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<title>bpf: verifier: Support eliding map lookup nullness</title>
<updated>2025-01-17T01:51:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Xu</name>
<email>dxu@dxuuu.xyz</email>
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<published>2025-01-14T20:28:45+00:00</published>
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This commit allows progs to elide a null check on statically known map
lookup keys. In other words, if the verifier can statically prove that
the lookup will be in-bounds, allow the prog to drop the null check.

This is useful for two reasons:

1. Large numbers of nullness checks (especially when they cannot fail)
   unnecessarily pushes prog towards BPF_COMPLEXITY_LIMIT_JMP_SEQ.
2. It forms a tighter contract between programmer and verifier.

For (1), bpftrace is starting to make heavier use of percpu scratch
maps. As a result, for user scripts with large number of unrolled loops,
we are starting to hit jump complexity verification errors.  These
percpu lookups cannot fail anyways, as we only use static key values.
Eliding nullness probably results in less work for verifier as well.

For (2), percpu scratch maps are often used as a larger stack, as the
currrent stack is limited to 512 bytes. In these situations, it is
desirable for the programmer to express: "this lookup should never fail,
and if it does, it means I messed up the code". By omitting the null
check, the programmer can "ask" the verifier to double check the logic.

Tests also have to be updated in sync with these changes, as the
verifier is more efficient with this change. Notable, iters.c tests had
to be changed to use a map type that still requires null checks, as it's
exercising verifier tracking logic w.r.t iterators.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu &lt;dxu@dxuuu.xyz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/68f3ea96ff3809a87e502a11a4bd30177fc5823e.1736886479.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit allows progs to elide a null check on statically known map
lookup keys. In other words, if the verifier can statically prove that
the lookup will be in-bounds, allow the prog to drop the null check.

This is useful for two reasons:

1. Large numbers of nullness checks (especially when they cannot fail)
   unnecessarily pushes prog towards BPF_COMPLEXITY_LIMIT_JMP_SEQ.
2. It forms a tighter contract between programmer and verifier.

For (1), bpftrace is starting to make heavier use of percpu scratch
maps. As a result, for user scripts with large number of unrolled loops,
we are starting to hit jump complexity verification errors.  These
percpu lookups cannot fail anyways, as we only use static key values.
Eliding nullness probably results in less work for verifier as well.

For (2), percpu scratch maps are often used as a larger stack, as the
currrent stack is limited to 512 bytes. In these situations, it is
desirable for the programmer to express: "this lookup should never fail,
and if it does, it means I messed up the code". By omitting the null
check, the programmer can "ask" the verifier to double check the logic.

Tests also have to be updated in sync with these changes, as the
verifier is more efficient with this change. Notable, iters.c tests had
to be changed to use a map type that still requires null checks, as it's
exercising verifier tracking logic w.r.t iterators.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu &lt;dxu@dxuuu.xyz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/68f3ea96ff3809a87e502a11a4bd30177fc5823e.1736886479.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: verifier: Refactor helper access type tracking</title>
<updated>2025-01-17T01:51:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Xu</name>
<email>dxu@dxuuu.xyz</email>
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<published>2025-01-14T20:28:44+00:00</published>
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Previously, the verifier was treating all PTR_TO_STACK registers passed
to a helper call as potentially written to by the helper. However, all
calls to check_stack_range_initialized() already have precise access type
information available.

Rather than treat ACCESS_HELPER as a proxy for BPF_WRITE, pass
enum bpf_access_type to check_stack_range_initialized() to more
precisely track helper arguments.

One benefit from this precision is that registers tracked as valid
spills and passed as a read-only helper argument remain tracked after
the call.  Rather than being marked STACK_MISC afterwards.

An additional benefit is the verifier logs are also more precise. For
this particular error, users will enjoy a slightly clearer message. See
included selftest updates for examples.

Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu &lt;dxu@dxuuu.xyz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ff885c0e5859e0cd12077c3148ff0754cad4f7ed.1736886479.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Previously, the verifier was treating all PTR_TO_STACK registers passed
to a helper call as potentially written to by the helper. However, all
calls to check_stack_range_initialized() already have precise access type
information available.

