From: "T.J. Mercier" <tjmercier@google.com>
To: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
emil@etsalapatis.com, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev,
mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"T.J. Mercier" <tjmercier@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/2] bpf: htab: Split htab_elem_lru and htab_elem_pcpu off of htab_elem
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:22:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921002206.184660-2-tjmercier@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921002206.184660-1-tjmercier@google.com>
The htab_elem struct is used as the per-element type for all BPF hash
map types and includes bpf_lru_node in a union with a ptr_to_pptr
pointer. For standard (non-LRU, non-PCPU) hash maps, the 24 byte union
allocated for every element is entirely unused. For non-preallocated
PCPU maps, ptr_to_pptr only requires 8 bytes, leaving 16 bytes of unused
overhead in the union. For preallocated PCPU maps ptr_to_pptr is unused
since elements are freed to the PCPU freelist.
Eliminate this per-element memory overhead by splitting htab_elem into
dedicated structures for each map type:
- struct htab_elem: Minimal structure for standard hash maps and
preallocated PCPU maps (saves 24 bytes per element).
- struct htab_elem_pcpu: Structure for non-preallocated PCPU maps
containing ptr_to_pptr (saves 16 bytes per element).
- struct htab_elem_lru: Retains struct bpf_lru_node for LRU maps.
Place lru_node and ptr_to_pptr before struct htab_elem in
htab_elem_lru and htab_elem_pcpu respectively, and track the offset of
htab_elem from the start of the element allocation in htab->elem_offset.
This keeps key and value at constant compile-time offsets from struct
htab_elem across all hash map types, avoiding dynamic key offset
calculations on lookups.
All element variants get added to the htab_elem_all union to support the
element size rollover check in htab_map_alloc_check().
Signed-off-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
---
kernel/bpf/hashtab.c | 164 ++++++++++++------
.../selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 6f331c80130d..905bddadf37f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct bpf_htab {
bool use_percpu_counter;
u32 n_buckets; /* number of hash buckets */
u32 elem_size; /* size of each element in bytes */
+ u32 elem_offset;/* offset of htab_elem in bytes */
u32 hashrnd;
};
@@ -117,15 +118,30 @@ struct htab_elem {
};
};
};
- union {
- /* pointer to per-cpu pointer */
- void *ptr_to_pptr;
- struct bpf_lru_node lru_node;
- };
- u32 hash;
+ u32 hash __aligned(8);
char key[] __aligned(8);
};
+struct htab_elem_lru {
+ struct bpf_lru_node lru_node;
+ struct htab_elem elem;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Only for non-preallocated PCPU maps. Preallocated PCPU maps don't need
+ * ptr_to_pptr, and use htab_elem.
+ */
+struct htab_elem_pcpu {
+ void *ptr_to_pptr;
+ struct htab_elem elem;
+};
+
+union htab_elem_all {
+ struct htab_elem elem;
+ struct htab_elem_lru lru;
+ struct htab_elem_pcpu pcpu;
+};
+
struct htab_btf_record {
struct btf_record *record;
u32 key_size;
@@ -183,6 +199,21 @@ static inline bool is_fd_htab(const struct bpf_htab *htab)
return htab->map.map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS;
}
+static void *htab_elem_container(const struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
+{
+ return (void *)l - htab->elem_offset;
+}
+
+static void *htab_elem_get_ptr_to_pptr(struct htab_elem *l)
+{
+ return container_of(l, struct htab_elem_pcpu, elem)->ptr_to_pptr;
+}
+
+static void htab_elem_set_ptr_to_pptr(struct htab_elem *l, void *ptr)
+{
+ container_of(l, struct htab_elem_pcpu, elem)->ptr_to_pptr = ptr;
+}
+
static inline void *htab_elem_value(struct htab_elem *l, u32 key_size)
{
return l->key + round_up(key_size, 8);
@@ -206,7 +237,7 @@ static void *fd_htab_map_get_ptr(const struct bpf_map *map, struct htab_elem *l)
static struct htab_elem *get_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, int i)
{
- return (struct htab_elem *) (htab->elems + i * (u64)htab->elem_size);
+ return htab->elems + i * (u64)htab->elem_size + htab->elem_offset;
}
/* Both percpu and fd htab support in-place update, so no need for
@@ -300,16 +331,16 @@ static void htab_free_elems(struct bpf_htab *htab)
* bucket_lock followed by lru_lock is not allowed. In such cases,
* bucket_lock needs to be released first before acquiring lru_lock.
