From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, john.fastabend@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
yonghong.song@linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] libbpf: move arena variables out of the zero page
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:00:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176591161329.1242102.6732390197852635004.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251216173325.98465-1-emil@etsalapatis.com>
Hello:
This series was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:33:20 -0500 you wrote:
> Modify libbpf to place arena globals at the end of the arena mapping
> instead of the very beginning. This allows programs to leave the
> "zero page" of the arena unmapped, so that NULL arena pointer
> dereferences trigger a page fault and associated backtrace in BPF streams.
> In contrast, the current policy of placing global data in the zero pages
> means that NULL dereferences silently corrupt global data, e.g, arena
> qspinlock state. This makes arena bugs more difficult to debug.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v4,1/5] selftests/bpf: explicitly account for globals in verifier_arena_large
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/0355911ac021
- [v4,2/5] bpf/verifier: do not limit maximum direct offset into arena map
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/12a1fe6e12db
- [v4,3/5] libbpf: turn relo_core->sym_off unsigned
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/0aa721437e4b
- [v4,4/5] libbpf: move arena globals to the end of the arena
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/c1f61171d44b
- [v4,5/5] selftests/bpf: add tests for the arena offset of globals
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/19f12431b6c3
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-16 17:33 [PATCH v4 0/5] libbpf: move arena variables out of the zero page Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] selftests/bpf: explicitly account for globals in verifier_arena_large Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] bpf/verifier: do not limit maximum direct offset into arena map Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 18:02 ` bot+bpf-ci
2025-12-16 18:38 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2025-12-16 18:48 ` Eduard Zingerman
2025-12-16 23:32 ` Anton Protopopov
2025-12-16 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] libbpf: turn relo_core->sym_off unsigned Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] libbpf: move arena globals to the end of the arena Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 17:33 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] selftests/bpf: add tests for the arena offset of globals Emil Tsalapatis
2025-12-16 19:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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