Merge tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-nextgrafted

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
 "Core:

   - Add dedicated kmem_cache for typical/small skb->head, avoid having
     to access struct page at kfree time, and improve memory use.

   - Introduce sysctl to set default RPS configuration for new netdevs.

   - Define Netlink protocol specification format which can be used to
     describe messages used by each family and auto-generate parsers.
     Add tools for generating kernel data structures and uAPI headers.

   - Expose all net/core sysctls inside netns.

   - Remove 4s sleep in netpoll if carrier is instantly detected on
     boot.

   - Add configurable limit of MDB entries per port, and port-vlan.

   - Continue populating drop reasons throughout the stack.

   - Retire a handful of legacy Qdiscs and classifiers.

  Protocols:

   - Support IPv4 big TCP (TSO frames larger than 64kB).

   - Add IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE socket option, to control local port range
     on socket by socket basis.

   - Track and report in procfs number of MPTCP sockets used.

   - Support mixing IPv4 and IPv6 flows in the in-kernel MPTCP path
     manager.

   - IPv6: don't check net.ipv6.route.max_size and rely on garbage
     collection to free memory (similarly to IPv4).

   - Support Penultimate Segment Pop (PSP) flavor in SRv6 (RFC8986).

   - ICMP: add per-rate limit counters.

   - Add support for user scanning requests in ieee802154.

   - Remove static WEP support.

   - Support minimal Wi-Fi 7 Extremely High Throughput (EHT) rate
     reporting.

   - WiFi 7 EHT channel puncturing support (client & AP).

  BPF:

   - Add a rbtree data structure following the "next-gen data structure"
     precedent set by recently added linked list, that is, by using
     kfunc + kptr instead of adding a new BPF map type.

   - Expose XDP hints via kfuncs with initial support for RX hash and
     timestamp metadata.

   - Add BPF_F_NO_TUNNEL_KEY extension to bpf_skb_set_tunnel_key to
     better support decap on GRE tunnel devices not operating in collect
     metadata.

   - Improve x86 JIT's codegen for PROBE_MEM runtime error checks.

   - Remove the need for trace_printk_lock for bpf_trace_printk and
     bpf_trace_vprintk helpers.

   - Extend libbpf's bpf_tracing.h support for tracing arguments of
     kprobes/uprobes and syscall as a special case.

   - Significantly reduce the search time for module symbols by
     livepatch and BPF.

   - Enable cpumasks to be used as kptrs, which is useful for tracing
     programs tracking which tasks end up running on which CPUs in
     different time intervals.

   - Add support for BPF trampoline on s390x and riscv64.

   - Add capability to export the XDP features supported by the NIC.

   - Add __bpf_kfunc tag for marking kernel functions as kfuncs.

   - Add cgroup.memory=nobpf kernel parameter option to disable BPF
     memory accounting for container environments.

  Netfilter:

   - Remove the CLUSTERIP target. It has been marked as obsolete for
     years, and we still have WARN splats wrt races of the out-of-band
     /proc interface installed by this target.

   - Add 'destroy' commands to nf_tables. They are identical to the
     existing 'delete' commands, but do not return an error if the
     referenced object (set, chain, rule...) did not exist.

  Driver API:

   - Improve cpumask_local_spread() locality to help NICs set the right
     IRQ affinity on AMD platforms.

   - Separate C22 and C45 MDIO bus transactions more clearly.

   - Introduce new DCB table to control DSCP rewrite on egress.

   - Support configuration of Physical Layer Collision Avoidance (PLCA)
     Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) (802.3cg-2019). Modern version of
     shared medium Ethernet.

   - Support for MAC Merge layer (IEEE 802.3-2018 clause 99). Allowing
     preemption of low priority frames by high priority frames.

   - Add support for controlling MACSec offload using netlink SET.

   - Rework devlink instance refcounts to allow registration and
     de-registration under the instance lock. Split the code into
     multiple files, drop some of the unnecessarily granular locks and
     factor out common parts of netlink operation handling.

   - Add TX frame aggregation parameters (for USB drivers).

   - Add a new attr TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to report TC (offload) warning
     messages with notifications for debug.

   - Allow offloading of UDP NEW connections via act_ct.

   - Add support for per action HW stats in TC.

