From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v5 13/16] bpf: Set up the arena base only in functions that use it
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:21:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261019132203.3034698-14-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261019132203.3034698-1-memxor@gmail.com>
A JIT sets up the arena base in the prologue of every function of a
program that has an arena, a callee-saved register loaded with a 64-bit
immediate and spilled around the function on x86. That is paid for by
every program with an arena, whether it touches the arena or not, and
now that libbpf binds the arena of an object to every program in it, by
every program of an object that happens to contain an arena.
Decide per function, on its final insns, right before it is JITed.
bpf_prog_has_arena_insns() looks for an insn that works with the base:
an access through an arena pointer, or through a number in a program
loaded with BPF_F_ARENA_SCALAR, has been rewritten to a BPF_PROBE_MEM32
form by then, a cast to the user address space keeps
BPF_ADDR_SPACE_CAST, and a kfunc call with an __arena argument, which
the JIT rebases, has a function model that says so. A load of an
__arena struct member is rewritten with an immediate and needs none;
dereferencing the result does.
Looking at the final insns rather than recording the uses during
verification keeps the answer in step with what the JIT sees. A
constant NULL passed to a nullable __arena kfunc argument takes the
early exit for NULL arguments in the verifier, and the JIT rebases the
call all the same; an insn that is dead code has disappeared by then.
bpf_prog_jit_compile() caches the answer in bpf_prog_aux for a single
function program, jit_subprogs() for each subprogram once it has its
kfunc table and arena. It implies that the program has an arena, as the
scan says no without one. The JITs with arena support pick up the arena
base and user address only when bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns() says so,
and so generate the prologue and epilogue of a program bound to an
arena it never touches as if it had none.
The other users of the arena address of a program stay as they are on
purpose. The struct_ops trampoline converts __arena arguments on entry
and arena_member_fixup() converts loaded __arena members after the load,
both with the base as an immediate. Both have to happen whether or not
the program dereferences the result, it may compare, store or pass it
on, so neither depends on the base register nor on the flag. The arena
fault report reads the user address of the arena the faulting insn
belongs to, and such an insn sets the flag anyway.
check_map_prog_compatibility() checks the user address when the arena
is bound, before any use is known. The rest, in arena.c and sched_ext,
works with the map and not with a program.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 6 ++--
arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c | 6 ++--
arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 6 ++--
arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c | 6 ++--
arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 7 ++--
arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 14 ++++----
include/linux/bpf.h | 2 ++
include/linux/filter.h | 13 ++++++++
kernel/bpf/core.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/bpf/fixups.c | 1 +
10 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 506c4201fec8..1d5f4cf88d33 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -2284,8 +2284,10 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_int_jit_compile(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_pr
if (ctx.offset == NULL)
goto out_off;
- ctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
- ctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(prog)) {
+ ctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ ctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ }
out_cnt = bpf_out_stack_arg_cnt(env, prog);
if (out_cnt) {
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c b/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
index e78eb582c300..9393e4b0db8e 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
@@ -2245,8 +2245,10 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_int_jit_compile(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_pr
memset(&ctx, 0, sizeof(ctx));
ctx.prog = prog;
- ctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
- ctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(prog)) {
+ ctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ ctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ }
ctx.offset = kvcalloc(prog->len + 1, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
if (ctx.offset == NULL)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 7a612688e7a2..0d6ea6df0106 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -241,8 +241,10 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_int_jit_compile(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_pr
/* Make sure that the stack is quadword aligned. */
