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From: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"Jose E . Marchesi" <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>,
	kernel-team@fb.com, Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
	Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
	Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 9/9] bpf: Reuse MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS for maximum number of arguments
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:42:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422054235.3129028-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422054149.3124342-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>

Currently, MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS is used for tracepoint related progs where
the number of parameters cannot exceed MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS.

Here, MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS is reused to set a limit of the number of arguments
for bpf functions and kfuncs. The current value for MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS
is 12 which should be sufficient for majority of bpf functions and
kfuncs.

Acked-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/bpf.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 3cb6b9e70080..c8e387b0ce46 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1151,6 +1151,11 @@ struct bpf_prog_offload {
 
 /* The longest tracepoint has 12 args.
  * See include/trace/bpf_probe.h
+ *
+ * Also reuse this macro for maximum number of arguments a BPF function
+ * or a kfunc can have. Args 1-5 are passed in registers, args 6-12 via
+ * stack arg slots. The JIT may map some stack arg slots to registers based
+ * on the native calling convention (e.g., arg 6 to R9 on x86-64).
  */
 #define MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS 12
 
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-22  5:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-22  5:41 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/9] bpf: Prepare to support stack arguments Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/9] bpf: Remove unused parameter from check_map_kptr_access() Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/9] bpf: Fix tail_call_reachable leak Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/9] bpf: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE in check_kfunc_mem_size_reg() Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/9] bpf: Refactor to avoid redundant calculation of bpf_reg_state Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/9] bpf: Refactor to handle memory and size together Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/9] bpf: Rename existing argno to arg Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 7/9] bpf: Prepare verifier logs for upcoming kfunc stack arguments Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  6:25   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-22 14:57     ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 15:37       ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22 21:58         ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-22 23:09           ` Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 8/9] bpf: Introduce bpf register BPF_REG_PARAMS Yonghong Song
2026-04-22  5:42 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-04-22  6:12   ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 9/9] bpf: Reuse MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS for maximum number of arguments bot+bpf-ci

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