Rather than treat ACCESS_HELPER as a proxy for BPF_WRITE, pass
enum bpf_access_type to check_stack_range_initialized() to more
precisely track helper arguments.

One benefit from this precision is that registers tracked as valid
spills and passed as a read-only helper argument remain tracked after
the call.  Rather than being marked STACK_MISC afterwards.

An additional benefit is the verifier logs are also more precise. For
this particular error, users will enjoy a slightly clearer message. See
included selftest updates for examples.

Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu &lt;dxu@dxuuu.xyz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ff885c0e5859e0cd12077c3148ff0754cad4f7ed.1736886479.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Fix error message on kfunc arg type mismatch</title>
<updated>2024-09-09T22:58:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maxim Mikityanskiy</name>
<email>maxtram95@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-09T13:39:09+00:00</published>
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When "arg#%d expected pointer to ctx, but got %s" error is printed, both
template parts actually point to the type of the argument, therefore, it
will also say "but got PTR", regardless of what was the actual register
type.

Fix the message to print the register type in the second part of the
template, change the existing test to adapt to the new format, and add a
new test to test the case when arg is a pointer to context, but reg is a
scalar.

Fixes: 00b85860feb8 ("bpf: Rewrite kfunc argument handling")
Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy &lt;maxim@isovalent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240909133909.1315460-1-maxim@isovalent.com
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When "arg#%d expected pointer to ctx, but got %s" error is printed, both
template parts actually point to the type of the argument, therefore, it
will also say "but got PTR", regardless of what was the actual register
type.

Fix the message to print the register type in the second part of the
template, change the existing test to adapt to the new format, and add a
new test to test the case when arg is a pointer to context, but reg is a
scalar.

Fixes: 00b85860feb8 ("bpf: Rewrite kfunc argument handling")
Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy &lt;maxim@isovalent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240909133909.1315460-1-maxim@isovalent.com
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<entry>
<title>selftests/bpf: fix some typos in selftests</title>
<updated>2024-09-05T20:07:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lin Yikai</name>
<email>yikai.lin@vivo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-05T11:03:05+00:00</published>
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Hi, fix some spelling errors in selftest, the details are as follows:

-in the codes:
	test_bpf_sk_stoarge_map_iter_fd(void)
		-&gt;test_bpf_sk_storage_map_iter_fd(void)
	load BTF from btf_data.o-&gt;load BTF from btf_data.bpf.o

-in the code comments:
	preample-&gt;preamble
	multi-contollers-&gt;multi-controllers
	errono-&gt;errno
	unsighed/unsinged-&gt;unsigned
	egree-&gt;egress
	shoud-&gt;should
	regsiter-&gt;register
	assummed-&gt;assumed
	conditiona-&gt;conditional
	rougly-&gt;roughly
	timetamp-&gt;timestamp
	ingores-&gt;ignores
	null-termainted-&gt;null-terminated
	slepable-&gt;sleepable
	implemenation-&gt;implementation
	veriables-&gt;variables
	timetamps-&gt;timestamps
	substitue a costant-&gt;substitute a constant
	secton-&gt;section
	unreferened-&gt;unreferenced
	verifer-&gt;verifier
	libppf-&gt;libbpf
...

Signed-off-by: Lin Yikai &lt;yikai.lin@vivo.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240905110354.3274546-1-yikai.lin@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Hi, fix some spelling errors in selftest, the details are as follows:

-in the codes:
	test_bpf_sk_stoarge_map_iter_fd(void)
		-&gt;test_bpf_sk_storage_map_iter_fd(void)
	load BTF from btf_data.o-&gt;load BTF from btf_data.bpf.o

-in the code comments:
	preample-&gt;preamble
	multi-contollers-&gt;multi-controllers
	errono-&gt;errno
	unsighed/unsinged-&gt;unsigned
	egree-&gt;egress
	shoud-&gt;should
	regsiter-&gt;register
	assummed-&gt;assumed
	conditiona-&gt;conditional
	rougly-&gt;roughly
	timetamp-&gt;timestamp
	ingores-&gt;ignores
	null-termainted-&gt;null-terminated
	slepable-&gt;sleepable
	implemenation-&gt;implementation
	veriables-&gt;variables
	timetamps-&gt;timestamps
	substitue a costant-&gt;substitute a constant
	secton-&gt;section
	unreferened-&gt;unreferenced
	verifer-&gt;verifier
	libppf-&gt;libbpf
...

