linux-next.git/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h, branch master

bpf: Add tracing_multi link info support

2026-07-01T19:44:12+00:00

Adding BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD support for tracing_multi links. We expose following tracing_multi link data: - attach_type of the program - number of ids - array of BTF ids - array of its related kernel addresses - array of cookies The change follows the kprobe_multi and uprobe_multi link-info convention of optional output arrays with an in/out count, On top of standard tracing link data we also expose addresses, because they are useful info for user (especially when the attachment was done via pattern). This data is hidden when kallsyms does not allow exposing kernel pointer values. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5 Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Acked-by: Leon Hwang Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260629212208.895962-2-jolsa@kernel.org

bpf: Support BPF_F_EGRESS with bpf_redirect_peer

2026-06-26T00:39:35+00:00

We have several use cases where a pod injects traffic into the datapath of another so that the traffic appears to have originated from that pod. One such use case is a synthetic flow generator which injects synthetic traffic into a pod's datapath to enable dynamic probing and debugging. Another is a transparent proxy where connections originating from one pod are redirected towards another which proxies that connection. The new connection is bound to the IP of the original pod using IP_TRANSPARENT and its traffic is injected into that pod's datapath and handled as if it had originated there. This can be used for mTLS, etc. We use bpf_redirect(BPF_F_INGRESS) to direct traffic leaving the proxy, flow generator, etc. towards the target pod, ensuring that eBPF programs that are meant to intercept traffic leaving that pod are executed. However, this doesn't work with netkit. With netkit, an ingress redirection from proxy to workload skips eBPF programs that are meant to intercept traffic leaving the pod, since they reside on the netkit peer device. One workaround is to attach the same program to both the netkit peer device and the TCX ingress hook for the netkit pair's primary interface, but a) This seems hacky and we need to be careful not to run the same program twice for the same skb in cases where we want to pass that traffic to the host stack. b) We're trying to keep the proxy redirection / traffic injection systems as modular and separated from Cilium as possible, the system that manages netkit setup and core eBPF programming. It would be handy if instead we could redirect traffic directly from one netkit peer device to another. This patch proposes an extension to bpf_redirect_peer to allow us to do just that. With this patch, the BPF_F_EGRESS flag tells bpf_redirect_peer to emit the skb in the egress direction of the target interface's peer device While the main use case is netkit, I suppose you could also use this mode with veth as well if, e.g., there were some eBPF programs attached to that side of the veth pair that needed to intercept traffic. +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | +-------------------------+ 6. bpf_redirect_neigh(eth0) | | | pod (10.244.0.10) | ------------------------ | | | | | | | | | +--------+ | | +---------+ | | | | 1. packet -->| | | | | | | | | | leaves ^ | netkit |<===========|======| netkit | | | | | | | peer |=======(eBPF)=====>| primary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------+ | | +---------+ | | | | | | | 2. bpf_redirect v | | +-----------|-------------+ |___________________ +-------| | | | | eth0 | | | 5. bpf_redirect_peer(BPF_F_EGRESS) | +-------| | |________________________ | | | +-------------------------+ | | | | | proxy (10.244.0.11) | | | | | | IP_TRANSPARENT | | | | | | +--------+ | | +---------+ | | | | 3. packet <--| | | | | |<-- | | | enters | netkit |<===========|======| netkit | | | | [proxy] | peer |=======(eBPF)=====>| primary | | | | 4. packet -->| | | | | | | | leaves +--------+ | +---------+ | | | sip=10.244.0.10 | | | +-------------------------+ | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Using the proxy use case as an example, in step 5 we would redirect traffic leaving the proxy towards the pod's peer device using bpf_redirect_peer(BPF_F_EGRESS). As a bonus, since the skb doesn't have to go through the backlog queue it can take full advantage of netkit's performance benefits. I set up a test where outgoing iperf3 traffic is injected into the datapath of another pod using either bpf_redirect_peer(BPF_F_EGRESS) or bpf_redirect(BPF_F_INGRESS). I used Cilium's eBPF host routing mode which skips the host stack and uses BPF redirect helpers to do all the routing. (net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=cubic,mtu=1500,100GiB link,Cilium eBPF host routing mode) BASELINE [bpf_redirect(BPF_F_INGRESS)] 1. [iperf pod] ==bpf_redirect([pod b], BPF_F_INGRESS)==> [pod b] 2. [pod b] ==bpf_redirect_neigh([eth0])==> eth0 3. eth0 ==over network==> [host b] [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 231 GBytes 33.0 Gbits/sec 12060 sender [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 230 GBytes 33.0 Gbits/sec receiver TEST [bpf_redirect_peer(BPF_F_EGRESS)] 1. [iperf pod] ==bpf_redirect_peer([pod b], BPF_F_EGRESS)==> [pod b] 2. [pod b] ==bpf_redirect_neigh([eth0])==> eth0 3. eth0 ==over network==> [host b] [ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 272 GBytes 38.9 Gbits/sec 0 sender [ 5] 0.00-60.00 sec 272 GBytes 38.9 Gbits/sec receiver In this test, using bpf_redirect_peer(BPF_F_EGRESS) for the hop from [iperf pod] to [pod b] led to ~18% more throughput compared to bpf_redirect(BPF_F_INGRESS). Signed-off-by: Jordan Rife Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann Acked-by: Paul Chaignon Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260618182035.43811-2-jordan@jrife.io Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Add support to specify uprobe_multi target via file descriptor

