From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1] selftests/bpf: Skip callx switch table test for clang-22 with cpu=v4
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:08:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930020851.71691-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
clang-22 miscompiles call_by_switch() when targeting -mcpu=v4: it turns
the switch into an array of pointers to functions and then erroneously
removes the array in BPFAsmPrinter::doFinalization(), breaking the build
with:
error: Undefined temporary symbol .Lswitch.table.call_by_switch
Fixed by llvm commit 9fc458a1d95b ("[BPF] Fix erroneous removal of
non-jump-table globals"), first released in clang-23; older clangs are
fine. test_progs-cpuv4 is built by default whenever clang supports v4,
so selftests/bpf fails to build with any clang-22 release. Guard just
this test with the compiler/cpu check and leave a __skip placeholder
for the broken combination, so the gap is reported as SKIP instead of
silently missing.
Fixes: b018e998e645 ("selftests/bpf: Add tests for callx through pointers in read-only data")
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
.../bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
index db3169a1ddf6..3e7a1c2c2a9a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
@@ -803,6 +803,14 @@ int callx_c_ops_selected(void *ctx)
return use_shape(ops, 3);
}
+/*
+ * clang-22 with -mcpu=v4 drops the lookup table it builds for this switch
+ * ("Undefined temporary symbol .Lswitch.table.call_by_switch").
+ * Fixed in clang-23 by llvm commit 9fc458a1d95b.
+ *
+ * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/9fc458a1d95b
+ */
+#if __clang_major__ != 22 || __BPF_CPU_VERSION__ < 4
/* the compiler might turn the switch into a table that has no symbol */
static __noinline int call_by_switch(unsigned int idx, int x)
{
@@ -847,6 +855,18 @@ int callx_c_switch_table(void *ctx)
return call_by_switch(op_idx - 8, 3);
}
+#else
+
+SEC("socket")
+__skip("clang-22 bug with -mcpu=v4, switch table test cannot be built")
+__success
+int callx_c_switch_table(void *ctx)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
/*
* Misaligned pointers to functions are ignored, the rest of the data is
* accessible as before. The program doesn't have callx, so libbpf doesn't
base-commit: cc6010e6e5cbe1f743d3011991041f227d976a5e
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 2:08 UTC|newest]
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2026-09-30 2:08 Ihor Solodrai [this message]
2026-09-30 9:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1] selftests/bpf: Skip callx switch table test for clang-22 with cpu=v4 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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