Signed-off-by: Lin Yikai &lt;yikai.lin@vivo.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240905110354.3274546-1-yikai.lin@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Remove mark_precise_scalar_ids()</title>
<updated>2024-07-29T19:53:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eduard Zingerman</name>
<email>eddyz87@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-18T20:23:54+00:00</published>
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Function mark_precise_scalar_ids() is superseded by
bt_sync_linked_regs() and equal scalars tracking in jump history.
mark_precise_scalar_ids() propagates precision over registers sharing
same ID on parent/child state boundaries, while jump history records
allow bt_sync_linked_regs() to propagate same information with
instruction level granularity, which is strictly more precise.

This commit removes mark_precise_scalar_ids() and updates test cases
in progs/verifier_scalar_ids to reflect new verifier behavior.

The tests are updated in the following manner:
- mark_precise_scalar_ids() propagated precision regardless of
  presence of conditional jumps, while new jump history based logic
  only kicks in when conditional jumps are present.
  Hence test cases are augmented with conditional jumps to still
  trigger precision propagation.
- As equal scalars tracking no longer relies on parent/child state
  boundaries some test cases are no longer interesting,
  such test cases are removed, namely:
  - precision_same_state and precision_cross_state are superseded by
    linked_regs_bpf_k;
  - precision_same_state_broken_link and equal_scalars_broken_link
    are superseded by linked_regs_broken_link.

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240718202357.1746514-3-eddyz87@gmail.com
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Function mark_precise_scalar_ids() is superseded by
bt_sync_linked_regs() and equal scalars tracking in jump history.
mark_precise_scalar_ids() propagates precision over registers sharing
same ID on parent/child state boundaries, while jump history records
allow bt_sync_linked_regs() to propagate same information with
instruction level granularity, which is strictly more precise.

This commit removes mark_precise_scalar_ids() and updates test cases
in progs/verifier_scalar_ids to reflect new verifier behavior.

The tests are updated in the following manner:
- mark_precise_scalar_ids() propagated precision regardless of
  presence of conditional jumps, while new jump history based logic
  only kicks in when conditional jumps are present.
  Hence test cases are augmented with conditional jumps to still
  trigger precision propagation.
- As equal scalars tracking no longer relies on parent/child state
  boundaries some test cases are no longer interesting,
  such test cases are removed, namely:
  - precision_same_state and precision_cross_state are superseded by
    linked_regs_bpf_k;
  - precision_same_state_broken_link and equal_scalars_broken_link
    are superseded by linked_regs_broken_link.

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240718202357.1746514-3-eddyz87@gmail.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: Track equal scalars history on per-instruction level</title>
<updated>2024-07-29T19:53:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eduard Zingerman</name>
<email>eddyz87@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-18T20:23:53+00:00</published>
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Use bpf_verifier_state-&gt;jmp_history to track which registers were
updated by find_equal_scalars() (renamed to collect_linked_regs())
when conditional jump was verified. Use recorded information in
backtrack_insn() to propagate precision.

E.g. for the following program:

            while verifying instructions
  1: r1 = r0              |
  2: if r1 &lt; 8  goto ...  | push r0,r1 as linked registers in jmp_history
  3: if r0 &gt; 16 goto ...  | push r0,r1 as linked registers in jmp_history
  4: r2 = r10             |
  5: r2 += r0             v mark_chain_precision(r0)

            while doing mark_chain_precision(r0)
  5: r2 += r0             | mark r0 precise
  4: r2 = r10             |
  3: if r0 &gt; 16 goto ...  | mark r0,r1 as precise
  2: if r1 &lt; 8  goto ...  | mark r0,r1 as precise
  1: r1 = r0              v

