From: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
To: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Dan Schatzberg <dschatzberg@meta.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/3] Allow variable offsets for syscall PTR_TO_CTX
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:45:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m25x6t744n.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260318103526.2590079-1-memxor@gmail.com>
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> writes:
> Enable pointer modification with variable offsets accumulated in the
> register for PTR_TO_CTX for syscall programs where it won't be
> rewritten, and the context is user-supplied and checked against the max
> offset. See patches for details. Fixed offset support landed in [0].
>
> By combining this set with [0], examples like the one below should
> succeed verification now.
>
> SEC("syscall")
> int prog(void *ctx) {
> int *arr = ctx;
> int i;
>
> bpf_for(i, 0, 100)
> arr[i] *= i;
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260227005725.1247305-1-memxor@gmail.com
>
> Changelog:
> ----------
> v2 -> v3
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260318075133.1031781-1-memxor@gmail.com
>
> * Prevent arg_type for KF_ARG_PTR_TO_CTX from applying to other cases
> due to preceding fallthrough. (Gemini/Sashiko)
>
> v1 -> v2
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260317111850.2107846-2-memxor@gmail.com
>
> * Harden check_func_arg_reg_off check with ARG_PTR_TO_CTX.
> * Add tests for unmodified ctx into tail calls.
> * Squash unmodified ctx change into base commit.
> * Add Reviewed-by's from Emil.
>
> Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi (3):
> bpf: Support variable offsets for syscall PTR_TO_CTX
> selftests/bpf: Add syscall ctx variable offset tests
> selftests/bpf: Test modified syscall ctx for ARG_PTR_TO_CTX
>
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 67 ++--
> .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c | 34 +-
> .../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_ctx.c | 356 +++++++++++++++---
> .../bpf/progs/verifier_global_subprogs.c | 95 ++++-
> .../selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c | 2 +-
> 5 files changed, 462 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 77378dabb50f593c756d393d8eacb0b91b758863
> --
> 2.52.0
Acked-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Thanks,
Puranjay
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 11:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 10:35 [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/3] Allow variable offsets for syscall PTR_TO_CTX Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 10:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/3] bpf: Support " Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 14:06 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-18 21:59 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 21:13 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-18 21:57 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 22:37 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-18 23:33 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 23:43 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 10:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/3] selftests/bpf: Add syscall ctx variable offset tests Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 14:45 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-18 21:41 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-18 21:58 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 22:01 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 10:35 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] selftests/bpf: Test modified syscall ctx for ARG_PTR_TO_CTX Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-03-18 15:13 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-18 11:45 ` Puranjay Mohan [this message]
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