cgctx.stack_size = round_up(fp->aux->stack_depth, 16);
- cgctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
- cgctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(fp)) {
+ cgctx.arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
+ cgctx.user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
+ }
cgctx.is_subprog = bpf_is_subprog(fp);
cgctx.exception_boundary = fp->aux->exception_boundary;
cgctx.exception_cb = fp->aux->exception_cb;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
index 5265dd5bd39e..f2497ec7d378 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_int_jit_compile(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_pr
goto skip_init_ctx;
}
- ctx->arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
- ctx->user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(prog)) {
+ ctx->arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ ctx->user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(prog->aux->arena);
+ }
stack_arg_cnt = bpf_out_stack_arg_cnt(env, prog);
/* First 3 stack args in regs, rest on stack */
diff --git a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 14c905697352..8eaaac7028a1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -2304,10 +2304,11 @@ static int bpf_jit_prog(struct bpf_jit *jit, struct bpf_prog *fp,
else
jit->frame_off = 0;
- kern_arena = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
- if (kern_arena)
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(fp)) {
+ kern_arena = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
jit->kern_arena = _EMIT_CONST_U64(kern_arena);
- jit->user_arena = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
+ jit->user_arena = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(fp->aux->arena);
+ }
bpf_jit_prologue(jit, fp);
if (bpf_set_addr(jit, 0) < 0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index d3843045dc71..72a2a0a89e03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static void emit_bpf_tail_call_indirect(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog,
pop_r12(&prog);
} else {
pop_callee_regs(&prog, callee_regs_used);
- if (bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena))
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(bpf_prog))
pop_r12(&prog);
}
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ static void emit_bpf_tail_call_direct(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog,
pop_r12(&prog);
} else {
pop_callee_regs(&prog, callee_regs_used);
- if (bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena))
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(bpf_prog))
pop_r12(&prog);
}
@@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ static int emit_kfunc_arena_args(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog,
if (!(flags & BTF_FMODEL_ARENA_ARG))
continue;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bpf_prog->aux->arena))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(bpf_prog)))
return -EINVAL;
/* mov eN, eN: truncate and clear the upper 32 bits */
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ static int do_jit(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog, int *
u8 temp[BPF_MAX_INSN_SIZE + BPF_INSN_SAFETY];
void __percpu *priv_frame_ptr = NULL;
u16 out_stack_arg_cnt, outgoing_rsp;
- u64 arena_vm_start, user_vm_start;
+ u64 arena_vm_start = 0, user_vm_start = 0;
void __percpu *priv_stack_ptr;
int i, excnt = 0;
int ilen, proglen = 0;
@@ -2562,8 +2562,10 @@ static int do_jit(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog, int *
* [below] callee-saved regs
* [below] outgoing args 7+ (= rsp)
*/
- arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena);
- user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena);
+ if (bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(bpf_prog)) {
+ arena_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_kern_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena);
+ user_vm_start = bpf_arena_get_user_vm_start(bpf_prog->aux->arena);
+ }
detect_reg_usage(insn, insn_cnt, callee_regs_used);
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index dae33b1a7427..7750df973494 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1898,6 +1898,8 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
bool has_prologue;
bool might_sleep;
bool kprobe_write_ctx;
+ /* has insns that work with the arena base, see bpf_prog_has_arena_insns() */
+ bool uses_arena_insns;
struct {
s32 keyring_serial;
u8 keyring_type;
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 9339c6131f8f..6f4c9bd024a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1110,6 +1110,19 @@ static inline unsigned int bpf_prog_size(unsigned int proglen)
offsetof(struct bpf_prog, insns[proglen]));
}
+bool bpf_prog_has_arena_insns(const struct bpf_prog *prog);
+
+/*
+ * Whether a JIT has to set up the arena base for @prog. A program bound to
+ * an arena need not touch it, libbpf binds the arena of an object to every
+ * program in it. The flag caches bpf_prog_has_arena_insns() for the function
+ * about to be JITed, see bpf_prog_jit_compile() and jit_subprogs().
