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David Vernet f85671c6ef bpf: Remove now-defunct task kfuncs
In commit 22df776a9a ("tasks: Extract rcu_users out of union"), the
'refcount_t rcu_users' field was extracted out of a union with the
'struct rcu_head rcu' field. This allows us to safely perform a
refcount_inc_not_zero() on task->rcu_users when acquiring a reference on
a task struct. A prior patch leveraged this by making struct task_struct
an RCU-protected object in the verifier, and by bpf_task_acquire() to
use the task->rcu_users field for synchronization.

Now that we can use RCU to protect tasks, we no longer need
bpf_task_kptr_get(), or bpf_task_acquire_not_zero(). bpf_task_kptr_get()
is truly completely unnecessary, as we can just use RCU to get the
object. bpf_task_acquire_not_zero() is now equivalent to
bpf_task_acquire().

In addition to these changes, this patch also updates the associated
selftests to no longer use these kfuncs.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230331195733.699708-3-void@manifault.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2023-04-01 09:07:20 -07:00
arch bpf-next-for-netdev 2023-03-06 20:36:39 -08:00
block Driver core changes for 6.3-rc1 2023-02-24 12:58:55 -08:00
certs Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
crypto Networking changes for 6.3. 2023-02-21 18:24:12 -08:00
Documentation bpf, docs: Add extended call instructions 2023-03-25 20:58:36 -07:00
drivers bpf: Remove now-unnecessary NULL checks for KF_RELEASE kfuncs 2023-03-25 16:56:22 -07:00
fs ARM: SoC drivers for 6.3 2023-02-27 10:04:49 -08:00
include bpf: Use bpf_mem_cache_alloc/free for bpf_local_storage 2023-03-25 19:52:52 -07:00
init Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
io_uring net: reclaim skb->scm_io_uring bit 2023-03-08 13:21:47 +00:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel bpf: Remove now-defunct task kfuncs 2023-04-01 09:07:20 -07:00
lib Kernel concurrency sanitizer (KCSAN) updates for v6.3 2023-02-25 13:02:20 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm memblock: small optimizations 2023-02-27 09:34:53 -08:00
net bpf: allow a TCP CC to write app_limited 2023-03-29 13:10:56 -07:00
rust Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
samples bpf: use canonical ftrace path 2023-03-13 21:51:30 -07:00
scripts Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
security powerpc updates for 6.3 2023-02-25 11:00:06 -08:00
sound ARM: SoC drivers for 6.3 2023-02-27 10:04:49 -08:00
tools bpf: Remove now-defunct task kfuncs 2023-04-01 09:07:20 -07:00
usr usr/gen_init_cpio.c: remove unnecessary -1 values from int file 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -07:00
virt KVM/riscv changes for 6.3 2023-02-15 12:33:28 -05:00
.clang-format media: subdev: Add for_each_active_route() macro 2023-01-22 09:35:57 +01:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files 2023-02-26 15:28:23 +09:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore *.cover and *.mbx 2023-02-05 18:51:22 +09:00
.mailmap 12 hotfixes, mostly against mm/. Five of these fixes are cc:stable. 2023-02-13 14:09:20 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS There is no particular theme here - mainly quick hits all over the tree. 2023-02-23 17:55:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS ARM: SoC fixes for 6.3, part 1 2023-02-27 10:09:40 -08:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.