Technically, do this as follows:
- Use 10 bits to identify each register that gains range because of
  sync_linked_regs():
  - 3 bits for frame number;
  - 6 bits for register or stack slot number;
  - 1 bit to indicate if register is spilled.
- Use u64 as a vector of 6 such records + 4 bits for vector length.
- Augment struct bpf_jmp_history_entry with a field 'linked_regs'
  representing such vector.
- When doing check_cond_jmp_op() remember up to 6 registers that
  gain range because of sync_linked_regs() in such a vector.
- Don't propagate range information and reset IDs for registers that
  don't fit in 6-value vector.
- Push a pair {instruction index, linked registers vector}
  to bpf_verifier_state-&gt;jmp_history.
- When doing backtrack_insn() check if any of recorded linked
  registers is currently marked precise, if so mark all linked
  registers as precise.

This also requires fixes for two test_verifier tests:
- precise: test 1
- precise: test 2

Both tests contain the following instruction sequence:

19: (bf) r2 = r9                      ; R2=scalar(id=3) R9=scalar(id=3)
20: (a5) if r2 &lt; 0x8 goto pc+1        ; R2=scalar(id=3,umin=8)
21: (95) exit
22: (07) r2 += 1                      ; R2_w=scalar(id=3+1,...)
23: (bf) r1 = r10                     ; R1_w=fp0 R10=fp0
24: (07) r1 += -8                     ; R1_w=fp-8
25: (b7) r3 = 0                       ; R3_w=0
26: (85) call bpf_probe_read_kernel#113

The call to bpf_probe_read_kernel() at (26) forces r2 to be precise.
Previously, this forced all registers with same id to become precise
immediately when mark_chain_precision() is called.
After this change, the precision is propagated to registers sharing
same id only when 'if' instruction is backtracked.
Hence verification log for both tests is changed:
regs=r2,r9 -&gt; regs=r2 for instructions 25..20.

Fixes: 904e6ddf4133 ("bpf: Use scalar ids in mark_chain_precision()")
Reported-by: Hao Sun &lt;sunhao.th@gmail.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240718202357.1746514-2-eddyz87@gmail.com

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZ0xidVCqB47XnkXcNhkPWF6_nTV7yt+_Lf0kcFEut2Mg@mail.gmail.com/
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Use bpf_verifier_state-&gt;jmp_history to track which registers were
updated by find_equal_scalars() (renamed to collect_linked_regs())
when conditional jump was verified. Use recorded information in
backtrack_insn() to propagate precision.

E.g. for the following program:

            while verifying instructions
  1: r1 = r0              |
  2: if r1 &lt; 8  goto ...  | push r0,r1 as linked registers in jmp_history
  3: if r0 &gt; 16 goto ...  | push r0,r1 as linked registers in jmp_history
  4: r2 = r10             |
  5: r2 += r0             v mark_chain_precision(r0)

            while doing mark_chain_precision(r0)
  5: r2 += r0             | mark r0 precise
  4: r2 = r10             |
  3: if r0 &gt; 16 goto ...  | mark r0,r1 as precise
  2: if r1 &lt; 8  goto ...  | mark r0,r1 as precise
  1: r1 = r0              v

Technically, do this as follows:
- Use 10 bits to identify each register that gains range because of
  sync_linked_regs():
  - 3 bits for frame number;
  - 6 bits for register or stack slot number;
  - 1 bit to indicate if register is spilled.
- Use u64 as a vector of 6 such records + 4 bits for vector length.
- Augment struct bpf_jmp_history_entry with a field 'linked_regs'
  representing such vector.
- When doing check_cond_jmp_op() remember up to 6 registers that
  gain range because of sync_linked_regs() in such a vector.
- Don't propagate range information and reset IDs for registers that
  don't fit in 6-value vector.
- Push a pair {instruction index, linked registers vector}
  to bpf_verifier_state-&gt;jmp_history.
- When doing backtrack_insn() check if any of recorded linked
  registers is currently marked precise, if so mark all linked
  registers as precise.

