When loading in parallel multiple programs which use the same to-be pinned map, it is possible that two instances of the loader will call bpf_object__create_maps() at the same time. If the map doesn't exist when both instances call bpf_object__reuse_map(), then one of the instances will fail with EEXIST when calling bpf_map__pin(). Fix the race by retrying reusing a map if bpf_map__pin() returns EEXIST. The fix is similar to the one in iproute2: e4c4685fd6e4 ("bpf: Fix race condition with map pinning"). Before retrying the pinning, we don't do any special cleaning of an internal map state. The closer code inspection revealed that it's not required: - bpf_object__create_map(): map->inner_map is destroyed after a successful call, map->fd is closed if pinning fails. - bpf_object__populate_internal_map(): created map elements is destroyed upon close(map->fd). - init_map_slots(): slots are freed after their initialization. Cc: Joe Stringer <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martynas Pumputis <m@xxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 6f5e2757bb3c..9a39453bb45b 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -4616,10 +4616,13 @@ bpf_object__create_maps(struct bpf_object *obj) char *cp, errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE]; unsigned int i, j; int err; + bool retried; for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_maps; i++) { map = &obj->maps[i]; + retried = false; +retry: if (map->pin_path) { err = bpf_object__reuse_map(map); if (err) { @@ -4627,6 +4630,12 @@ bpf_object__create_maps(struct bpf_object *obj) map->name); goto err_out; } + if (retried && map->fd < 0) { + pr_warn("map '%s': cannot find pinned map\n", + map->name); + err = -ENOENT; + goto err_out; + } } if (map->fd >= 0) { @@ -4660,9 +4669,13 @@ bpf_object__create_maps(struct bpf_object *obj) if (map->pin_path && !map->pinned) { err = bpf_map__pin(map, NULL); if (err) { + zclose(map->fd); + if (!retried && err == -EEXIST) { + retried = true; + goto retry; + } pr_warn("map '%s': failed to auto-pin at '%s': %d\n", map->name, map->pin_path, err); - zclose(map->fd); goto err_out; } } -- 2.32.0