From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/5] bpf: dispatcher: allocate bpf_dispatcher->rw_image with vzalloc()
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:51:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260716-execmem-x86-rox-bpf-v0-v3-1-4e76158c01c5@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260716-execmem-x86-rox-bpf-v0-v3-0-4e76158c01c5@kernel.org>
bpf_dispatcher->rw_image is a temporary writable buffer that
arch_prepare_bpf_dispatcher() fills and then copies into
bpf_dispatcher->image using bpf_arch_text_copy().
The rel32 offsets emitted by emit_bpf_dispatcher() are calculated against
->image, so ->rw_image does not need to live in the module address range.
Allocate ->rw_image with vzalloc() to avoid permissions dance when
EXECMEM_BPF will be backed by ROX caches.
Using vzalloc() rather than vmalloc() ensures that the memory that
bpf_dispatcher_update() unconditionally copies into the executable buffer
is zeroed, which is not ideal but still better than random memory returned
by the existing bpf_jit_alloc_exec() or plain vmalloc().
Switching from bpf_jit_alloc_exec() to vzalloc() also saves a bit of
space in the more scarce module address space.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
kernel/bpf/dispatcher.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/dispatcher.c b/kernel/bpf/dispatcher.c
index ea2d60dc1fee..79f0c222c583 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/dispatcher.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/dispatcher.c
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ void bpf_dispatcher_change_prog(struct bpf_dispatcher *d, struct bpf_prog *from,
d->image = bpf_prog_pack_alloc(PAGE_SIZE, bpf_jit_fill_hole_with_zero, false);
if (!d->image)
goto out;
- d->rw_image = bpf_jit_alloc_exec(PAGE_SIZE);
+ /* d->rw_image doesn't need to be in module memory range, so we
+ * can use vzalloc.
+ */
+ d->rw_image = vzalloc(PAGE_SIZE);
if (!d->rw_image) {
bpf_prog_pack_free(d->image, PAGE_SIZE);
d->image = NULL;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-16 7:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 7:51 [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/5] bpf, x86: enable EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE for BPF allocations Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-16 7:51 ` Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-07-16 8:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/5] bpf: dispatcher: allocate bpf_dispatcher->rw_image with vzalloc() bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-16 9:27 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-16 9:49 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-16 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/5] bpf: drop __weak from bpf_jit_alloc_exec() and bpf_jit_free_exec() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-16 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/5] bpf: alloc_prog_pack(): skip ROX management for already ROX memory Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-16 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/5] bpf, x86: make sure allocation in arch_bpf_trampoline_size() is writable Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-16 7:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 5/5] x86/bpf: enable EXECMEM_ROX_CACHE for BPF allocations Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-07-17 0:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/5] bpf, x86: " Song Liu
2026-07-17 6:41 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-17 7:27 ` Song Liu
2026-07-17 9:29 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-07-17 17:50 ` Song Liu
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