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bpf: Prefer dirty packs for eBPF allocations
authorPawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:39:29 +0000 (22:39 -0700)
committerDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Wed, 1 Jul 2026 08:34:41 +0000 (10:34 +0200)
commitb72e29e0f7ee329d89f86db8700c8ea99b4a370a
treeac4ca7ece438c3831892ac9c4d3a9023b615d558
parenta9b1f19a6a673ba06820898d0f1ad02883ea1639
bpf: Prefer dirty packs for eBPF allocations

The pack allocator only flushes predictors when reusing a dirty pack for
cBPF, eBPF allocations never trigger a flush. Currently, eBPF picks the
first free pack, which could be a clean pack. As an optimization, leaving
a clean pack for cBPF can avoid flushes.

Prefer dirty packs for eBPF and keep clean packs free for cBPF. This
mirrors the existing cBPF preference for clean packs: each program kind
prefers the pack that avoids an extra flush, and falls back to the other
kind only when no preferred pack has room. eBPF reuse of a dirty pack is
harmless since eBPF being privileged does not flush.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
kernel/bpf/core.c