   - Support hardware miss to TC action (continue processing in SW from
     a specific point in the action chain).

   - Warn if old Wireless Extension user space interface is used with
     modern cfg80211/mac80211 drivers. Do not support Wireless
     Extensions for Wi-Fi 7 devices at all. Everyone should switch to
     using nl80211 interface instead.

   - Improve the CAN bit timing configuration. Use extack to return
     error messages directly to user space, update the SJW handling,
     including the definition of a new default value that will benefit
     CAN-FD controllers, by increasing their oscillator tolerance.

  New hardware / drivers:

   - Ethernet:
      - nVidia BlueField-3 support (control traffic driver)
      - Ethernet support for imx93 SoCs
      - Motorcomm yt8531 gigabit Ethernet PHY
      - onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY (with support for PLCA)
      - Microchip LAN8841 PHY (incl. cable diagnostics and PTP)
      - Amlogic gxl MDIO mux

   - WiFi:
      - RealTek RTL8188EU (rtl8xxxu)
      - Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices (ath12k)

   - CAN:
      - Renesas R-Car V4H

  Drivers:

   - Bluetooth:
      - Set Per Platform Antenna Gain (PPAG) for Intel controllers.

   - Ethernet NICs:
      - Intel (1G, igc):
         - support TSN / Qbv / packet scheduling features of i226 model
      - Intel (100G, ice):
         - use GNSS subsystem instead of TTY
         - multi-buffer XDP support
         - extend support for GPIO pins to E823 devices
      - nVidia/Mellanox:
         - update the shared buffer configuration on PFC commands
         - implement PTP adjphase function for HW offset control
         - TC support for Geneve and GRE with VF tunnel offload
         - more efficient crypto key management method
         - multi-port eswitch support
      - Netronome/Corigine:
         - add DCB IEEE support
         - support IPsec offloading for NFP3800
      - Freescale/NXP (enetc):
         - support XDP_REDIRECT for XDP non-linear buffers
         - improve reconfig, avoid link flap and waiting for idle
         - support MAC Merge layer
      - Other NICs:
         - sfc/ef100: add basic devlink support for ef100
         - ionic: rx_push mode operation (writing descriptors via MMIO)
         - bnxt: use the auxiliary bus abstraction for RDMA
         - r8169: disable ASPM and reset bus in case of tx timeout
         - cpsw: support QSGMII mode for J721e CPSW9G
         - cpts: support pulse-per-second output
         - ngbe: add an mdio bus driver
         - usbnet: optimize usbnet_bh() by avoiding unnecessary queuing
         - r8152: handle devices with FW with NCM support
         - amd-xgbe: support 10Mbps, 2.5GbE speeds and rx-adaptation
         - virtio-net: support multi buffer XDP
         - virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff
         - tsnep: XDP support

   - Ethernet high-speed switches:
      - nVidia/Mellanox (mlxsw):
         - add support for latency TLV (in FW control messages)
      - Microchip (sparx5):
         - separate explicit and implicit traffic forwarding rules, make
           the implicit rules always active
         - add support for egress DSCP rewrite
         - IS0 VCAP support (Ingress Classification)
         - IS2 VCAP filters (protos, L3 addrs, L4 ports, flags, ToS
           etc.)
         - ES2 VCAP support (Egress Access Control)
         - support for Per-Stream Filtering and Policing (802.1Q,
           8.6.5.1)

   - Ethernet embedded switches:
      - Marvell (mv88e6xxx):
         - add MAB (port auth) offload support
         - enable PTP receive for mv88e6390
      - NXP (ocelot):
         - support MAC Merge layer
         - support for the the vsc7512 internal copper phys
      - Microchip:
         - lan9303: convert to PHYLINK
         - lan966x: support TC flower filter statistics
         - lan937x: PTP support for KSZ9563/KSZ8563 and LAN937x
         - lan937x: support Credit Based Shaper configuration
         - ksz9477: support Energy Efficient Ethernet
      - other:
         - qca8k: convert to regmap read/write API, use bulk operations
         - rswitch: Improve TX timestamp accuracy

   - Intel WiFi (iwlwifi):
      - EHT (Wi-Fi 7) rate reporting
      - STEP equalizer support: transfer some STEP (connection to radio
        on platforms with integrated wifi) related parameters from the
        BIOS to the firmware.