This also requires fixes for two test_verifier tests:
- precise: test 1
- precise: test 2

Both tests contain the following instruction sequence:

19: (bf) r2 = r9                      ; R2=scalar(id=3) R9=scalar(id=3)
20: (a5) if r2 &lt; 0x8 goto pc+1        ; R2=scalar(id=3,umin=8)
21: (95) exit
22: (07) r2 += 1                      ; R2_w=scalar(id=3+1,...)
23: (bf) r1 = r10                     ; R1_w=fp0 R10=fp0
24: (07) r1 += -8                     ; R1_w=fp-8
25: (b7) r3 = 0                       ; R3_w=0
26: (85) call bpf_probe_read_kernel#113

The call to bpf_probe_read_kernel() at (26) forces r2 to be precise.
Previously, this forced all registers with same id to become precise
immediately when mark_chain_precision() is called.
After this change, the precision is propagated to registers sharing
same id only when 'if' instruction is backtracked.
Hence verification log for both tests is changed:
regs=r2,r9 -&gt; regs=r2 for instructions 25..20.

Fixes: 904e6ddf4133 ("bpf: Use scalar ids in mark_chain_precision()")
Reported-by: Hao Sun &lt;sunhao.th@gmail.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240718202357.1746514-2-eddyz87@gmail.com

Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZ0xidVCqB47XnkXcNhkPWF6_nTV7yt+_Lf0kcFEut2Mg@mail.gmail.com/
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<entry>
<title>selftests/bpf: Test for null-pointer-deref bugfix in resolve_prog_type()</title>
<updated>2024-07-12T20:14:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tengda Wu</name>
<email>wutengda@huaweicloud.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-11T14:58:19+00:00</published>
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This test verifies that resolve_prog_type() works as expected when
`attach_prog_fd` is not passed in.

`prog-&gt;aux-&gt;dst_prog` in resolve_prog_type() is assigned by
`attach_prog_fd`, and would be NULL if `attach_prog_fd` is not provided.

Loading EXT prog with bpf_dynptr_from_skb() kfunc call in this way will
lead to null-pointer-deref.

Verify that the null-pointer-deref bug in resolve_prog_type() is fixed.

Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu &lt;wutengda@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240711145819.254178-3-wutengda@huaweicloud.com
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This test verifies that resolve_prog_type() works as expected when
`attach_prog_fd` is not passed in.

`prog-&gt;aux-&gt;dst_prog` in resolve_prog_type() is assigned by
`attach_prog_fd`, and would be NULL if `attach_prog_fd` is not provided.

Loading EXT prog with bpf_dynptr_from_skb() kfunc call in this way will
lead to null-pointer-deref.

Verify that the null-pointer-deref bug in resolve_prog_type() is fixed.

Signed-off-by: Tengda Wu &lt;wutengda@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240711145819.254178-3-wutengda@huaweicloud.com
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<entry>
<title>bpf: relax zero fixed offset constraint on KF_TRUSTED_ARGS/KF_RCU</title>
<updated>2024-07-10T02:11:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matt Bobrowski</name>
<email>mattbobrowski@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-09T21:09:39+00:00</published>
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Currently, BPF kfuncs which accept trusted pointer arguments
i.e. those flagged as KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, KF_RCU, or KF_RELEASE, all
require an original/unmodified trusted pointer argument to be supplied
to them. By original/unmodified, it means that the backing register
holding the trusted pointer argument that is to be supplied to the BPF
kfunc must have its fixed offset set to zero, or else the BPF verifier
will outright reject the BPF program load. However, this zero fixed
offset constraint that is currently enforced by the BPF verifier onto
BPF kfuncs specifically flagged to accept KF_TRUSTED_ARGS or KF_RCU
trusted pointer arguments is rather unnecessary, and can limit their
usability in practice. Specifically, it completely eliminates the
possibility of constructing a derived trusted pointer from an original
trusted pointer. To put it simply, a derived pointer is a pointer
which points to one of the nested member fields of the object being
pointed to by the original trusted pointer.

