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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>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 05/12] bpf: Account R2 of register-pair returns in live register analysis
Date: Wed,  8 Jul 2026 13:10:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708201005.2158063-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708200939.2153664-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>

A BPF_EXIT of a subprogram returning a value larger than 8 bytes (a
struct/union or an __int128) reads R2 as well as R0, since the second half
of the return value is passed back in R2. compute_insn_live_regs() only
marked R0 used at exit, so the callee's R2 could be considered dead and
cleaned from checkpointed states, which would allow unsound state pruning.

Mark R2 used at a BPF_EXIT when the enclosing subprogram returns via the
R0:R2 register pair. The call site already treats the caller-saved
registers R0-R5 as clobbered, so R2 as a result register is covered there.

For example, for a subprogram returning an __int128, the live-registers
dump (log level 2) shows both R0 and R2 live before the callee's exit
(insn 5):

  Live regs before insn:
        0: .12345.... (85) call pc+2
        1: ..2....... (bf) r0 = r2
        2: 0......... (95) exit
        3: .......... (b7) r0 = 1
        4: 0......... (b7) r2 = 2
        5: 0.2....... (95) exit

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
 kernel/bpf/liveness.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/liveness.c b/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
index 0aadfbae0acc..0977d32fcf01 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
@@ -2062,7 +2062,8 @@ struct insn_live_regs {
 /* Compute info->{use,def} fields for the instruction */
 static void compute_insn_live_regs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 				   struct bpf_insn *insn,
-				   struct insn_live_regs *info)
+				   struct insn_live_regs *info,
+				   int subprog)
 {
 	struct bpf_call_summary cs;
 	u8 class = BPF_CLASS(insn->code);
@@ -2175,6 +2176,8 @@ static void compute_insn_live_regs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		case BPF_EXIT:
 			def = 0;
 			use = r0;
+			if (bpf_ret_reg_pair(env, subprog))
+				use |= BIT(BPF_REG_2);
 			break;
 		case BPF_CALL:
 			def = ALL_CALLER_SAVED_REGS;
@@ -2237,8 +2240,12 @@ int bpf_compute_live_registers(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < insn_cnt; ++i)
-		compute_insn_live_regs(env, &insns[i], &state[i]);
+	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < insn_cnt; ++i) {
+		/* Advance to the subprog that contains instruction i. */
+		while (j + 1 < env->subprog_cnt && env->subprog_info[j + 1].start <= i)
+			j++;
+		compute_insn_live_regs(env, &insns[i], &state[i], j);
+	}
 
 	/* Forward pass: resolve stack access through FP-derived pointers */
 	err = bpf_compute_subprog_arg_access(env);
-- 
2.53.0-Meta


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08 20:09 [PATCH bpf-next 00/12] bpf: Support 16-byte return values in the R0:R2 register pair Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/12] bpf: Factor check_global_ret_scalar_reg() out of the global return check Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next 02/12] bpf: Add verifier support for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 21:17   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-09 16:40     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-09 22:21   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  4:57     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next 03/12] bpf: Wire up JIT support for 16-byte kfunc returns Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  0:06   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 04/12] bpf: Track R2 of register-pair returns in precision backtracking Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 21:10   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-09 16:41     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  0:31   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-08 20:10 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-07-08 21:10   ` [PATCH bpf-next 05/12] bpf: Account R2 of register-pair returns in live register analysis bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-09 21:07   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:06     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 06/12] bpf: Force JIT for programs using the R0:R2 register pair Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 21:10   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-09  3:15   ` Leon Hwang
2026-07-09 16:44     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-09 20:30   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:07     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-09 22:27   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:09     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 07/12] bpf: Reject >8 byte return values on return-reading trampoline paths Yonghong Song
2026-07-09  3:16   ` Leon Hwang
2026-07-09 16:52     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  2:01       ` Leon Hwang
2026-07-09 23:08   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  2:02     ` Leon Hwang
2026-07-10  5:27       ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  5:12     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 08/12] bpf: Enable 16-byte aggregate return types Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-09 19:40     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  0:45   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:29     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 09/12] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:24   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-09 19:51     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 21:10   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-09 19:54     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  1:19   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:32     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 10/12] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm and subprog tests for R0:R2 returns Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:28   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-09 19:57     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  1:38   ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  5:35     ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 11/12] selftests/bpf: Cover tracing on >8 and <=16 byte return targets Yonghong Song
2026-07-08 20:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 12/12] Documentation/bpf: Document 16-byte kfunc return values in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  0:56 ` [PATCH bpf-next 00/12] bpf: Support 16-byte return values in the R0:R2 register pair Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10  6:00   ` Yonghong Song
2026-07-10  6:13     ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-10 15:18       ` Yonghong Song

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