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Alexei Starovoitov 4d220ed0f8 bpf: remove tracepoints from bpf core
tracepoints to bpf core were added as a way to provide introspection
to bpf programs and maps, but after some time it became clear that
this approach is inadequate, so prog_id, map_id and corresponding
get_next_id, get_fd_by_id, get_info_by_fd, prog_query APIs were
introduced and fully adopted by bpftool and other applications.
The tracepoints in bpf core started to rot and causing syzbot warnings:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3008 at kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c:274
Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
perf_trace_bpf_map_keyval+0x260/0xbd0 include/trace/events/bpf.h:228
trace_bpf_map_update_elem include/trace/events/bpf.h:274 [inline]
map_update_elem kernel/bpf/syscall.c:597 [inline]
SYSC_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1478 [inline]
Hence this patch deletes tracepoints in bpf core.

Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot <bot+a9dbb3c3e64b62536a4bc5ee7bbd4ca627566188@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
2018-04-30 10:55:56 +02:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2018-04-25 22:55:33 -04:00
block blk-mq: Revert "blk-mq: reimplement blk_mq_hw_queue_mapped" 2018-04-11 07:59:15 -06:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
Documentation bpf, doc: Update bpf_jit_enable limitation for CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON 2018-04-27 12:08:13 +02:00
drivers Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-04-26 21:19:50 -04:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs various SMB3/CIFS fixes for stable 4.17-rc1 2018-04-22 12:13:04 -07:00
include bpf: remove tracepoints from bpf core 2018-04-30 10:55:56 +02:00
init Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-04-15 16:12:35 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm: fix use-after-free of shm file via remap_file_pages() 2018-04-13 17:10:27 -07:00
kernel bpf: remove tracepoints from bpf core 2018-04-30 10:55:56 +02:00
lib rhashtable: improve rhashtable_walk stability when stop/start used. 2018-04-24 13:21:46 -04:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add MPL-1.1 license 2018-01-06 10:59:44 -07:00
mm mm/filemap.c: fix NULL pointer in page_cache_tree_insert() 2018-04-20 17:18:36 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-04-26 21:19:50 -04:00
samples samples/bpf: fix kprobe attachment issue on x64 2018-04-29 20:36:53 -07:00
scripts bpf: add script and prepare bpf.h for new helpers documentation 2018-04-27 00:21:58 +02:00
security Merge branch 'userns-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-04-24 17:58:51 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 4.17-rc2 2018-04-21 10:32:16 -07:00
tools bpf: Sync bpf.h to tools/ 2018-04-29 08:56:31 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt KVM/ARM updates for v4.17 2018-03-28 16:09:09 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: add configuration file 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge candidates for 4.17 merge window 2018-04-06 17:35:43 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS/CREDITS: Drop METAG ARCHITECTURE 2018-03-05 16:34:24 +00:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS bpf: remove tracepoints from bpf core 2018-04-30 10:55:56 +02:00
Makefile Linux 4.17-rc2 2018-04-22 19:20:09 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -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.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

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.