This patch relaxes the zero fixed offset constraint that is enforced
upon BPF kfuncs which specifically accept KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, or KF_RCU
arguments. Although, the zero fixed offset constraint technically also
applies to BPF kfuncs accepting KF_RELEASE arguments, relaxing this
constraint for such BPF kfuncs has subtle and unwanted
side-effects. This was discovered by experimenting a little further
with an initial version of this patch series [0]. The primary issue
with relaxing the zero fixed offset constraint on BPF kfuncs accepting
KF_RELEASE arguments is that it'd would open up the opportunity for
BPF programs to supply both trusted pointers and derived trusted
pointers to them. For KF_RELEASE BPF kfuncs specifically, this could
be problematic as resources associated with the backing pointer could
be released by the backing BPF kfunc and cause instabilities for the
rest of the kernel.

With this new fixed offset semantic in-place for BPF kfuncs accepting
KF_TRUSTED_ARGS and KF_RCU arguments, we now have more flexibility
when it comes to the BPF kfuncs that we're able to introduce moving
forward.

Early discussions covering the possibility of relaxing the zero fixed
offset constraint can be found using the link below. This will provide
more context on where all this has stemmed from [1].

Notably, pre-existing tests have been updated such that they provide
coverage for the updated zero fixed offset
functionality. Specifically, the nested offset test was converted from
a negative to positive test as it was already designed to assert zero
fixed offset semantics of a KF_TRUSTED_ARGS BPF kfunc.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZnA9ndnXKtHOuYMe@google.com/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZhkbrM55MKQ0KeIV@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Matt Bobrowski &lt;mattbobrowski@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240709210939.1544011-1-mattbobrowski@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, BPF kfuncs which accept trusted pointer arguments
i.e. those flagged as KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, KF_RCU, or KF_RELEASE, all
require an original/unmodified trusted pointer argument to be supplied
to them. By original/unmodified, it means that the backing register
holding the trusted pointer argument that is to be supplied to the BPF
kfunc must have its fixed offset set to zero, or else the BPF verifier
will outright reject the BPF program load. However, this zero fixed
offset constraint that is currently enforced by the BPF verifier onto
BPF kfuncs specifically flagged to accept KF_TRUSTED_ARGS or KF_RCU
trusted pointer arguments is rather unnecessary, and can limit their
usability in practice. Specifically, it completely eliminates the
possibility of constructing a derived trusted pointer from an original
trusted pointer. To put it simply, a derived pointer is a pointer
which points to one of the nested member fields of the object being
pointed to by the original trusted pointer.

This patch relaxes the zero fixed offset constraint that is enforced
upon BPF kfuncs which specifically accept KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, or KF_RCU
arguments. Although, the zero fixed offset constraint technically also
applies to BPF kfuncs accepting KF_RELEASE arguments, relaxing this
constraint for such BPF kfuncs has subtle and unwanted
side-effects. This was discovered by experimenting a little further
with an initial version of this patch series [0]. The primary issue
with relaxing the zero fixed offset constraint on BPF kfuncs accepting
KF_RELEASE arguments is that it'd would open up the opportunity for
BPF programs to supply both trusted pointers and derived trusted
pointers to them. For KF_RELEASE BPF kfuncs specifically, this could
be problematic as resources associated with the backing pointer could
be released by the backing BPF kfunc and cause instabilities for the
rest of the kernel.

With this new fixed offset semantic in-place for BPF kfuncs accepting
KF_TRUSTED_ARGS and KF_RCU arguments, we now have more flexibility
when it comes to the BPF kfuncs that we're able to introduce moving
forward.

Early discussions covering the possibility of relaxing the zero fixed
offset constraint can be found using the link below. This will provide
more context on where all this has stemmed from [1].

Notably, pre-existing tests have been updated such that they provide
coverage for the updated zero fixed offset
functionality. Specifically, the nested offset test was converted from
a negative to positive test as it was already designed to assert zero
fixed offset semantics of a KF_TRUSTED_ARGS BPF kfunc.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZnA9ndnXKtHOuYMe@google.com/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZhkbrM55MKQ0KeIV@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Matt Bobrowski &lt;mattbobrowski@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi &lt;memxor@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240709210939.1544011-1-mattbobrowski@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Track delta between "linked" registers.</title>
<updated>2024-06-14T19:52:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-06-13T01:38:13+00:00</published>
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Compilers can generate the code
  r1 = r2
  r1 += 0x1
  if r2 &lt; 1000 goto ...
  use knowledge of r2 range in subsequent r1 operations

So remember constant delta between r2 and r1 and update r1 after 'if' condition.

