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 v4 08/15] bpf: Recognize by-value struct and __int128 kfunc arguments
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:52:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260912195237.988712-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260912195156.980886-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
A kfunc taking a struct or union by value is rejected today, and one
taking an __int128 is accepted but mis-counted:
Unrecognized R2 type STRUCT
The kfunc arguments walk the same slot as a BPF-to-BPF call:
one argument register per eightbyte, and a 16-byte value takes two.
The outgoing stack argument count at the call site follows the slots for
the same reason. Similar to BPF-to-BPF aggregate handling, a kfunc
aggregate argument is only supported when it is composed of scalars.
Everything that maps a kfunc argument to a register has to follow the
slots too.
An argument of a single eightbyte lands in the same place under every
calling convention, so those are taken. The conventions the JIT has to
reconcile do not agree on where a larger one goes, so refuse it for now
with
Function f arg#1 type INT cannot be passed at argument slot 1 on this
architecture
which the next patch turns into an answer from the JIT. The paths that
handle a two-slot argument are therefore unreachable until then.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 153 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 8c784e9fd8b7..c33f1e1d1a1c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8238,7 +8238,7 @@ static int resolve_map_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
}
static int resolve_func_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
- struct bpf_reg_state *reg, u32 arg,
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg, u32 arg, argno_t argno,
struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
enum bpf_arg_type *arg_type, u32 *arg_size);
static int process_arg_ptr_to_btf_id(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
@@ -8885,7 +8885,7 @@ static int process_map_ptr_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_stat
return 0;
}
-static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
+static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg, u32 slot, u32 prev_slot,
struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
int insn_idx)
{
@@ -8893,8 +8893,8 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
const struct bpf_func_proto *fn = meta->fn;
struct bpf_func_state *caller = cur_func(env);
struct bpf_reg_state *regs = cur_regs(env);
- argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(arg + 1);
- struct bpf_reg_state *reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, regs, arg);
+ argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(slot + 1);
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, regs, slot);
enum bpf_arg_type arg_type = fn->arg_type[arg];
int regno = reg_from_argno(argno);
u32 arg_size = arg_type & MEM_FIXED_SIZE ? fn->arg_size[arg] : 0;
@@ -8925,7 +8925,7 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
return 0;
}
- err = resolve_func_arg_type(env, reg, arg, meta, &arg_type, &arg_size);
+ err = resolve_func_arg_type(env, reg, arg, argno, meta, &arg_type, &arg_size);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -9220,8 +9220,8 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
case ARG_MEM_SIZE:
case ARG_MEM_SIZE_OR_ZERO:
{
- struct bpf_reg_state *buff_reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, regs, arg - 1);
- argno_t buff_argno = argno_from_arg(arg);
+ struct bpf_reg_state *buff_reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, regs, prev_slot);
+ argno_t buff_argno = argno_from_arg(prev_slot + 1);
enum bpf_mem_size_failure failure;
const char *buff_arg, *size_arg;
bool zero_size_allowed;
@@ -9448,9 +9448,52 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
return err;
}
+/*
+ * The slots a parameter takes, from its BTF type. This has to agree with
+ * btf_func_model_arg_slots(), which answers the same from the size the
+ * func model recorded, or the verifier would check an argument at a slot
+ * the JIT does not place it at.
+ */
+static u32 kfunc_arg_slots(const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+ if (btf_type_is_int(t) || btf_type_is_struct(t))
+ return (t->size + BPF_REG_SIZE - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static u32 kfunc_proto_slots(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *func_proto)
+{
+ const struct btf_param *args = btf_params(func_proto);
+ u32 i, nargs = btf_type_vlen(func_proto), slots_used = 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++)
+ slots_used += kfunc_arg_slots(btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, args[i].type, NULL));
+
+ return slots_used;
+}
+
+/* The argument slot @slot holds an eightbyte of a by-value argument. */
+static int check_arg_extra_slot(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_state *caller,
+ u32 slot, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
+{
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, cur_regs(env), slot);
+ argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(slot + 1);
+ int regno = reg_from_argno(argno);
+ int err;
+
+ if (regno >= 0) {
+ err = check_reg_arg(env, regno, SRC_OP);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ return check_reg_type(env, reg, argno, ARG_SCALAR, meta);
+}
+
static int check_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
int insn_idx)
{
+ u32 slot = 0, prev_slot = 0, proto_slots, nslots;
struct bpf_func_state *caller = cur_func(env);
const struct btf_param *args = NULL;
u32 arg, nargs = MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS;
@@ -9461,19 +9504,47 @@ static int check_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_met
nargs = btf_type_vlen(meta->func_proto);
}
- if (nargs > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS) {
- err = check_outgoing_stack_args(env, caller, nargs, meta->func_name,
- meta->btf, args);
+ /*
+ * A by-value argument of more than one eightbyte takes a slot per
+ * eightbyte, so the slots a call occupies are no longer its parameter
+ * count. Only a proto whose parameters take a slot each can name the
+ * argument a stack slot belongs to.
