diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_namespace.h b/include/linux/bpf_namespace.h
index 06aa51f..50bd68c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_namespace.h
@@ -38,9 +38,45 @@ struct bpf_namespace {
 
 extern struct bpf_namespace init_bpf_ns;
 extern struct proc_ns_operations bpfns_operations;
+extern spinlock_t map_idr_lock;
+extern spinlock_t prog_idr_lock;
+extern spinlock_t link_idr_lock;
 
 struct bpf_namespace *copy_bpfns(unsigned long flags,
 								struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 								struct bpf_namespace *old_ns);
 void put_bpfns(struct bpf_namespace *ns);
+struct bpf_obj_id *bpf_alloc_obj_id(struct bpf_namespace *ns,
+									void *obj, int type);
+void bpf_free_obj_id(struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id, int type);
+
+/*
+ * The helpers to get the bpf_id's id seen from different namespaces
+ *
+ * bpf_id_nr()    : global id, i.e. the id seen from the init namespace;
+ * bpf_id_vnr()   : virtual id, i.e. the id seen from the pid namespace of
+ *                  current.
+ * bpf_id_nr_ns() : id seen from the ns specified.
+ *
+ * see also task_xid_nr() etc in include/linux/sched.h
+ */
+static inline int bpf_obj_id_nr(struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id)
+{
+	if (obj_id)
+		return obj_id->numbers[0].nr;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int bpf_obj_id_nr_ns(struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id,
+								   struct bpf_namespace *ns)
+{
+	if (obj_id && ns->level <= obj_id->level)
+		return obj_id->numbers[ns->level].nr;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int bpf_obj_id_vnr(struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id)
+{
+	return bpf_obj_id_nr_ns(obj_id, current->nsproxy->bpf_ns);
+}
 #endif /* _LINUX_BPF_ID_NS_H */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_namespace.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_namespace.c
index 88a86cd..1e98d1d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_namespace.c
@@ -217,3 +217,89 @@ static __init int bpf_namespaces_init(void)
 }
 
 late_initcall(bpf_namespaces_init);
+
+struct bpf_obj_id *bpf_alloc_obj_id(struct bpf_namespace *ns,
+									void *obj, int type)
+{
+	struct bpf_namespace *tmp = ns;
+	struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id;
+	spinlock_t *idr_lock;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int id;
+	int i;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case MAP_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &map_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	case PROG_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &prog_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	case LINK_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &link_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	obj_id = kmem_cache_alloc(ns->obj_id_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!obj_id)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	obj_id->level = ns->level;
+	for (i = ns->level; i >= 0; i--) {
+		idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+		spin_lock_bh(idr_lock);
+		id = idr_alloc_cyclic(&tmp->idr[type], obj, 1, INT_MAX, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		spin_unlock_bh(idr_lock);
+		idr_preload_end();
+		if (id < 0)
+			goto out_free;
+		obj_id->numbers[i].nr = id;
+		obj_id->numbers[i].ns = tmp;
+		tmp = tmp->parent;
+	}
+
+	return obj_id;
+
+out_free:
+	for (; i <= ns->level; i++) {
+		tmp = obj_id->numbers[i].ns;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(idr_lock, flags);
+		idr_remove(&tmp->idr[type], obj_id->numbers[i].nr);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(idr_lock, flags);
+	}
+	kmem_cache_free(ns->obj_id_cachep, obj_id);
+	return ERR_PTR(id);
+}
+
+void bpf_free_obj_id(struct bpf_obj_id *obj_id, int type)
+{
+	struct bpf_namespace *ns;
+	spinlock_t *idr_lock;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int i;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case MAP_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &map_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	case PROG_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &prog_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	case LINK_OBJ_ID:
+		idr_lock = &link_idr_lock;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return;
+	}
+	/* Note that the level-0 should be freed at last */
+	for (i = obj_id->level; i >= 0; i--) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(idr_lock, flags);
+		ns = obj_id->numbers[i].ns;
+		idr_remove(&ns->idr[type], obj_id->numbers[i].nr);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(idr_lock, flags);
+	}
+	ns = obj_id->numbers[obj_id->level].ns;
+	kmem_cache_free(ns->obj_id_cachep, obj_id);
+}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index ee1297d..f24e550 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bpf_prog_active);
 static DEFINE_IDR(prog_idr);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(prog_idr_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(prog_idr_lock);
 static DEFINE_IDR(map_idr);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(map_idr_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(map_idr_lock);
 static DEFINE_IDR(link_idr);
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(link_idr_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(link_idr_lock);
 
 int sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled __read_mostly =
 	IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF) ? 2 : 0;