Unfortunately LLVM still uses this pattern for loops with 'can_loop' construct:
for (i = 0; i &lt; 1000 &amp;&amp; can_loop; i++)

The "undo" pass was introduced in LLVM
https://reviews.llvm.org/D121937
to prevent this optimization, but it cannot cover all cases.
Instead of fighting middle end optimizer in BPF backend teach the verifier
about this pattern.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613013815.953-3-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
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Compilers can generate the code
  r1 = r2
  r1 += 0x1
  if r2 &lt; 1000 goto ...
  use knowledge of r2 range in subsequent r1 operations

So remember constant delta between r2 and r1 and update r1 after 'if' condition.

Unfortunately LLVM still uses this pattern for loops with 'can_loop' construct:
for (i = 0; i &lt; 1000 &amp;&amp; can_loop; i++)

The "undo" pass was introduced in LLVM
https://reviews.llvm.org/D121937
to prevent this optimization, but it cannot cover all cases.
Instead of fighting middle end optimizer in BPF backend teach the verifier
about this pattern.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;daniel@iogearbox.net&gt;
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613013815.953-3-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>selftests/bpf: Skip callback tests if jit is disabled in test_verifier</title>
<updated>2024-01-24T04:27:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tiezhu Yang</name>
<email>yangtiezhu@loongson.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-23T09:03:51+00:00</published>
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If CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is not set and bpf_jit_enable is 0, there
exist 6 failed tests.

  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled
  [root@linux bpf]# ./test_verifier | grep FAIL
  #106/p inline simple bpf_loop call FAIL
  #107/p don't inline bpf_loop call, flags non-zero FAIL
  #108/p don't inline bpf_loop call, callback non-constant FAIL
  #109/p bpf_loop_inline and a dead func FAIL
  #110/p bpf_loop_inline stack locations for loop vars FAIL
  #111/p inline bpf_loop call in a big program FAIL
  Summary: 768 PASSED, 15 SKIPPED, 6 FAILED

The test log shows that callbacks are not allowed in non-JITed programs,
interpreter doesn't support them yet, thus these tests should be skipped
if jit is disabled.

Add an explicit flag F_NEEDS_JIT_ENABLED to those tests to mark that they
require JIT enabled in bpf_loop_inline.c, check the flag and jit_disabled
at the beginning of do_test_single() to handle this case.

With this patch:

  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled
  [root@linux bpf]# ./test_verifier | grep FAIL
  Summary: 768 PASSED, 21 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED

Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang &lt;yangtiezhu@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240123090351.2207-3-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn
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If CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is not set and bpf_jit_enable is 0, there
exist 6 failed tests.

  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled
  [root@linux bpf]# ./test_verifier | grep FAIL
  #106/p inline simple bpf_loop call FAIL
  #107/p don't inline bpf_loop call, flags non-zero FAIL
  #108/p don't inline bpf_loop call, callback non-constant FAIL
  #109/p bpf_loop_inline and a dead func FAIL
  #110/p bpf_loop_inline stack locations for loop vars FAIL
  #111/p inline bpf_loop call in a big program FAIL
  Summary: 768 PASSED, 15 SKIPPED, 6 FAILED

The test log shows that callbacks are not allowed in non-JITed programs,
interpreter doesn't support them yet, thus these tests should be skipped
if jit is disabled.

Add an explicit flag F_NEEDS_JIT_ENABLED to those tests to mark that they
require JIT enabled in bpf_loop_inline.c, check the flag and jit_disabled
at the beginning of do_test_single() to handle this case.

With this patch:

  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
  [root@linux bpf]# echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled
  [root@linux bpf]# ./test_verifier | grep FAIL
  Summary: 768 PASSED, 21 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED

Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang &lt;yangtiezhu@loongson.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240123090351.2207-3-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn
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