+ */
+ proto_slots = meta->btf ? kfunc_proto_slots(meta->btf, meta->func_proto) : nargs;
+
+ if (proto_slots > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS) {
+ err = check_outgoing_stack_args(env, caller, proto_slots, meta->func_name,
+ meta->btf, proto_slots == nargs ? args : NULL);
if (err)
return err;
}
- for (arg = 0; arg < nargs; arg++) {
+ for (arg = 0; arg < nargs; arg++, prev_slot = slot, slot += nslots) {
+ const struct btf_type *t;
+ u32 k;
+
+ nslots = 1;
+ if (args) {
+ t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(meta->btf, args[arg].type, NULL);
+ nslots = kfunc_arg_slots(t);
+ }
+
if (meta->fn->arg_type[arg] == ARG_UNUSED)
break;
- err = check_func_arg(env, arg, meta, insn_idx);
+ err = check_func_arg(env, arg, slot, prev_slot, meta, insn_idx);
if (err)
return err;
+
+ /*
+ * check_func_arg() took the first slot. A parameter of more
+ * than one eightbyte is always a scalar, so every slot it
+ * takes beyond the first holds one too.
+ */
+ for (k = 1; k < nslots; k++) {
+ err = check_arg_extra_slot(env, caller, slot + k, meta);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
}
return 0;
@@ -12329,11 +12400,10 @@ static bool btf_type_is_scalar_struct(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
}
static int resolve_func_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
- struct bpf_reg_state *reg, u32 arg,
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg, u32 arg, argno_t argno,
struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
enum bpf_arg_type *arg_type, u32 *arg_size)
{
- argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(arg + 1);
const struct btf_param *args;
const struct btf_type *ref_t, *resolve_ret;
const struct btf *btf;
@@ -12661,12 +12731,12 @@ bool bpf_is_kfunc_pkt_changing(struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
static int
get_kfunc_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
- const struct btf_param *args, int arg, int nargs,
+ const struct btf_param *args, int arg, int nargs, u32 slot,
struct bpf_func_proto *proto)
{
const struct btf_type *t, *ref_t = NULL, *resolve_ret;
const u32 *ref_id_ptr = NULL;
- argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(arg + 1);
+ argno_t argno = argno_from_arg(slot + 1);
const char *ref_tname = NULL;
u32 ref_id, type_size;
int arg_type;
@@ -12695,6 +12765,23 @@ get_kfunc_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
return ARG_SCALAR;
}
+ if (btf_type_is_struct(t)) {
+ if (!t->size || t->size > 2 * BPF_REG_SIZE) {
+ verbose(env,
+ "%s type %s has size %u, only 1 to %d bytes "
+ "can be passed by value\n",
+ reg_arg_name(env, argno), btf_type_str(t), t->size,
+ 2 * BPF_REG_SIZE);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (!btf_type_is_scalar_struct(env, meta->btf, t)) {
+ verbose(env, "%s type %s is not composed of scalars\n",
+ reg_arg_name(env, argno), btf_type_str(t));
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ return ARG_SCALAR;
+ }
+
if (!btf_type_is_ptr(t)) {
verbose(env, "Unrecognized %s type %s\n",
reg_arg_name(env, argno), btf_type_str(t));
@@ -12858,7 +12945,7 @@ static int gen_kfunc_arg_proto(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg
struct bpf_func_proto *proto)
{
const struct btf_param *args;
- u32 i, nargs;
+ u32 i, nargs, slots_used;
int arg_type;
args = (const struct btf_param *)(meta->func_proto + 1);
@@ -12868,20 +12955,41 @@ static int gen_kfunc_arg_proto(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg
nargs, MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS);
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (nargs > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS && !bpf_jit_supports_stack_args()) {
- verbose(env, "JIT does not support kfunc %s() with %d args\n",
- meta->func_name, nargs);
- return -ENOTSUPP;
- }
- for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
- arg_type = get_kfunc_arg_type(env, meta, args, i, nargs, proto);
+ for (i = 0, slots_used = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
+ const struct btf_type *t;
+ u32 nslots;
+
+ t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(meta->btf, args[i].type, NULL);
+ nslots = kfunc_arg_slots(t);
+ /*
+ * The calling conventions the JIT has to reconcile do not
+ * agree on where an argument of more than one eightbyte goes,
+ * so refuse one until the JIT can say where this arch puts it.
