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 03/12] bpf: Support by-value struct arguments up to 16 bytes
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 22:10:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904051013.3978240-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904050957.3976119-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
A global function taking a struct or union by value is rejected today:
Arg#1 type STRUCT in tar() is not supported yet.
A struct of at most 16 bytes arrives in one or two consecutive
registers. Currently, the struct is composed of scalars.
The slots of a value are independent of each other, so the compiler may
split one across the last argument register and the stack, as in
static void f(int a, int b, int c, int d, struct pair p);
or place it wholly past the registers, and the verifier describes either
the same way. What has to follow the slots is stack_arg_cnt, recomputed
from the slots consumed, together with the "no stack args in global
functions" and JIT support checks.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 22828b489b77..dbd64cee1b27 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -8103,6 +8103,14 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
for (i = 0, slots_used = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
u32 tags = 0;
+ if (slots_used >= MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS) {
+ if (!is_global)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ bpf_log(log, "Arguments of %s() need more than %d argument slots\n",
+ tname, MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
err = btf_scan_decl_tags(env, btf, fn_t, i, is_global, &tags);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -8231,6 +8239,31 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
sub->args[slots_used++].arg_type = ARG_ANYTHING;
continue;
}
+ if (btf_type_is_struct(t)) {
+ u32 nslots;
+
+ if (!t->size || t->size > 2 * BPF_REG_SIZE) {
+ if (!is_global)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ bpf_log(log,
+ "Arg#%d type %s in %s() has size %u, only 1 to %d bytes "
+ "can be passed by value\n",
+ i, btf_type_str(t), tname, t->size, 2 * BPF_REG_SIZE);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (!btf_struct_is_composed_of(env, btf, t, BTF_MEMBER_SCALAR)) {
+ if (!is_global)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ bpf_log(log, "Arg#%d type %s in %s() is not composed of scalars\n",
+ i, btf_type_str(t), tname);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ nslots = (t->size + BPF_REG_SIZE - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE;
+ while (nslots--)
+ sub->args[slots_used++].arg_type = ARG_ANYTHING;
+ continue;
+ }
if (!is_global)
return -EINVAL;
bpf_log(log, "Arg#%d type %s in %s() is not supported yet.\n",
@@ -8238,6 +8271,21 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (slots_used > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS) {
+ if (is_global) {
+ bpf_log(log,
+ "global function %s() needs %d > %d argument slots, "
+ "stack args not supported\n",
+ tname, slots_used, MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (!bpf_jit_supports_stack_args()) {
+ bpf_log(log, "JIT does not support function %s() with %d argument slots\n",
+ tname, slots_used);
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
+ sub->stack_arg_cnt = slots_used - MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS;
+ }
sub->arg_cnt = slots_used;
sub->args_cached = true;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 8f585ceb2cd5..17e576c7b757 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -9724,6 +9724,13 @@ static int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
func = btf_type_by_id(btf, env->prog->aux->func_info[subprog].type_id);
func_proto = btf_type_by_id(btf, func->type);
args = btf_params(func_proto);
+ /*
+ * An argument slot index can run past the end of the parameter array,
+ * so only pass the parameters, for the names of the stack arguments,
+ * if the two match.
+ */
+ if (sub->arg_cnt != btf_type_vlen(func_proto))
+ args = NULL;
ret = check_outgoing_stack_args(env, caller, sub->arg_cnt,
bpf_subprog_name(env, subprog), btf, args);
if (ret)
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 5:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 5:09 [PATCH bpf-next 00/12] bpf: Support by-value struct and __int128 arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/12] selftests/bpf: Add a test for an __int128 by-value argument Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 02/12] bpf: Index global function arguments by argument slot Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-09-04 5:23 ` [PATCH bpf-next 03/12] bpf: Support by-value struct arguments up to 16 bytes sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:17 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:19 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 04/12] bpf: Support __int128 as a by-value function argument Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:20 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:21 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 05/12] bpf: Support by-value struct and __int128 kfunc arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:22 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:23 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 06/12] bpf: Add a JIT helper for the outgoing stack of kfunc calls Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:26 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 07/12] bpf, x86: Place kfunc arguments per the SysV calling convention Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:27 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 23:58 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-06 20:15 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-08 4:33 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-08 5:02 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-08 5:10 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-08 15:24 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-08 18:43 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-09 1:59 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 08/12] bpf: Record a 16-byte argument alignment in the function model Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:28 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 09/12] bpf, arm64: Place kfunc arguments per AAPCS64 Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 10/12] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for by-value arguments up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:33 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:34 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next 11/12] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm tests for by-value arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 6:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-08 4:35 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-04 5:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next 12/12] selftests/bpf: Add tests for by-value kfunc arguments Yonghong Song
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