From: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: andrii@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
eddyz87@gmail.com, martin.lau@kernel.org, memxor@gmail.com,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] bpf: Add deep call stack selftests
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 16:44:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309204430.201219-3-emil@etsalapatis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309204430.201219-1-emil@etsalapatis.com>
Add tests that demonstrate the verifier support for deep call stacks
while still enforcing maximum stack size limits.
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
---
.../bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c | 2 +
.../bpf/progs/test_global_func_deep_stack.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_deep_stack.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c
index e905cbaf6b3d..500446808908 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include "test_global_func15.skel.h"
#include "test_global_func16.skel.h"
#include "test_global_func17.skel.h"
+#include "test_global_func_deep_stack.skel.h"
#include "test_global_func_ctx_args.skel.h"
#include "bpf/libbpf_internal.h"
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ void test_test_global_funcs(void)
RUN_TESTS(test_global_func15);
RUN_TESTS(test_global_func16);
RUN_TESTS(test_global_func17);
+ RUN_TESTS(test_global_func_deep_stack);
RUN_TESTS(test_global_func_ctx_args);
if (test__start_subtest("ctx_arg_rewrite"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_deep_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_deep_stack.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..733c3334b7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_deep_stack.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc and affiliates. */
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include "bpf_misc.h"
+
+/*
+ * Macro tricks to tersely define for long non-recursive call chains. Add
+ * computation to the functions prevent tail recursion from reducing the
+ * stack size to 0.
+ */
+
+#define CAT(a, b) a ## b
+#define XCAT(a, b) CAT(a, b)
+
+#define F_0 \
+__attribute__((noinline)) \
+int f0(unsigned long a) { volatile long b = a + 16; if (a == 0) return 0; return b; }
+
+#define FN(n, prev) \
+__attribute__((noinline)) \
+int XCAT(f, n)(unsigned long a) { volatile long b = XCAT(f, prev)(a - 1); if (!b) return 0; return b + 1; }
+
+/* Call chain 33 levels deep. */
+#define F_1 F_0 FN(1, 0)
+#define F_2 F_1 FN(2, 1)
+#define F_3 F_2 FN(3, 2)
+#define F_4 F_3 FN(4, 3)
+#define F_5 F_4 FN(5, 4)
+#define F_6 F_5 FN(6, 5)
+#define F_7 F_6 FN(7, 6)
+#define F_8 F_7 FN(8, 7)
+#define F_9 F_8 FN(9, 8)
+#define F_10 F_9 FN(10, 9)
+#define F_11 F_10 FN(11, 10)
+#define F_12 F_11 FN(12, 11)
+#define F_13 F_12 FN(13, 12)
+#define F_14 F_13 FN(14, 13)
+#define F_15 F_14 FN(15, 14)
+#define F_16 F_15 FN(16, 15)
+#define F_17 F_16 FN(17, 16)
+#define F_18 F_17 FN(18, 17)
+#define F_19 F_18 FN(19, 18)
+#define F_20 F_19 FN(20, 19)
+#define F_21 F_20 FN(21, 20)
+#define F_22 F_21 FN(22, 21)
+#define F_23 F_22 FN(23, 22)
+#define F_24 F_23 FN(24, 23)
+#define F_25 F_24 FN(25, 24)
+#define F_26 F_25 FN(26, 25)
+#define F_27 F_26 FN(27, 26)
+#define F_28 F_27 FN(28, 27)
+#define F_29 F_28 FN(29, 28)
+#define F_30 F_29 FN(30, 29)
+#define F_31 F_30 FN(31, 30)
+#define F_32 F_31 FN(32, 31)
+
+#define CAT2(a, b) a ## b
+#define XCAT2(a, b) CAT2(a, b)
+
+#define F(n) XCAT2(F_, n)
+
+F(32)
+
+/* Ensure that even 32 levels deep, the function verifies. */
+SEC("syscall")
+__success
+int global_func_deep_stack_success(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return f31(55);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check we actually honor stack limits (33 * 16 = 528 > 512 = MAX_STACK_DEPTH).
+ * The stack depth is 16 because the verifier calls round_up_stack_depth() on
+ * the size.
+ */
+SEC("syscall")
+__failure __msg("combined stack size of 34 calls")
+int global_func_deep_stack_fail(struct __sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return f32(123);
+}
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 20:44 [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/2] bpf: Relax 8 frame limitation for global subprogs Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-09 20:44 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/2] bpf: Only enforce 8 frame call stack limit for all-static stacks Emil Tsalapatis
2026-03-09 21:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-09 21:37 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-10 19:07 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-03-10 14:04 ` Mykyta Yatsenko
2026-03-09 20:44 ` Emil Tsalapatis [this message]
2026-03-11 2:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] bpf: Add deep call stack selftests Yonghong Song
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