+ */
+ if (nslots > 1) {
+ verbose(env,
+ "Function %s arg#%d type %s cannot be passed at "
+ "argument slot %d on this architecture\n",
+ meta->func_name, i, btf_type_str(t), slots_used);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ slots_used += nslots;
+
+ arg_type = get_kfunc_arg_type(env, meta, args, i, nargs,
+ slots_used - nslots, proto);
if (arg_type < 0)
return arg_type;
proto->arg_type[i] = arg_type;
}
+ if (slots_used > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS && !bpf_jit_supports_stack_args()) {
+ verbose(env, "JIT does not support kfunc %s() with %d argument slots\n",
+ meta->func_name, slots_used);
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+ }
+
return check_arg_prog_aux(env, proto) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
}
@@ -13621,7 +13729,7 @@ s64 bpf_kfunc_stack_access_bytes(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *
const struct btf_param *args;
const struct btf_type *t, *ref_t;
const struct btf *btf;
- u32 nargs, type_size;
+ u32 i, slot, nargs, type_size;
s64 size;
if (bpf_fetch_kfunc_arg_meta(env, insn->imm, insn->off, &meta) < 0)
@@ -13630,23 +13738,32 @@ s64 bpf_kfunc_stack_access_bytes(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *
btf = meta.btf;
args = btf_params(meta.func_proto);
nargs = btf_type_vlen(meta.func_proto);
- if (arg >= nargs)
+
+ /*
+ * @arg is an argument slot and a 16-byte parameter takes two of them,
+ * so walk the parameters to find the one that starts at this slot. A
+ * slot holding the upper eightbyte of such a parameter belongs to no
+ * pointer, and neither does a slot past the last parameter.
+ */
+ for (i = 0, slot = 0; i < nargs && slot < arg; i++)
+ slot += kfunc_arg_slots(btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, args[i].type, NULL));
+ if (i >= nargs || slot != arg)
return 0;
- t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, args[arg].type, NULL);
+ t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, args[i].type, NULL);
if (!btf_type_is_ptr(t))
return 0;
/* dynptr: fixed 16-byte on-stack representation */
- if (is_kfunc_arg_dynptr(btf, &args[arg])) {
+ if (is_kfunc_arg_dynptr(btf, &args[i])) {
size = BPF_DYNPTR_SIZE;
goto out;
}
/* ptr + __sz/__szk pair: the size follows the pointer */
- if (arg + 1 < nargs &&
- (btf_param_match_suffix(btf, &args[arg + 1], "__sz") ||
- btf_param_match_suffix(btf, &args[arg + 1], "__szk"))) {
+ if (i + 1 < nargs &&
+ (btf_param_match_suffix(btf, &args[i + 1], "__sz") ||
+ btf_param_match_suffix(btf, &args[i + 1], "__szk"))) {
int size_reg = BPF_REG_1 + arg + 1;
if (size_reg <= MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS &&
@@ -13862,7 +13979,7 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
struct bpf_insn_aux_data *insn_aux;
const char *operation;
int err, insn_idx = *insn_idx_p;
- u32 i, nargs, ptr_type_id, ret_nregs = 1;
+ u32 i, proto_slots, ptr_type_id, ret_nregs = 1;
struct bpf_kfunc_desc *desc;
struct btf *desc_btf;
int id;
@@ -14288,11 +14405,11 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
if (bpf_is_kfunc_pkt_changing(&meta))
clear_all_pkt_pointers(env);
- nargs = btf_type_vlen(meta.func_proto);
- if (nargs > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS) {
+ proto_slots = kfunc_proto_slots(desc_btf, meta.func_proto);
+ if (proto_slots > MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS) {
struct bpf_func_state *caller = cur_func(env);
struct bpf_subprog_info *caller_info = &env->subprog_info[caller->subprogno];
- u16 out_stack_arg_cnt = nargs - MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS;
+ u16 out_stack_arg_cnt = proto_slots - MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS;
u16 stack_arg_cnt = bpf_in_stack_arg_cnt(caller_info) + out_stack_arg_cnt;
if (stack_arg_cnt > caller_info->stack_arg_cnt)
@@ -17859,7 +17976,7 @@ bool bpf_get_call_summary(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *call,
if (err < 0)
/* error would be reported later */
return false;
- cs->arg_slot_cnt = btf_type_vlen(meta.func_proto);
+ cs->arg_slot_cnt = kfunc_proto_slots(meta.btf, meta.func_proto);
cs->fastcall = meta.kfunc_flags & KF_FASTCALL;
cs->is_void = btf_type_is_void(btf_type_by_id(meta.btf, meta.func_proto->type));
return true;
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-12 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-12 19:51 [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/15] bpf: Support by-value struct and __int128 arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/15] bpf: Read a kfunc's __sz argument only when it is in a register Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 20:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-13 2:40 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 02/15] selftests/bpf: Add a test for an __int128 by-value argument Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 03/15] bpf: Rename bpf_subprog_info::arg_cnt to arg_slot_cnt Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/15] bpf: Index global function arguments by argument slot Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 05/15] bpf: Support by-value struct arguments up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 06/15] bpf: Support __int128 as a by-value function argument Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 07/15] bpf: Rename bpf_call_summary::num_params to arg_slot_cnt Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/15] bpf: Prepare kfunc arguments for the JIT from an ABI description Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 20:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/15] bpf, x86: Move kfunc arguments into the x86-64 calling convention Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 11/15] bpf, arm64: Place trampoline arguments by the arm64 " Yonghong Song
2026-09-13 2:47 ` Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:52 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 12/15] bpf, arm64: Move kfunc arguments into " Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:53 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 13/15] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for by-value arguments up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:53 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 14/15] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm tests for by-value arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-12 19:53 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 15/15] selftests/bpf: Add tests for by-value kfunc arguments Yonghong Song
2026-09-13 4:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/15] bpf: Support by-value struct and __int128 arguments patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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