*/
-static struct htab_elem *prealloc_lru_pop(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
- u32 hash)
+static struct htab_elem_lru *prealloc_lru_pop(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
+ u32 hash)
{
struct bpf_lru_node *node = bpf_lru_pop_free(&htab->lru, hash);
- struct htab_elem *l;
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l;
if (node) {
bpf_map_inc_elem_count(&htab->map);
- l = container_of(node, struct htab_elem, lru_node);
- memcpy(l->key, key, htab->map.key_size);
+ l = container_of(node, struct htab_elem_lru, lru_node);
+ memcpy(l->elem.key, key, htab->map.key_size);
return l;
}
@@ -349,8 +380,8 @@ static int prealloc_init(struct bpf_htab *htab)
if (htab_is_lru(htab))
err = bpf_lru_init(&htab->lru,
htab->map.map_flags & BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU,
- offsetof(struct htab_elem, hash) -
- offsetof(struct htab_elem, lru_node),
+ offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, elem.hash) -
+ offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, lru_node),
htab_lru_map_delete_node,
htab);
else
@@ -361,11 +392,12 @@ static int prealloc_init(struct bpf_htab *htab)
if (htab_is_lru(htab))
bpf_lru_populate(&htab->lru, htab->elems,
- offsetof(struct htab_elem, lru_node),
+ offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, lru_node),
htab->elem_size, num_entries);
else
pcpu_freelist_populate(&htab->freelist,
- htab->elems + offsetof(struct htab_elem, fnode),
+ htab->elems + htab->elem_offset +
+ offsetof(struct htab_elem, fnode),
htab->elem_size, num_entries);
return 0;
@@ -452,8 +484,8 @@ static int htab_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
attr->value_size == 0)
return -EINVAL;
- if ((u64)attr->key_size + attr->value_size >= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE -
- sizeof(struct htab_elem))
+ if (round_up((u64)attr->key_size, 8) + round_up((u64)attr->value_size, 8) >=
+ KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE - sizeof(union htab_elem_all))
/* if key_size + value_size is bigger, the user space won't be
* able to access the elements via bpf syscall. This check
* also makes sure that the elem_size doesn't overflow and it's
@@ -556,6 +588,7 @@ static struct bpf_map *htab_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
*/
bool percpu_lru = (attr->map_flags & BPF_F_NO_COMMON_LRU);
bool prealloc = !(attr->map_flags & BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC);
+ u32 elem_offset = 0;
struct bpf_htab *htab;
int err;
@@ -586,7 +619,17 @@ static struct bpf_map *htab_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
htab->n_buckets = roundup_pow_of_two(htab->map.max_entries);
- htab->elem_size = sizeof(struct htab_elem) +
+ if (htab_is_lru(htab))
+ elem_offset = offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+ else if (percpu && !prealloc)
+ elem_offset = offsetof(struct htab_elem_pcpu, elem);
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(elem_offset + sizeof(struct htab_elem) >
+ sizeof(union htab_elem_all));
+ htab->elem_offset = elem_offset;
+
+ htab->elem_size = htab->elem_offset +
+ sizeof(struct htab_elem) +
round_up(htab->map.key_size, 8);
if (percpu)
htab->elem_size += sizeof(void *);
@@ -797,8 +840,12 @@ static __always_inline void *__htab_lru_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map,
struct htab_elem *l = __htab_map_lookup_elem(map, key);
if (l) {
- if (mark)
- bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l->lru_node);
+ if (mark) {
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_lru =
+ container_of(l, struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+
+ bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_lru->lru_node);
+ }
return htab_elem_value(l, map->key_size);
}
@@ -821,19 +868,17 @@ static int htab_lru_map_gen_lookup(struct bpf_map *map,
struct bpf_insn *insn = insn_buf;
const int ret = BPF_REG_0;
const int ref_reg = BPF_REG_1;
+ const s16 ref_off = (int)offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, lru_node) +
+ (int)offsetof(struct bpf_lru_node, ref) -
+ (int)offsetof(struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
BUILD_BUG_ON(!__same_type(&__htab_map_lookup_elem,
(void *(*)(struct bpf_map *map, void *key))NULL));
*insn++ = BPF_EMIT_CALL(__htab_map_lookup_elem);
*insn++ = BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JEQ, ret, 0, 4);
- *insn++ = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, ref_reg, ret,
- offsetof(struct htab_elem, lru_node) +
