqueue)
  ----------------------         ------------------------
  bq_flush_to_queue(bq)
    spin_lock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
    /* flush bq-&gt;q[] to ptr_ring */
    bq-&gt;count = 0
    spin_unlock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                   bq_enqueue(rcpu, xdpf)
    &lt;-- CFS preempts Task A --&gt;      bq-&gt;q[bq-&gt;count++] = xdpf
                                     /* ... more enqueues until full ... */
                                     bq_flush_to_queue(bq)
                                       spin_lock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                       /* flush to ptr_ring */
                                       spin_unlock(&amp;q-&gt;producer_lock)
                                       __list_del_clearprev(flush_node)
                                         /* sets flush_node.prev = NULL */
    &lt;-- Task A resumes --&gt;
    __list_del_clearprev(flush_node)
      flush_node.prev-&gt;next = ...
      /* prev is NULL -&gt; kernel oops */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_bulk_queue and acquiring it
in bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush(). These paths already run under
local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is
a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a
per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

To reproduce, insert an mdelay(100) between bq-&gt;count = 0 and
__list_del_clearprev() in bq_flush_to_queue(), then run reproducer
provided by syzkaller.

Fixes: 3253cb49cbad ("softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT")
Reported-by: syzbot+2b3391f44313b3983e91@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/69369331.a70a0220.38f243.009d.GAE@google.com/T/
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225121459.183121-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Retire rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() from local storage</title>
<updated>2026-02-27T23:39:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T22:48:04+00:00</published>
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This assumption will always hold going forward, hence just remove the
various checks and assume it is true with a comment for the uninformed
reader.

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-5-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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This assumption will always hold going forward, hence just remove the
various checks and assume it is true with a comment for the uninformed
reader.

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-5-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Delay freeing fields in local storage</title>
<updated>2026-02-27T23:39:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi</name>
<email>memxor@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-27T22:48:03+00:00</published>
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Currently, when use_kmalloc_nolock is false, the freeing of fields for a
local storage selem is done eagerly before waiting for the RCU or RCU
tasks trace grace period to elapse. This opens up a window where the
program which has access to the selem can recreate the fields after the
freeing of fields is done eagerly, causing memory leaks when the element
is finally freed and returned to the kernel.

Make a few changes to address this. First, delay the freeing of fields
until after the grace periods have expired using a __bpf_selem_free_rcu
wrapper which is eventually invoked after transitioning through the
necessary number of grace period waits. Replace usage of the kfree_rcu
with call_rcu to be able to take a custom callback. Finally, care needs
to be taken to extend the rcu barriers for all cases, and not just when
use_kmalloc_nolock is true, as RCU and RCU tasks trace callbacks can be
in flight for either case and access the smap field, which is used to
obtain the BTF record to walk over special fields in the map value.

While we're at it, drop migrate_disable() from bpf_selem_free_rcu, since
migration should be disabled for RCU callbacks already.

Fixes: 9bac675e6368 ("bpf: Postpone bpf_obj_free_fields to the rcu callback")
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-4-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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Currently, when use_kmalloc_nolock is false, the freeing of fields for a
local storage selem is done eagerly before waiting for the RCU or RCU
tasks trace grace period to elapse. This opens up a window where the
program which has access to the selem can recreate the fields after the
freeing of fields is done eagerly, causing memory leaks when the element
is finally freed and returned to the kernel.

Make a few changes to address this. First, delay the freeing of fields
until after the grace periods have expired using a __bpf_selem_free_rcu
wrapper which is eventually invoked after transitioning through the
necessary number of grace period waits. Replace usage of the kfree_rcu
with call_rcu to be able to take a custom callback. Finally, care needs
to be taken to extend the rcu barriers for all cases, and not just when
use_kmalloc_nolock is true, as RCU and RCU tasks trace callbacks can be
in flight for either case and access the smap field, which is used to
obtain the BTF record to walk over special fields in the map value.

While we're at it, drop migrate_disable() from bpf_selem_free_rcu, since
migration should be disabled for RCU callbacks already.

Fixes: 9bac675e6368 ("bpf: Postpone bpf_obj_free_fields to the rcu callback")
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung &lt;ameryhung@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260227224806.646888-4-memxor@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;

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