+ */
+static inline bool bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns(const struct bpf_prog *prog)
+{
+ return prog->aux->uses_arena_insns;
+}
+
static inline bool bpf_prog_was_classic(const struct bpf_prog *prog)
{
/* When classic BPF programs have been loaded and the arch
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 6e32db9777c2..fc22d66d194a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -2637,11 +2637,68 @@ static bool bpf_prog_select_interpreter(struct bpf_prog *fp)
return select_interpreter;
}
+/*
+ * Whether a function has an insn that works with the arena base, which a JIT
+ * sets up in the prologue when bpf_prog_uses_arena_insns() says so. Decided on
+ * the final insns of the function: an access through an arena pointer, or
+ * through a number in a program loaded with BPF_F_ARENA_SCALAR, has been
+ * rewritten to a BPF_PROBE_MEM32 form by then, a cast to the user address
+ * space keeps BPF_ADDR_SPACE_CAST, and a kfunc call with an __arena argument,
+ * which the JIT rebases, has a function model that says so. A load of an
+ * __arena struct member is rewritten with an immediate and needs none;
+ * dereferencing the result does.
+ */
+bool bpf_prog_has_arena_insns(const struct bpf_prog *prog)
+{
+ const struct bpf_insn *insn = prog->insnsi;
+ const struct btf_func_model *m;
+ int i, j;
+
+ if (!prog->aux->arena)
+ return false;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < prog->len; i++, insn++) {
+ switch (BPF_CLASS(insn->code)) {
+ case BPF_LDX:
+ if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_MEM32 ||
+ BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_MEM32SX)
+ return true;
+ break;
+ case BPF_ST:
+ if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_MEM32)
+ return true;
+ break;
+ case BPF_STX:
+ if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_MEM32 ||
+ BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC)
+ return true;
+ break;
+ case BPF_ALU64:
+ if (BPF_OP(insn->code) == BPF_MOV && BPF_SRC(insn->code) == BPF_X &&
+ insn->off == BPF_ADDR_SPACE_CAST)
+ return true;
+ break;
+ case BPF_JMP:
+ if (!bpf_pseudo_kfunc_call(insn))
+ break;
+ m = bpf_jit_find_kfunc_model(prog, insn);
+ if (!m)
+ break;
+ for (j = 0; j < m->nr_args; j++)
+ if (m->arg_flags[j] & BTF_FMODEL_ARENA_ARG)
+ return true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
static struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_jit_compile(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_prog *prog)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_JIT
struct bpf_prog *orig_prog;
+ prog->aux->uses_arena_insns = bpf_prog_has_arena_insns(prog);
if (!bpf_prog_need_blind(prog))
return bpf_int_jit_compile(env, prog);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
index 34b53ebb5841..409b9104c723 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,7 @@ static int jit_subprogs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
func[i]->aux->jited_linfo = prog->aux->jited_linfo;
func[i]->aux->linfo_idx = env->subprog_info[i].linfo_idx;
func[i]->aux->arena = prog->aux->arena;
+ func[i]->aux->uses_arena_insns = bpf_prog_has_arena_insns(func[i]);
func[i]->aux->used_maps = env->used_maps;
func[i]->aux->used_map_cnt = env->used_map_cnt;
num_exentries = 0;
--
2.53.0-Meta
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Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 13:21 [PATCH bpf-next v5 00/16] Fix some arena paper cuts Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 01/16] bpf: Check exclusive maps once the program digest is final Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 14:10 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 02/16] selftests/bpf: Bind an exclusive map through a continuous fd_array Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 03/16] libbpf: Keep the fd_array fill index out of bpf_program__clone() Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 04/16] selftests/bpf: Clone a program that calls a module kfunc Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 05/16] bpf: Add the __arena and __nullable BTF type tags Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 06/16] bpf: Recognize __nullable on pointer members of kernel structs Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 07/16] bpf: Turn loads of __arena pointer members into arena pointers Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 14:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 08/16] selftests/bpf: Test __nullable pointer members Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 14:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 09/16] selftests/bpf: Test __arena " Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 14:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 10/16] selftests/bpf: Move the no-arena tests out of objects with an arena map Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 11/16] libbpf: Bind the arena of an object to every program in it Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 12/16] selftests/bpf: Test arena binding by libbpf Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 14/16] libbpf: Render the arena type tag with its address space Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 15/16] selftests/bpf: Test the address space rendering of the arena type tag Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 13:21 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 16/16] selftests/bpf: Test an arena kfunc argument passed from a subprogram Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-10-19 19:50 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 00/16] Fix some arena paper cuts patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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