   - Qualcomm 802.11ax WiFi (ath11k):
      - IPQ5018 support
      - Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) responder role support
      - channel 177 support

   - MediaTek WiFi (mt76):
      - per-PHY LED support
      - mt7996: EHT (Wi-Fi 7) support
      - Wireless Ethernet Dispatch (WED) reset support
      - switch to using page pool allocator

   - RealTek WiFi (rtw89):
      - support new version of Bluetooth co-existance

   - Mobile:
      - rmnet: support TX aggregation"

* tag 'net-next-6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1872 commits)
  page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
  net: ethtool: fix __ethtool_dev_mm_supported() implementation
  ethtool: pse-pd: Fix double word in comments
  xsk: add linux/vmalloc.h to xsk.c
  sefltests: netdevsim: wait for devlink instance after netns removal
  selftest: fib_tests: Always cleanup before exit
  net/mlx5e: Align IPsec ASO result memory to be as required by hardware
  net/mlx5e: TC, Set CT miss to the specific ct action instance
  net/mlx5e: Rename CHAIN_TO_REG to MAPPED_OBJ_TO_REG
  net/mlx5: Refactor tc miss handling to a single function
  net/mlx5: Kconfig: Make tc offload depend on tc skb extension
  net/sched: flower: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: flower: Move filter handle initialization earlier
  net/sched: cls_api: Support hardware miss to tc action
  net/sched: Rename user cookie and act cookie
  sfc: fix builds without CONFIG_RTC_LIB
  sfc: clean up some inconsistent indentings
  net/mlx4_en: Introduce flexible array to silence overflow warning
  net: lan966x: Fix possible deadlock inside PTP
  net/ulp: Remove redundant ->clone() test in inet_clone_ulp().
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. _kfuncs-header-label:
+
+=============================
+BPF Kernel Functions (kfuncs)
+=============================
+
+1. Introduction
+===============
+
+BPF Kernel Functions or more commonly known as kfuncs are functions in the Linux
+kernel which are exposed for use by BPF programs. Unlike normal BPF helpers,
+kfuncs do not have a stable interface and can change from one kernel release to
+another. Hence, BPF programs need to be updated in response to changes in the
+kernel. See :ref:`BPF_kfunc_lifecycle_expectations` for more information.
+
+2. Defining a kfunc
+===================
+
+There are two ways to expose a kernel function to BPF programs, either make an
+existing function in the kernel visible, or add a new wrapper for BPF. In both
+cases, care must be taken that BPF program can only call such function in a
+valid context. To enforce this, visibility of a kfunc can be per program type.
+
+If you are not creating a BPF wrapper for existing kernel function, skip ahead
+to :ref:`BPF_kfunc_nodef`.
+
+2.1 Creating a wrapper kfunc
+----------------------------
+
+When defining a wrapper kfunc, the wrapper function should have extern linkage.
+This prevents the compiler from optimizing away dead code, as this wrapper kfunc
+is not invoked anywhere in the kernel itself. It is not necessary to provide a
+prototype in a header for the wrapper kfunc.
+
+An example is given below::
+
+        /* Disables missing prototype warnings */
+        __diag_push();
+        __diag_ignore_all("-Wmissing-prototypes",
+                          "Global kfuncs as their definitions will be in BTF");
+
+        __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *bpf_find_get_task_by_vpid(pid_t nr)
+        {
+                return find_get_task_by_vpid(nr);
+        }
+
+        __diag_pop();
+
+A wrapper kfunc is often needed when we need to annotate parameters of the
+kfunc. Otherwise one may directly make the kfunc visible to the BPF program by
+registering it with the BPF subsystem. See :ref:`BPF_kfunc_nodef`.
+
+2.2 Annotating kfunc parameters
+-------------------------------
+
+Similar to BPF helpers, there is sometime need for additional context required
+by the verifier to make the usage of kernel functions safer and more useful.
+Hence, we can annotate a parameter by suffixing the name of the argument of the
+kfunc with a __tag, where tag may be one of the supported annotations.
+
+2.2.1 __sz Annotation
+---------------------
+
+This annotation is used to indicate a memory and size pair in the argument list.
+An example is given below::
+
+        __bpf_kfunc void bpf_memzero(void *mem, int mem__sz)
+        {
+        ...
+        }
+
+Here, the verifier will treat first argument as a PTR_TO_MEM, and second