- offsetof(struct bpf_lru_node, ref));
+ *insn++ = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, ref_reg, ret, ref_off);
*insn++ = BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, ref_reg, 0, 1);
- *insn++ = BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_B, ret,
- offsetof(struct htab_elem, lru_node) +
- offsetof(struct bpf_lru_node, ref),
- 1);
+ *insn++ = BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_B, ret, ref_off, 1);
*insn++ = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, ret,
offsetof(struct htab_elem, key) +
round_up(map->key_size, 8));
@@ -865,15 +910,16 @@ static void check_and_cancel_fields(struct bpf_htab *htab,
static bool htab_lru_map_delete_node(void *arg, struct bpf_lru_node *node)
{
struct bpf_htab *htab = arg;
- struct htab_elem *l = NULL, *tgt_l;
+ struct htab_elem_lru *tgt_l;
+ struct htab_elem *l = NULL;
struct hlist_nulls_head *head;
struct hlist_nulls_node *n;
unsigned long flags;
struct bucket *b;
int ret;
- tgt_l = container_of(node, struct htab_elem, lru_node);
- b = __select_bucket(htab, tgt_l->hash);
+ tgt_l = container_of(node, struct htab_elem_lru, lru_node);
+ b = __select_bucket(htab, tgt_l->elem.hash);
head = &b->head;
ret = htab_lock_bucket(b, &flags);
@@ -881,7 +927,7 @@ static bool htab_lru_map_delete_node(void *arg, struct bpf_lru_node *node)
return false;
hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu(l, n, head, hash_node)
- if (l == tgt_l) {
+ if (l == &tgt_l->elem) {
hlist_nulls_del_rcu(&l->hash_node);
bpf_map_dec_elem_count(&htab->map);
break;
@@ -889,9 +935,9 @@ static bool htab_lru_map_delete_node(void *arg, struct bpf_lru_node *node)
htab_unlock_bucket(b, flags);
- if (l == tgt_l)
+ if (l == &tgt_l->elem)
check_and_cancel_fields(htab, l);
- return l == tgt_l;
+ return l == &tgt_l->elem;
}
/* Called from syscall */
@@ -958,8 +1004,8 @@ static void htab_elem_free(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
check_and_cancel_fields(htab, l);
if (htab->map.map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH)
- bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->pcpu_ma, l->ptr_to_pptr);
- bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->ma, l);
+ bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->pcpu_ma, htab_elem_get_ptr_to_pptr(l));
+ bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->ma, htab_elem_container(htab, l));
}
static void htab_put_fd_value(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
@@ -1104,6 +1150,8 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
bpf_map_inc_elem_count(&htab->map);
}
} else {
+ void *container;
+
if (is_map_full(htab))
if (!old_elem)
/* when map is full and update() is replacing
@@ -1113,11 +1161,12 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
*/
return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
inc_elem_count(htab);
- l_new = bpf_mem_cache_alloc(&htab->ma);
- if (!l_new) {
+ container = bpf_mem_cache_alloc(&htab->ma);
+ if (!container) {
l_new = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
goto dec_count;
}
+ l_new = container + htab->elem_offset;
}
memcpy(l_new->key, key, key_size);
@@ -1129,11 +1178,11 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
void *ptr = bpf_mem_cache_alloc(&htab->pcpu_ma);
if (!ptr) {
- bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->ma, l_new);
+ bpf_mem_cache_free(&htab->ma, htab_elem_container(htab, l_new));
l_new = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
goto dec_count;
}
- l_new->ptr_to_pptr = ptr;
+ htab_elem_set_ptr_to_pptr(l_new, ptr);
pptr = *(void __percpu **)ptr;
}
@@ -1276,16 +1325,19 @@ static long htab_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value,
static void htab_lru_push_free(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *elem)
{
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l = container_of(elem, struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+
check_and_cancel_fields(htab, elem);
bpf_map_dec_elem_count(&htab->map);
- bpf_lru_push_free(&htab->lru, &elem->lru_node);
+ bpf_lru_push_free(&htab->lru, &l->lru_node);
}
static long htab_lru_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value,
u64 map_flags)
{
struct bpf_htab *htab = container_of(map, struct bpf_htab, map);
- struct htab_elem *l_new, *l_old = NULL;
+ struct htab_elem *l_old = NULL;
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_new;
struct hlist_nulls_head *head;
unsigned long flags;
struct bucket *b;
