bpf: Resolve map lookup result type at lookup time

bpf_map_lookup_elem() is typed to return PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE for every
map, but for some map kinds the looked up value is actually a
different object: an inner map, a socket or an xsk socket.
Until now this reinterpretation happened once the pointer was
converted from its NULL-able form to a concrete value.

Such reinterpretation logic placement led to mark_ptr_not_null_reg()
being called for a temporary register copy in check_mem_reg() and
check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() (check_mem_size_reg() was buggy because of
not calling it). The temporary copy was necessary to pass
reinterpreted parameters as nullable helper and kfunc arguments.

Avoid this complication by refining map lookup result type right away.

The test case verifier_map_in_map/on_the_inner_map_pointer needs an
update because the verifier now prints a concrete NULL-able type for
the lookup.

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260801074633.1595644-6-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>

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