+argument as its size. By default, without __sz annotation, the size of the type
+of the pointer is used. Without __sz annotation, a kfunc cannot accept a void
+pointer.
+
+2.2.2 __k Annotation
+--------------------
+
+This annotation is only understood for scalar arguments, where it indicates that
+the verifier must check the scalar argument to be a known constant, which does
+not indicate a size parameter, and the value of the constant is relevant to the
+safety of the program.
+
+An example is given below::
+
+        __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_obj_new(u32 local_type_id__k, ...)
+        {
+        ...
+        }
+
+Here, bpf_obj_new uses local_type_id argument to find out the size of that type
+ID in program's BTF and return a sized pointer to it. Each type ID will have a
+distinct size, hence it is crucial to treat each such call as distinct when
+values don't match during verifier state pruning checks.
+
+Hence, whenever a constant scalar argument is accepted by a kfunc which is not a
+size parameter, and the value of the constant matters for program safety, __k
+suffix should be used.
+
+.. _BPF_kfunc_nodef:
+
+2.3 Using an existing kernel function
+-------------------------------------
+
+When an existing function in the kernel is fit for consumption by BPF programs,
+it can be directly registered with the BPF subsystem. However, care must still
+be taken to review the context in which it will be invoked by the BPF program
+and whether it is safe to do so.
+
+2.4 Annotating kfuncs
+---------------------
+
+In addition to kfuncs' arguments, verifier may need more information about the
+type of kfunc(s) being registered with the BPF subsystem. To do so, we define
+flags on a set of kfuncs as follows::
+
+        BTF_SET8_START(bpf_task_set)
+        BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_get_task_pid, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
+        BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_put_pid, KF_RELEASE)
+        BTF_SET8_END(bpf_task_set)
+
+This set encodes the BTF ID of each kfunc listed above, and encodes the flags
+along with it. Ofcourse, it is also allowed to specify no flags.
+
+kfunc definitions should also always be annotated with the ``__bpf_kfunc``
+macro. This prevents issues such as the compiler inlining the kfunc if it's a
+static kernel function, or the function being elided in an LTO build as it's
+not used in the rest of the kernel. Developers should not manually add
+annotations to their kfunc to prevent these issues. If an annotation is
+required to prevent such an issue with your kfunc, it is a bug and should be
+added to the definition of the macro so that other kfuncs are similarly
+protected. An example is given below::
+
+        __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *bpf_get_task_pid(s32 pid)
+        {
+        ...
+        }
+
+2.4.1 KF_ACQUIRE flag
+---------------------
+
+The KF_ACQUIRE flag is used to indicate that the kfunc returns a pointer to a
+refcounted object. The verifier will then ensure that the pointer to the object
+is eventually released using a release kfunc, or transferred to a map using a
+referenced kptr (by invoking bpf_kptr_xchg). If not, the verifier fails the
+loading of the BPF program until no lingering references remain in all possible
+explored states of the program.
+
+2.4.2 KF_RET_NULL flag
+----------------------
+
+The KF_RET_NULL flag is used to indicate that the pointer returned by the kfunc
+may be NULL. Hence, it forces the user to do a NULL check on the pointer
+returned from the kfunc before making use of it (dereferencing or passing to
+another helper). This flag is often used in pairing with KF_ACQUIRE flag, but
+both are orthogonal to each other.
+
+2.4.3 KF_RELEASE flag
+---------------------
+
+The KF_RELEASE flag is used to indicate that the kfunc releases the pointer
+passed in to it. There can be only one referenced pointer that can be passed in.
+All copies of the pointer being released are invalidated as a result of invoking
+kfunc with this flag.
+
+2.4.4 KF_KPTR_GET flag
+----------------------
+
+The KF_KPTR_GET flag is used to indicate that the kfunc takes the first argument
+as a pointer to kptr, safely increments the refcount of the object it points to,
+and returns a reference to the user. The rest of the arguments may be normal
+arguments of a kfunc. The KF_KPTR_GET flag should be used in conjunction with
+KF_ACQUIRE and KF_RET_NULL flags.
+
+2.4.5 KF_TRUSTED_ARGS flag
+--------------------------
+
+The KF_TRUSTED_ARGS flag is used for kfuncs taking pointer arguments. It
