Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 2 authors, 2026-01-26

Re: [RFC PATCH bpf-next v4 08/12] mm: memcontrol: Add BPF struct_ops for memory controller

From: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org
Date: 2026-01-26 09:30:26
Also in: bpf, cgroups, linux-kselftest, linux-mm, lkml

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diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index f3b8c71870d8..1083be5d0362 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
[ ... ]
+#else /* CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL */
+
+static inline unsigned long
+bpf_memcg_get_high_delay(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { return 0; }
+static inline bpf_memcg_below_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { return false; }
+static inline bpf_memcg_below_min(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { return false; }
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

These two stubs are missing the bool return type. This will cause a
compilation error when CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL is not set. Should these be:

  static inline bool bpf_memcg_below_low(...)
  static inline bool bpf_memcg_below_min(...)
+static inline void memcontrol_bpf_online(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { }
+static inline void memcontrol_bpf_offline(struct mem_cgroup *memcg) { }
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL */
[ ... ]
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diff --git a/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c b/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
index 716df49d7647..20c5c3552ce3 100644
--- a/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
[ ... ]
+static int bpf_memcg_ops_reg(void *kdata, struct bpf_link *link)
+{
+	struct bpf_struct_ops_link *ops_link
+		= container_of(link, struct bpf_struct_ops_link, link);
+	struct memcg_bpf_ops *ops = kdata;
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg, *iter = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	memcg = mem_cgroup_get_from_ino(ops_link->cgroup_id);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(memcg))
+		return PTR_ERR(memcg);
+
+	cgroup_lock();
+	while ((iter = mem_cgroup_iter(memcg, iter, NULL))) {
+		if (READ_ONCE(iter->bpf_ops)) {
+			mem_cgroup_iter_break(memcg, iter);
+			err = -EBUSY;
+			break;
+		}
+		WRITE_ONCE(iter->bpf_ops, ops);
+	}
+	if (err)
+		clean_memcg_bpf_ops(memcg, NULL);
                                      ^^^^

When registration fails because a descendant cgroup already has a BPF
program attached, this calls clean_memcg_bpf_ops() with NULL. Looking at
clean_memcg_bpf_ops():

  while ((iter = mem_cgroup_iter(memcg, iter, NULL))) {
      if (ops) {
          if (!WARN_ON(READ_ONCE(iter->bpf_ops) != ops))
              WRITE_ONCE(iter->bpf_ops, NULL);
      } else
          WRITE_ONCE(iter->bpf_ops, NULL);   // unconditional clear
  }

With ops=NULL, this will unconditionally clear bpf_ops for all
descendants in the hierarchy, including the cgroup that already had a
different BPF program attached (which caused the -EBUSY error). This
would incorrectly detach that existing program.

Should this be clean_memcg_bpf_ops(memcg, ops) instead, so it only clears
the ops that were written during this failed registration attempt?

Note: This issue appears to be addressed in the subsequent commit
5f3bb9a8c33f ("mm/bpf: Add BPF_F_ALLOW_OVERRIDE support for
memcg_bpf_ops") which completely rewrites the registration logic.
+	cgroup_unlock();
+
+	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
+	return err;
+}

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See: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/blob/master/ci/claude/README.md

CI run summary: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/21352241149
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