bpf: Introduce bpf_mem_free_rcu() similar to kfree_rcu().
authorAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Thu, 6 Jul 2023 03:34:45 +0000 (20:34 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:45:23 +0000 (23:45 +0200)
commit5af6807bdb10d1af9d412d7d6c177ba8440adffb
tree99ec83454f5a09bd371a248b62ba8f8fe8c89a42
parentf76faa65c9717304b5abb9d77a19b3c09d4086f3
bpf: Introduce bpf_mem_free_rcu() similar to kfree_rcu().

Introduce bpf_mem_[cache_]free_rcu() similar to kfree_rcu().
Unlike bpf_mem_[cache_]free() that links objects for immediate reuse into
per-cpu free list the _rcu() flavor waits for RCU grace period and then moves
objects into free_by_rcu_ttrace list where they are waiting for RCU
task trace grace period to be freed into slab.

The life cycle of objects:
alloc: dequeue free_llist
free: enqeueu free_llist
free_rcu: enqueue free_by_rcu -> waiting_for_gp
free_llist above high watermark -> free_by_rcu_ttrace
after RCU GP waiting_for_gp -> free_by_rcu_ttrace
free_by_rcu_ttrace -> waiting_for_gp_ttrace -> slab

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230706033447.54696-13-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
include/linux/bpf_mem_alloc.h
kernel/bpf/memalloc.c