+indicates that the all pointer arguments are valid, and that all pointers to
+BTF objects have been passed in their unmodified form (that is, at a zero
+offset, and without having been obtained from walking another pointer, with one
+exception described below).
+
+There are two types of pointers to kernel objects which are considered "valid":
+
+1. Pointers which are passed as tracepoint or struct_ops callback arguments.
+2. Pointers which were returned from a KF_ACQUIRE or KF_KPTR_GET kfunc.
+
+Pointers to non-BTF objects (e.g. scalar pointers) may also be passed to
+KF_TRUSTED_ARGS kfuncs, and may have a non-zero offset.
+
+The definition of "valid" pointers is subject to change at any time, and has
+absolutely no ABI stability guarantees.
+
+As mentioned above, a nested pointer obtained from walking a trusted pointer is
+no longer trusted, with one exception. If a struct type has a field that is
+guaranteed to be valid as long as its parent pointer is trusted, the
+``BTF_TYPE_SAFE_NESTED`` macro can be used to express that to the verifier as
+follows:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	BTF_TYPE_SAFE_NESTED(struct task_struct) {
+		const cpumask_t *cpus_ptr;
+	};
+
+In other words, you must:
+
+1. Wrap the trusted pointer type in the ``BTF_TYPE_SAFE_NESTED`` macro.
+
+2. Specify the type and name of the trusted nested field. This field must match
+   the field in the original type definition exactly.
+
+2.4.6 KF_SLEEPABLE flag
+-----------------------
+
+The KF_SLEEPABLE flag is used for kfuncs that may sleep. Such kfuncs can only
+be called by sleepable BPF programs (BPF_F_SLEEPABLE).
+
+2.4.7 KF_DESTRUCTIVE flag
+--------------------------
+
+The KF_DESTRUCTIVE flag is used to indicate functions calling which is
+destructive to the system. For example such a call can result in system
+rebooting or panicking. Due to this additional restrictions apply to these
+calls. At the moment they only require CAP_SYS_BOOT capability, but more can be
+added later.
+
+2.4.8 KF_RCU flag
+-----------------
+
+The KF_RCU flag is used for kfuncs which have a rcu ptr as its argument.
+When used together with KF_ACQUIRE, it indicates the kfunc should have a
+single argument which must be a trusted argument or a MEM_RCU pointer.
+The argument may have reference count of 0 and the kfunc must take this
+into consideration.
+
+.. _KF_deprecated_flag:
+
+2.4.9 KF_DEPRECATED flag
+------------------------
+
+The KF_DEPRECATED flag is used for kfuncs which are scheduled to be
+changed or removed in a subsequent kernel release. A kfunc that is
+marked with KF_DEPRECATED should also have any relevant information
+captured in its kernel doc. Such information typically includes the
+kfunc's expected remaining lifespan, a recommendation for new
+functionality that can replace it if any is available, and possibly a
+rationale for why it is being removed.
+
+Note that while on some occasions, a KF_DEPRECATED kfunc may continue to be
+supported and have its KF_DEPRECATED flag removed, it is likely to be far more
+difficult to remove a KF_DEPRECATED flag after it's been added than it is to
+prevent it from being added in the first place. As described in
+:ref:`BPF_kfunc_lifecycle_expectations`, users that rely on specific kfuncs are
+encouraged to make their use-cases known as early as possible, and participate
+in upstream discussions regarding whether to keep, change, deprecate, or remove
+those kfuncs if and when such discussions occur.
+
+2.5 Registering the kfuncs
+--------------------------
+
+Once the kfunc is prepared for use, the final step to making it visible is
+registering it with the BPF subsystem. Registration is done per BPF program
+type. An example is shown below::
+
+        BTF_SET8_START(bpf_task_set)
+        BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_get_task_pid, KF_ACQUIRE | KF_RET_NULL)
+        BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_put_pid, KF_RELEASE)
+        BTF_SET8_END(bpf_task_set)
+
+        static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set bpf_task_kfunc_set = {
+                .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+                .set   = &bpf_task_set,
+        };
+
+        static int init_subsystem(void)
+        {
+                return register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING, &bpf_task_kfunc_set);
+        }
+        late_initcall(init_subsystem);
+
+2.6  Specifying no-cast aliases with ___init