2026-06-15T00:24:25+00:00

Allow uprobe_multi link to identify the target binary by an already opened file descriptor. Adding new BPF_F_UPROBE_MULTI_PATH_FD flag and the path_fd field for the attr.link_create.uprobe_multi struct. When the flag is set, we resolve the target from path_fd, without the flag, we keep the existing string path behavior. I don't see a use case for supporting O_PATH file descriptors, because we need to read the binary first to get probes offsets, so I'm using the CLASS(fd, f), which fails for O_PATH fds. Assisted-by: Codex:GPT-5.4 Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260611114230.950379-4-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Add support for tracing_multi link session

2026-06-07T17:03:01+00:00

Adding support to use session attachment with tracing_multi link. Adding new BPF_TRACE_FSESSION_MULTI program attach type, that follows the BPF_TRACE_FSESSION behaviour but on the tracing_multi link. Such program is called on entry and exit of the attached function and allows to pass cookie value from entry to exit execution. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260606123955.345967-16-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Add support for tracing_multi link cookies

2026-06-07T17:03:01+00:00

Add support to specify cookies for tracing_multi link. Cookies are provided in array where each value is paired with provided BTF ID value with the same array index. Such cookie can be retrieved by bpf program with bpf_get_attach_cookie helper call. We need to sort cookies array together with ids array in check_dup_ids, to keep the id->cookie relation. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260606123955.345967-15-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Add support for tracing multi link

2026-06-07T17:03:01+00:00

Adding new link to allow to attach program to multiple function BTF IDs. The link is represented by struct bpf_tracing_multi_link. To configure the link, new fields are added to bpf_attr::link_create to pass array of BTF IDs; struct { __aligned_u64 ids; __u32 cnt; } tracing_multi; Each BTF ID represents function (BTF_KIND_FUNC) that the link will attach bpf program to. We use previously added bpf_trampoline_multi_attach/detach functions to attach/detach the link. The linkinfo/fdinfo callbacks will be implemented in following changes. Note this is supported only for archs (x86_64) with ftrace direct and have single ops support. CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS && CONFIG_HAVE_SINGLE_FTRACE_DIRECT_OPS Note using sort_r (instead of plain sort) in check_dup_ids, because we will use the swap callback in following changes. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260606123955.345967-14-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Add multi tracing attach types

2026-06-07T17:03:01+00:00

Adding new program attach types multi tracing attachment: BPF_TRACE_FENTRY_MULTI BPF_TRACE_FEXIT_MULTI and their base support in verifier code. Programs with such attach type will use specific link attachment interface coming in following changes. This was suggested by Andrii some (long) time ago and turned out to be easier than having special program flag for that. Bpf programs with such types have 'bpf_multi_func' function set as their attach_btf_id and keep module reference when it's specified by attach_prog_fd. They are also accepted as sleepable programs during verification, and the real validation for specific BTF_IDs/functions will happen during the multi link attachment in following changes. Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260606123955.345967-11-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_prog_info

2026-06-05T22:21:24+00:00

Since there're 4 bytes padding at the end of struct bpf_prog_info, they won't be checked by bpf_check_uarg_tail_zero(). pahole -C bpf_prog_info ./vmlinux struct bpf_prog_info { ... __u32 attach_btf_obj_id; /* 220 4 */ __u32 attach_btf_id; /* 224 4 */ /* size: 232, cachelines: 4, members: 38 */ /* sum members: 224 */ /* sum bitfield members: 1 bits, bit holes: 1, sum bit holes: 31 bits */ /* padding: 4 */ /* forced alignments: 9 */ /* last cacheline: 40 bytes */ } __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); If a future kernel extension adds a new 4-byte field, older userspace programs allocating this structure on the stack might inadvertently pass uninitialized stack garbage into the new field, permanently breaking backward compatibility. -- sashiko [1] Fix it by changing sizeof(info) to offsetofend(struct bpf_prog_info, attach_btf_id). And, add "__u32 :32" to the tail of struct bpf_prog_info. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260513224823.6494FC19425@smtp.kernel.org/ Fixes: aba64c7da983 ("bpf: Add verified_insns to bpf_prog_info and fdinfo") Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260605155249.20772-3-leon.hwang@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Check tail zero of bpf_map_info

2026-06-05T22:21:24+00:00

Since there're 4 bytes padding at the end of struct bpf_map_info, they won't be checked by bpf_check_uarg_tail_zero(). pahole -C bpf_map_info ./vmlinux struct bpf_map_info { ... __u64 hash __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /* 88 8 */ __u32 hash_size; /* 96 4 */ /* size: 104, cachelines: 2, members: 18 */ /* padding: 4 */ /* forced alignments: 1 */ /* last cacheline: 40 bytes */ } __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); If a future kernel extension adds a new 4-byte field, older userspace programs allocating this structure on the stack might inadvertently pass uninitialized stack garbage into the new field, permanently breaking backward compatibility. -- sashiko [1] Fix it by changing sizeof(info) to offsetofend(struct bpf_map_info, hash_size). And, add "__u32 :32" to the tail of struct bpf_map_info. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260513224823.6494FC19425@smtp.kernel.org/ Fixes: ea2e6467ac36 ("bpf: Return hashes of maps in BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD") Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260605155249.20772-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpf: Implement resizable hashmap basic functions

2026-06-05T15:00:08+00:00

Use rhashtable_lookup_likely() for lookups, rhashtable_remove_fast() for deletes, and rhashtable_lookup_get_insert_fast() for inserts. Updates modify values in place under RCU rather than allocating a new element and swapping the pointer (as regular htab does). This trades read consistency for performance: concurrent readers may see partial updates. BPF_F_LOCK support and special-field handling (timers, kptrs, etc.) follow in a later commit. Initialize rhashtable with bpf_mem_alloc element cache. Require BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC. Limit max_entries to 2^31. Free elements via rhashtable_free_and_destroy(). Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260605-rhash-v7-4-5b8e05f8630d@meta.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov