[PATCH 3/8] bpf: Add sleepable variant of bpf_arena_alloc_pages for kernel callers
Tejun Heo
tj at kernel.org
Fri May 22 10:22:14 PDT 2026
The existing kernel-side export of bpf_arena_alloc_pages is _non_sleepable
only - it's used by the verifier to inline the kfunc when the call site is
non-sleepable. There is no sleepable equivalent for kernel callers. The
kfunc bpf_arena_alloc_pages itself is BPF-only.
sched_ext needs sleepable kernel-side allocs for its arena pool init/grow
paths. Add bpf_arena_alloc_pages_sleepable() mirroring the _non_sleepable
wrapper but passing sleepable=true to arena_alloc_pages().
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil at etsalapatis.com>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/bpf/arena.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 831996c411cf..64968ca6db51 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ int bpf_dynptr_from_file_sleepable(struct file *file, u32 flags,
void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt, int node_id,
u64 flags);
void bpf_arena_free_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *ptr__ign, u32 page_cnt);
+void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt, int node_id,
+ u64 flags);
#else
static inline void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt,
int node_id, u64 flags)
@@ -689,6 +691,12 @@ static inline void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr
static inline void bpf_arena_free_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *ptr__ign, u32 page_cnt)
{
}
+
+static inline void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt,
+ int node_id, u64 flags)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
#endif
extern const struct bpf_map_ops bpf_map_offload_ops;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arena.c b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
index 1c0b87ecc817..a811cf6170fa 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arena.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arena.c
@@ -934,6 +934,19 @@ void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_non_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 pag
return (void *)arena_alloc_pages(arena, (long)addr__ign, page_cnt, node_id, false);
}
+
+void *bpf_arena_alloc_pages_sleepable(void *p__map, void *addr__ign, u32 page_cnt,
+ int node_id, u64 flags)
+{
+ struct bpf_map *map = p__map;
+ struct bpf_arena *arena = container_of(map, struct bpf_arena, map);
+
+ if (map->map_type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARENA || flags || !page_cnt)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return (void *)arena_alloc_pages(arena, (long)addr__ign, page_cnt, node_id, true);
+}
+
__bpf_kfunc void bpf_arena_free_pages(void *p__map, void *ptr__ign, u32 page_cnt)
{
struct bpf_map *map = p__map;
--
2.54.0
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