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The verifier will always enforce that the BTF type of a pointer passed to a
+kfunc by a BPF program, matches the type of pointer specified in the kfunc
+definition. The verifier, does, however, allow types that are equivalent
+according to the C standard to be passed to the same kfunc arg, even if their
+BTF_IDs differ.
+
+For example, for the following type definition:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	struct bpf_cpumask {
+		cpumask_t cpumask;
+		refcount_t usage;
+	};
+
+The verifier would allow a ``struct bpf_cpumask *`` to be passed to a kfunc
+taking a ``cpumask_t *`` (which is a typedef of ``struct cpumask *``). For
+instance, both ``struct cpumask *`` and ``struct bpf_cpmuask *`` can be passed
+to bpf_cpumask_test_cpu().
+
+In some cases, this type-aliasing behavior is not desired. ``struct
+nf_conn___init`` is one such example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	struct nf_conn___init {
+		struct nf_conn ct;
+	};
+
+The C standard would consider these types to be equivalent, but it would not
+always be safe to pass either type to a trusted kfunc. ``struct
+nf_conn___init`` represents an allocated ``struct nf_conn`` object that has
+*not yet been initialized*, so it would therefore be unsafe to pass a ``struct
+nf_conn___init *`` to a kfunc that's expecting a fully initialized ``struct
+nf_conn *`` (e.g. ``bpf_ct_change_timeout()``).
+
+In order to accommodate such requirements, the verifier will enforce strict
+PTR_TO_BTF_ID type matching if two types have the exact same name, with one
+being suffixed with ``___init``.
+
+.. _BPF_kfunc_lifecycle_expectations:
+
+3. kfunc lifecycle expectations
+===============================
+
+kfuncs provide a kernel <-> kernel API, and thus are not bound by any of the
+strict stability restrictions associated with kernel <-> user UAPIs. This means
+they can be thought of as similar to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, and can therefore be
+modified or removed by a maintainer of the subsystem they're defined in when
+it's deemed necessary.
+
+Like any other change to the kernel, maintainers will not change or remove a
+kfunc without having a reasonable justification.  Whether or not they'll choose
+to change a kfunc will ultimately depend on a variety of factors, such as how
+widely used the kfunc is, how long the kfunc has been in the kernel, whether an
+alternative kfunc exists, what the norm is in terms of stability for the
+subsystem in question, and of course what the technical cost is of continuing
+to support the kfunc.
+
+There are several implications of this:
+
+a) kfuncs that are widely used or have been in the kernel for a long time will
+   be more difficult to justify being changed or removed by a maintainer. In
+   other words, kfuncs that are known to have a lot of users and provide
+   significant value provide stronger incentives for maintainers to invest the
+   time and complexity in supporting them. It is therefore important for
+   developers that are using kfuncs in their BPF programs to communicate and
+   explain how and why those kfuncs are being used, and to participate in
+   discussions regarding those kfuncs when they occur upstream.
+
+b) Unlike regular kernel symbols marked with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, BPF programs
+   that call kfuncs are generally not part of the kernel tree. This means that
+   refactoring cannot typically change callers in-place when a kfunc changes,
+   as is done for e.g. an upstreamed driver being updated in place when a
+   kernel symbol is changed.
+
+   Unlike with regular kernel symbols, this is expected behavior for BPF
+   symbols, and out-of-tree BPF programs that use kfuncs should be considered
+   relevant to discussions and decisions around modifying and removing those
+   kfuncs. The BPF community will take an active role in participating in
+   upstream discussions when necessary to ensure that the perspectives of such
+   users are taken into account.
+
+c) A kfunc will never have any hard stability guarantees. BPF APIs cannot and
+   will not ever hard-block a change in the kernel purely for stability
+   reasons. That being said, kfuncs are features that are meant to solve
+   problems and provide value to users. The decision of whether to change or
+   remove a kfunc is a multivariate technical decision that is made on a
+   case-by-case basis, and which is informed by data points such as those
+   mentioned above. It is expected that a kfunc being removed or changed with
