[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/5] bpf: simple DFA-based live registers analysis

[Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>]

This patch-set introduces a simple live registers DFA analysis.
Analysis is done as a separate step before main verification pass.
Results are stored in the env->insn_aux_data for each instruction.

The change helps with iterator/callback based loops handling,
as regular register liveness marks are not finalized while
loops are processed. See veristat results in patch #2.

Note: for regular subprogram calls analysis conservatively assumes
that r1-r5 are used, and r0 is used at each 'exit' instruction.
Experiments show that adding logic handling these cases precisely has
no impact on verification performance.

The patch set was tested by disabling the current register parentage
chain liveness computation, using DFA-based liveness for registers
while assuming all stack slots as live. See discussion in [1].

Changes v1 -> v2:
- added a refactoring commit extracting utility functions:
  jmp_offset(), verbose_insn() (Alexei);
- added a refactoring commit extracting utility function
  get_call_summary() in order to share helper/kfunc related code with
  mark_fastcall_pattern_for_call() (Alexei);
- comment in the compute_insn_live_regs() extended (Alexei).

Changes RFC -> v1:
- parameter count for helpers and kfuncs is taken into account;
- copy_verifier_state() bugfix had been merged as a separate
  patch-set and is no longer a part of this patch set.

RFC: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250122120442.3536298-1-eddyz87@gmail.com/
v1:  https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250228060032.1425870-1-eddyz87@gmail.com/
[1]  https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/cc29975fbaf163d0c2ed904a9a4d6d9452177542.camel@gmail.com/

Eduard Zingerman (5):
  bpf: jmp_offset() and verbose_insn() utility functions
  bpf: get_call_summary() utility function
  bpf: simple DFA-based live registers analysis
  bpf: use register liveness information for func_states_equal
  selftests/bpf: test cases for compute_live_registers()

 include/linux/bpf_verifier.h                  |   6 +
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c                         | 484 ++++++++++++++----
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/align.c  |  11 +-
 .../bpf/prog_tests/compute_live_registers.c   |   9 +
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h  |  12 +
 .../bpf/progs/compute_live_registers.c        | 397 ++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_gotol.c      |   6 +-
 .../bpf/progs/verifier_iterating_callbacks.c  |   6 +-
 8 files changed, 829 insertions(+), 102 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/compute_live_registers.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/compute_live_registers.c

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