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authorKumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>2026-09-04 10:43:19 +0200
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selftests/bpf: Reject graph kptr use after RCU unlockgrafted
Add a sleepable verifier test that loads a graph-node local kptr in an explicit RCU read-side critical section, then passes its node to bpf_rbtree_remove() after the section ends. Before the verifier fix, the stale NON_OWN_REF flag makes the node look like a live borrowed reference and the program is accepted. After the fix, the pointer is demoted without NON_OWN_REF and the graph kfunc argument is rejected. Also exercise a graph kptr loaded while a spin lock provides implicit RCU protection. The pointer must be invalidated when the lock is released, which guards the required ordering between non-owning-reference invalidation and RCU demotion. Update the existing fault-protected load test state description. The post-unlock pointer no longer carries NON_OWN_REF, but remains readable because the load is rewritten to use BPF_PROBE_MEM. Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260904084325.52250-7-memxor@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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+================
+MSR Trace Events
+================
+
+The x86 kernel supports tracing most MSR (Model Specific Register) accesses.
+To see the definition of the MSRs on Intel systems please see the SDM
+at https://www.intel.com/sdm (Volume 3)
+
+Available trace points:
+
+/sys/kernel/tracing/events/msr/
+
+Trace MSR reads:
+
+read_msr
+
+ - msr: MSR number
+ - val: Value written
+ - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
+
+
+Trace MSR writes:
+
+write_msr
+
+ - msr: MSR number
+ - val: Value written
+ - failed: 1 if the access failed, otherwise 0
+
+
+Trace RDPMC in kernel:
+
+rdpmc
+
+The trace data can be post processed with the postprocess/decode_msr.py script::
+
+ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace | decode_msr.py /usr/src/linux/include/asm/msr-index.h
+
+to add symbolic MSR names.
+