+   no warning will not be a common occurrence or take place without sound
+   justification, but it is a possibility that must be accepted if one is to
+   use kfuncs.
+
+3.1 kfunc deprecation
+---------------------
+
+As described above, while sometimes a maintainer may find that a kfunc must be
+changed or removed immediately to accommodate some changes in their subsystem,
+usually kfuncs will be able to accommodate a longer and more measured
+deprecation process. For example, if a new kfunc comes along which provides
+superior functionality to an existing kfunc, the existing kfunc may be
+deprecated for some period of time to allow users to migrate their BPF programs
+to use the new one. Or, if a kfunc has no known users, a decision may be made
+to remove the kfunc (without providing an alternative API) after some
+deprecation period so as to provide users with a window to notify the kfunc
+maintainer if it turns out that the kfunc is actually being used.
+
+It's expected that the common case will be that kfuncs will go through a
+deprecation period rather than being changed or removed without warning. As
+described in :ref:`KF_deprecated_flag`, the kfunc framework provides the
+KF_DEPRECATED flag to kfunc developers to signal to users that a kfunc has been
+deprecated. Once a kfunc has been marked with KF_DEPRECATED, the following
+procedure is followed for removal:
+
+1. Any relevant information for deprecated kfuncs is documented in the kfunc's
+   kernel docs. This documentation will typically include the kfunc's expected
+   remaining lifespan, a recommendation for new functionality that can replace
+   the usage of the deprecated function (or an explanation as to why no such
+   replacement exists), etc.
+
+2. The deprecated kfunc is kept in the kernel for some period of time after it
+   was first marked as deprecated. This time period will be chosen on a
+   case-by-case basis, and will typically depend on how widespread the use of
+   the kfunc is, how long it has been in the kernel, and how hard it is to move
+   to alternatives. This deprecation time period is "best effort", and as
+   described :ref:`above<BPF_kfunc_lifecycle_expectations>`, circumstances may
+   sometimes dictate that the kfunc be removed before the full intended
+   deprecation period has elapsed.
+
+3. After the deprecation period the kfunc will be removed. At this point, BPF
+   programs calling the kfunc will be rejected by the verifier.
+
+4. Core kfuncs
+==============
+
+The BPF subsystem provides a number of "core" kfuncs that are potentially
+applicable to a wide variety of different possible use cases and programs.
+Those kfuncs are documented here.
+
+4.1 struct task_struct * kfuncs
+-------------------------------
+
+There are a number of kfuncs that allow ``struct task_struct *`` objects to be
+used as kptrs:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_task_acquire bpf_task_release
+
+These kfuncs are useful when you want to acquire or release a reference to a
+``struct task_struct *`` that was passed as e.g. a tracepoint arg, or a
+struct_ops callback arg. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	/**
+	 * A trivial example tracepoint program that shows how to
+	 * acquire and release a struct task_struct * pointer.
+	 */
+	SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask")
+	int BPF_PROG(task_acquire_release_example, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags)
+	{
+		struct task_struct *acquired;
+
+		acquired = bpf_task_acquire(task);
+
+		/*
+		 * In a typical program you'd do something like store
+		 * the task in a map, and the map will automatically
+		 * release it later. Here, we release it manually.
+		 */
+		bpf_task_release(acquired);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+----
+
+A BPF program can also look up a task from a pid. This can be useful if the
+caller doesn't have a trusted pointer to a ``struct task_struct *`` object that
+it can acquire a reference on with bpf_task_acquire().
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_task_from_pid
+
+Here is an example of it being used:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	SEC("tp_btf/task_newtask")
+	int BPF_PROG(task_get_pid_example, struct task_struct *task, u64 clone_flags)
+	{
+		struct task_struct *lookup;
+
+		lookup = bpf_task_from_pid(task->pid);
+		if (!lookup)
+			/* A task should always be found, as %task is a tracepoint arg. */
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		if (lookup->pid != task->pid) {
+			/* bpf_task_from_pid() looks up the task via its