@@ -1313,7 +1365,7 @@ static long htab_lru_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value
l_new = prealloc_lru_pop(htab, key, hash);
if (!l_new)
return -ENOMEM;
- copy_map_value(&htab->map, htab_elem_value(l_new, map->key_size), value);
+ copy_map_value(&htab->map, htab_elem_value(&l_new->elem, map->key_size), value);
ret = htab_lock_bucket(b, &flags);
if (ret)
@@ -1328,7 +1380,7 @@ static long htab_lru_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value
/* add new element to the head of the list, so that
* concurrent search will find it before old elem
*/
- hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&l_new->hash_node, head);
+ hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&l_new->elem.hash_node, head);
if (l_old) {
bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_new->lru_node);
hlist_nulls_del_rcu(&l_old->hash_node);
@@ -1340,7 +1392,7 @@ static long htab_lru_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value
err_lock_bucket:
if (ret)
- htab_lru_push_free(htab, l_new);
+ htab_lru_push_free(htab, &l_new->elem);
else if (l_old)
htab_lru_push_free(htab, l_old);
@@ -1424,7 +1476,8 @@ static long __htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key,
bool onallcpus)
{
struct bpf_htab *htab = container_of(map, struct bpf_htab, map);
- struct htab_elem *l_new = NULL, *l_old;
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_new = NULL;
+ struct htab_elem *l_old;
struct hlist_nulls_head *head;
unsigned long flags;
struct bucket *b;
@@ -1466,15 +1519,18 @@ static long __htab_lru_percpu_map_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key,
goto err;
if (l_old) {
- bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_old->lru_node);
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_old_lru =
+ container_of(l_old, struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+
+ bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_old_lru->lru_node);
/* per-cpu hash map can update value in-place */
pcpu_copy_value(htab, htab_elem_get_ptr(l_old, key_size),
value, onallcpus, map_flags);
} else {
- pcpu_init_value(htab, htab_elem_get_ptr(l_new, key_size),
+ pcpu_init_value(htab, htab_elem_get_ptr(&l_new->elem, key_size),
value, onallcpus, map_flags);
- hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&l_new->hash_node, head);
+ hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&l_new->elem.hash_node, head);
l_new = NULL;
}
ret = 0;
@@ -2453,7 +2509,10 @@ static void *htab_lru_percpu_map_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key)
struct htab_elem *l = __htab_map_lookup_elem(map, key);
if (l) {
- bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l->lru_node);
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_lru =
+ container_of(l, struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+
+ bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_lru->lru_node);
return this_cpu_ptr(htab_elem_get_ptr(l, map->key_size));
}
@@ -2469,7 +2528,10 @@ static void *htab_lru_percpu_map_lookup_percpu_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *k
l = __htab_map_lookup_elem(map, key);
if (l) {
- bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l->lru_node);
+ struct htab_elem_lru *l_lru =
+ container_of(l, struct htab_elem_lru, elem);
+
+ bpf_lru_node_set_ref(&l_lru->lru_node);
return per_cpu_ptr(htab_elem_get_ptr(l, map->key_size), cpu);
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
index 373c8d17ea55..f71be4fc8dd7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_ptr_kern.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline int check_hash(void)
VERIFY(check_default_noinline(&hash->map, map));
VERIFY(hash->n_buckets == MAX_ENTRIES);
- VERIFY(hash->elem_size == 64);
+ VERIFY(hash->elem_size == 40);
VERIFY(hash->count.counter == 0);
VERIFY(bpf_map_sum_elem_count(map) == 0);
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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2026-09-21 0:22 [PATCH bpf-next v5 0/2] bpf: htab: Reduce memory use of hash maps T.J. Mercier
2026-09-21 0:22 ` T.J. Mercier [this message]
2026-09-21 0:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/2] bpf: htab: Split htab_elem_lru and htab_elem_pcpu off of htab_elem Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-21 16:40 ` T.J. Mercier
2026-09-21 0:22 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/2] bpf: htab: Reduce elem_size by 8 bytes for small key sizes T.J. Mercier
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