From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"Jose E . Marchesi" <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>,
kernel-team@fb.com, Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/9] bpf: Fix tail_call_reachable leak
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:41:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422054159.3124694-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422054149.3124342-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
In check_max_stack_depth_subprog(), the local variable
tail_call_reachable is set when entering a callee that has a tail
call, but never reset when popping back to the parent. This causes
the flag to leak across sibling subprogs in the DFS traversal.
This results in unnecessary JIT overhead: the JIT emits tail call
counter preservation code for subprogs that can never be reached
via a tail call path.
Fix this by resetting tail_call_reachable to the parent's actual
per-subprog flag when popping a frame. If the parent was already
marked tail_call_reachable by a previous sibling's traversal, the
local variable stays true. Otherwise it resets to false, so
subsequent siblings start with a clean state.
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a768359b22cb..34696af96b3e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5490,6 +5490,9 @@ static int check_max_stack_depth_subprog(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int idx,
frame = dinfo[idx].frame;
i = dinfo[idx].ret_insn;
+ /* reset tail_call_reachable to the parent's actual state */
+ tail_call_reachable = subprog[idx].tail_call_reachable;
+
goto continue_func;
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-22 5:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-22 5:41 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/9] bpf: Prepare to support stack arguments Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/9] bpf: Remove unused parameter from check_map_kptr_access() Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:41 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/9] bpf: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE in check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/9] bpf: Refactor to avoid redundant calculation of bpf_reg_state Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/9] bpf: Refactor to handle memory and size together Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/9] bpf: Rename existing argno to arg Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 7/9] bpf: Prepare verifier logs for upcoming kfunc stack arguments Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 6:25 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-22 14:57 ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 15:37 ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 21:58 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-22 23:09 ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 8/9] bpf: Introduce bpf register BPF_REG_PARAMS Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 9/9] bpf: Reuse MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS for maximum number of arguments Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 6:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
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