+			 * globally-unique pid from the init_pid_ns. Thus,
+			 * the pid of the lookup task should always be the
+			 * same as the input task.
+			 */
+			bpf_task_release(lookup);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		/* bpf_task_from_pid() returns an acquired reference,
+		 * so it must be dropped before returning from the
+		 * tracepoint handler.
+		 */
+		bpf_task_release(lookup);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+4.2 struct cgroup * kfuncs
+--------------------------
+
+``struct cgroup *`` objects also have acquire and release functions:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_cgroup_acquire bpf_cgroup_release
+
+These kfuncs are used in exactly the same manner as bpf_task_acquire() and
+bpf_task_release() respectively, so we won't provide examples for them.
+
+----
+
+You may also acquire a reference to a ``struct cgroup`` kptr that's already
+stored in a map using bpf_cgroup_kptr_get():
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_cgroup_kptr_get
+
+Here's an example of how it can be used:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	/* struct containing the struct task_struct kptr which is actually stored in the map. */
+	struct __cgroups_kfunc_map_value {
+		struct cgroup __kptr_ref * cgroup;
+	};
+
+	/* The map containing struct __cgroups_kfunc_map_value entries. */
+	struct {
+		__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
+		__type(key, int);
+		__type(value, struct __cgroups_kfunc_map_value);
+		__uint(max_entries, 1);
+	} __cgroups_kfunc_map SEC(".maps");
+
+	/* ... */
+
+	/**
+	 * A simple example tracepoint program showing how a
+	 * struct cgroup kptr that is stored in a map can
+	 * be acquired using the bpf_cgroup_kptr_get() kfunc.
+	 */
+	 SEC("tp_btf/cgroup_mkdir")
+	 int BPF_PROG(cgroup_kptr_get_example, struct cgroup *cgrp, const char *path)
+	 {
+		struct cgroup *kptr;
+		struct __cgroups_kfunc_map_value *v;
+		s32 id = cgrp->self.id;
+
+		/* Assume a cgroup kptr was previously stored in the map. */
+		v = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&__cgroups_kfunc_map, &id);
+		if (!v)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		/* Acquire a reference to the cgroup kptr that's already stored in the map. */
+		kptr = bpf_cgroup_kptr_get(&v->cgroup);
+		if (!kptr)
+			/* If no cgroup was present in the map, it's because
+			 * we're racing with another CPU that removed it with
+			 * bpf_kptr_xchg() between the bpf_map_lookup_elem()
+			 * above, and our call to bpf_cgroup_kptr_get().
+			 * bpf_cgroup_kptr_get() internally safely handles this
+			 * race, and will return NULL if the task is no longer
+			 * present in the map by the time we invoke the kfunc.
+			 */
+			return -EBUSY;
+
+		/* Free the reference we just took above. Note that the
+		 * original struct cgroup kptr is still in the map. It will
+		 * be freed either at a later time if another context deletes
+		 * it from the map, or automatically by the BPF subsystem if
+		 * it's still present when the map is destroyed.
+		 */
+		bpf_cgroup_release(kptr);
+
+		return 0;
+        }
+
+----
+
+Another kfunc available for interacting with ``struct cgroup *`` objects is
+bpf_cgroup_ancestor(). This allows callers to access the ancestor of a cgroup,
+and return it as a cgroup kptr.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+   :identifiers: bpf_cgroup_ancestor
+
+Eventually, BPF should be updated to allow this to happen with a normal memory
+load in the program itself. This is currently not possible without more work in
+the verifier. bpf_cgroup_ancestor() can be used as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	/**
+	 * Simple tracepoint example that illustrates how a cgroup's
+	 * ancestor can be accessed using bpf_cgroup_ancestor().
+	 */
+	SEC("tp_btf/cgroup_mkdir")
+	int BPF_PROG(cgrp_ancestor_example, struct cgroup *cgrp, const char *path)
+	{
+		struct cgroup *parent;
+
+		/* The parent cgroup resides at the level before the current cgroup's level. */
+		parent = bpf_cgroup_ancestor(cgrp, cgrp->level - 1);
+		if (!parent)
+			return -ENOENT;
+
+		bpf_printk("Parent id is %d", parent->self.id);
+
+		/* Return the parent cgroup that was acquired above. */
+		bpf_cgroup_release(parent);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+4.3 struct cpumask * kfuncs
+---------------------------
+
+BPF provides a set of kfuncs that can be used to query, allocate, mutate, and
+destroy struct cpumask * objects. Please refer to :ref:`cpumasks-header-label`
+for more details.