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 v2 03/10] bpf: Add btf_type_is_arena_ptr()
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:54:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825205427.1322594-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825205412.1320099-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Simplify btf_scan_type_tags() and added a new helper
btf_type_is_arena_ptr(). No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/btf.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index 89d5a5c4f117..ddd0f4f32d24 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct btf_record *btf_parse_fields(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type
u32 field_mask, u32 value_size);
int btf_check_and_fixup_fields(const struct btf *btf, struct btf_record *rec);
bool btf_type_is_void(const struct btf_type *t);
+bool btf_type_is_arena_ptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t);
s32 btf_find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *name, u8 kind);
s32 bpf_find_btf_id(const char *name, u32 kind, struct btf **btf_p);
struct btf *btf_get_module_btf(const struct module *module);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 47d43eb983a5..280530d25886 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3523,6 +3523,22 @@ static int btf_type_tag_walk(const struct btf *btf,
return 0;
}
+bool btf_type_is_arena_ptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+ if (!btf_type_is_ptr(t))
+ return false;
+
+ for (t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type); btf_type_is_modifier(t);
+ t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type)) {
+ if (!btf_type_is_type_tag(t) || btf_type_kflag(t))
+ continue;
+ if (!strcmp(__btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off), "arena"))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static int btf_find_kptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
u32 off, int sz, struct btf_field_info *info, u32 field_mask)
{
@@ -7927,51 +7943,19 @@ static int btf_scan_decl_tags(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
return 0;
}
-static int btf_scan_type_tags(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
- const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id,
- u32 *tags)
+static void btf_scan_type_tags(const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id, u32 *tags)
{
- static const struct btf_type_tag_match func_type_tags[] = {
- { "arena", ARG_TAG_ARENA },
- };
- struct btf_type_tag_walk_ctx ctx;
- const struct btf_type *t;
- int err;
-
/* Find the first pointer type in the chain. */
- t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, type_id, NULL);
+ const struct btf_type *t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, type_id, NULL);
- /*
- * We currently reject type tags on non-pointer types,
- * which neither LLVM nor GCC support anyway.
- */
- if (!t || !btf_type_is_ptr(t))
- return 0;
-
- ctx.t = t;
- err = btf_type_tag_walk(btf, &ctx, func_type_tags,
- ARRAY_SIZE(func_type_tags));
- if (err) {
- bpf_log(&env->log,
- "function signature member has multiple type tags\n");
- return err;
- }
- *tags |= ctx.res;
-
- return 0;
+ if (btf_type_is_arena_ptr(btf, t))
+ *tags |= ARG_TAG_ARENA;
}
/* Check whether the type is a valid return type. */
static int btf_validate_return_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct btf *btf,
const struct btf_type *t, int subprog, bool is_global)
{
- u32 tags = 0;
- int err;
-
- err = btf_scan_type_tags(env, btf, t->type, &tags);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL);
/*
@@ -7979,7 +7963,7 @@ static int btf_validate_return_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct btf *bt
* General arena variables are not allowed, since it makes no sense to return by value
* a variable that's on the heap in the first place.
*/
- if (subprog && (tags & ARG_TAG_ARENA) && btf_type_is_ptr(t))
+ if (subprog && btf_type_is_arena_ptr(btf, t))
return 0;
/* We always accept void or scalars. */
@@ -8106,9 +8090,7 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
if (err)
return err;
- err = btf_scan_type_tags(env, btf, args[i].type, &tags);
- if (err)
- return err;
+ btf_scan_type_tags(btf, args[i].type, &tags);
t = btf_type_by_id(btf, args[i].type);
while (btf_type_is_modifier(t))
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 20:54 [PATCH bpf-next v2 00/10] bpf: Allow arena pointers in by-value returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/10] bpf: Record each half of a paired return value in verifier diagnostics Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:08 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/10] bpf: Drop the recursion depth argument of btf_type_is_scalar_struct() Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-08-25 21:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 03/10] bpf: Add btf_type_is_arena_ptr() bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:28 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 04/10] bpf: Let the by-value struct walk take the kinds of member it accepts Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:39 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/10] bpf: Report which member makes a kfunc return type unsupported Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:59 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 06/10] bpf: Allow a global function to return arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 18:40 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 07/10] bpf: Allow arena pointers in a by-value kfunc return Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 22:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 18:57 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 08/10] selftests/bpf: Check the member named for an unsupported kfunc return type Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 09/10] selftests/bpf: Test global functions returning arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-27 3:46 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:55 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/10] selftests/bpf: Test kfuncs " Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-27 3:58 ` Yonghong Song
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