bpf: stream: start using kmalloc_nolock() #10080
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BPF stream kfuncs need to be non-sleeping as they can be called from programs running in any context, this requires a way to allocate memory from any context. Currently, this is done by a custom per-CPU NMI-safe bump allocation mechanism, backed by try_alloc_pages() and free_pages_nolock() primitives. As kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock() primitives are available now, the custom allocator can be removed in favor of these. Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]>
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BPF stream kfuncs need to be non-sleeping as they can be called from programs running in any context, this requires a way to allocate memory from any context. Currently, this is done by a custom per-CPU NMI-safe bump allocation mechanism, backed by try_alloc_pages() and free_pages_nolock() primitives.
As kmalloc_nolock() and kfree_nolock() primitives are available now, the custom allocator can be removed in favor of these.