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Merge branch 'bpf-add-support-for-sleepable-tracepoint-programs'
Mykyta Yatsenko says:

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bpf: Add support for sleepable tracepoint programs

This series adds support for sleepable BPF programs attached to raw
tracepoints (tp_btf, raw_tp) and classic tracepoints (tp).
The motivation is to allow BPF programs on syscall
tracepoints to use sleepable helpers such as bpf_copy_from_user(),
enabling reliable user memory reads that can page-fault.

This series removes restriction for faultable tracepoints:

Patch 1 modifies __bpf_trace_run() to support sleepable programs.

Patch 2 introduces bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable() to support new usecase.

Patch 3 adds sleepable support for classic tracepoints
(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) by introducing trace_call_bpf_faultable()
and restructuring perf_syscall_enter/exit() to run BPF programs in
faultable context.

Patch 4 allows BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP, BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT, and
BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT programs to be loaded as sleepable, with
load-time and attach-time checks to reject sleepable programs on
non-faultable tracepoints.

Patch 5 adds libbpf SEC_DEF handlers: tp_btf.s, raw_tp.s,
raw_tracepoint.s, tp.s, and tracepoint.s.

Patch 6 adds selftests covering tp_btf.s, raw_tp.s, and tp.s positive
cases using bpf_copy_from_user() plus negative tests for non-faultable
tracepoints.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
---
Changes in v13:
- Invert if (prog->sleepable) check in bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable()
- Link to v12: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-sleepable_tracepoints-v12-0-744bf0e3b311@meta.com

Changes in v12:
- Style improvement in the bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable(): use guard(rcu)(), remove
unnecessary defensive programming artifacts.
- Link to v11: https://patch.msgid.link/20260421-sleepable_tracepoints-v11-0-d8ff138d6f05@meta.com

Changes in v11:
- Avoid running dummy prog in the bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable()
- Migrate selftests from nanosleep() to getcwd() to avoid issues with the
different struct layouts.
- Link to v10: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415-sleepable_tracepoints-v10-0-161f40b33dd7@meta.com

Changes in v10:
- Guard per-prog recursion check in bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable()
  with prog->active NULL check, following the same pattern as
  commit 7dc211c115 for prog->stats. dummy_bpf_prog has NULL
  active field and can appear in the array via
  bpf_prog_array_delete_safe() fallback on allocation failure.
- Link to v9: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410-sleepable_tracepoints-v9-0-e719e664e84c@meta.com

Changes in v9:
- Fixed "classic raw tracepoints" to "raw tracepoints (tp_btf, raw_tp)"
in commit message
- Added bpf_prog_get_recursion_context() guard to
__bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp() to protect per-CPU private stack from
concurrent sleepable test runs
- Added new bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable() without is_uprobe parameter,
remove all changes in bpf_prog_run_array_uprobe()
- Refactored attach_tp() to use prefix array uniformly (matching
attach_raw_tp() pattern), removing hardcoded strcmp() bare-name checks.
- Recursion check in __bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp()
- Refactored selftests
- Link to v8: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330-sleepable_tracepoints-v8-0-2e323467f3a0@meta.com

Changes in v8:
- Fix sleepable tracepoint support in bpf_prog_test_run() (Kumar, sashiko)
- Link to v7: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325-sleepable_tracepoints-v6-0-2b182dacea13@meta.com

Changes in v7:
- Add recursion check (bpf_prog_get_recursion_context()) to make sure
private stack is safe when sleepable program is preempted by itself
(Alexei, Kumar)
- Use combined rcu_read_lock_dont_migrate() instead of separate
rcu_read_lock()/migrate_disable() calls for non-sleepable path (Alexei)
- Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260324-sleepable_tracepoints-v6-0-81bab3a43f25@meta.com/

Changes in v6:
- Remove recursion check from trace_call_bpf_faultable(), sleepable
tracepoints are called from syscall enter/exit, no recursion is
possible.(Kumar)
- Refactor bpf_prog_run_array_uprobe() to support tracepoints
usecase cleanly (Kumar)
- Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260316-sleepable_tracepoints-v5-0-85525de71d25@meta.com

Changes in v5:
- Addressed AI review: zero initialize struct pt_regs in
perf_call_bpf_enter(); changed handling tp.s and tracepoint.s in
attach_tp() in libbpf.
- Updated commit messages
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260313-sleepable_tracepoints-v4-0-debc688a66b3@meta.com

Changes in v4:
- Follow uprobe_prog_run() pattern with explicit rcu_read_lock_trace()
  instead of relying on outer rcu_tasks_trace lock
- Add sleepable support for classic raw tracepoints (raw_tp.s)
- Add sleepable support for classic tracepoints (tp.s) with new
  trace_call_bpf_faultable() and restructured perf_syscall_enter/exit()
- Add raw_tp.s, raw_tracepoint.s, tp.s, tracepoint.s SEC_DEF handlers
- Replace growing type enumeration in error message with generic
  "program of this type cannot be sleepable"
- Use PT_REGS_PARM1_SYSCALL (non-CO-RE) in BTF test
- Add classic raw_tp and classic tracepoint sleepable tests
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260311-sleepable_tracepoints-v3-0-3e9bbde5bd22@meta.com

Changes in v3:
  - Moved faultable tracepoint check from attach time to load time in
    bpf_check_attach_target(), providing a clear verifier error message
  - Folded preempt_disable removal into the sleepable execution path
    patch
  - Used RUN_TESTS() with __failure/__msg for negative test case instead
    of explicit userspace program
  - Reduced series from 6 patches to 4
  - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225-sleepable_tracepoints-v2-0-0330dafd650f@meta.com

Changes in v2:
  - Address AI review points - modified the order of the patches
  - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260218-sleepable_tracepoints-v1-0-ec2705497208@meta.com/

---
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422-sleepable_tracepoints-v13-0-99005dff21ef@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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Linux kernel
============

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-----------

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--------------------

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-------------------

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--------------------

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-----------------------

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