From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 06/17] bpf: Track verifier reference diagnostic events
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:38:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713153910.2556007-7-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713153910.2556007-1-memxor@gmail.com>
Add reference acquire and release events to diagnostic history so Resource
Lifetime Safety reports can show the lifetime of a specific reference id along
the path.
Record acquisitions after the verifier assigns the reference id. Record
releases only after release_reference_nomark() succeeds, including the
kptr_xchg RCU conversion path and owning-to-non-owning conversion path that
consume an owning reference.
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/bpf/diagnostics.h | 2 ++
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 32 +++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
index 1a45ec926c71..4c1fbabf98d1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct bpf_diag_reg_snapshot {
enum bpf_diag_history_kind {
BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_BRANCH,
BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_MOD,
+ BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE,
+ BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_RELEASE,
};
struct bpf_diag_event_hdr {
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ struct bpf_diag_history_event {
u8 reason;
bool origin_valid;
} mod;
+ struct {
+ struct bpf_diag_event_hdr hdr;
+ u32 ref_id;
+ } ref;
};
};
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ enum bpf_diag_history_scope {
BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_ALL,
BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_REG,
BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_STACK_ARG,
+ BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_REF,
};
struct bpf_diag_history_opts {
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@ struct bpf_diag_history_opts {
u32 frameno;
int regno;
int stack_arg_slot;
+ u32 ref_id;
};
static void diag_print_history(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
@@ -923,6 +931,31 @@ void bpf_diag_record_mod(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx,
diag_append_history(env, &event);
}
+static void diag_record_ref(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, u8 kind, u32 ref_id)
+{
+ struct bpf_diag_history_event event = {
+ .ref = {
+ .hdr = {
+ .insn_idx = insn_idx,
+ .kind = kind,
+ },
+ .ref_id = ref_id,
+ },
+ };
+
+ diag_append_history(env, &event);
+}
+
+void bpf_diag_record_ref_acquire(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, u32 ref_id)
+{
+ diag_record_ref(env, insn_idx, BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE, ref_id);
+}
+
+void bpf_diag_record_ref_release(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, u32 ref_id)
+{
+ diag_record_ref(env, insn_idx, BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_RELEASE, ref_id);
+}
+
struct bpf_diag_history_filter {
const struct bpf_diag_history_opts *opts;
unsigned long *lineage;
@@ -1074,11 +1107,23 @@ static int diag_history_start_idx(const struct bpf_diag_log *log,
const struct bpf_diag_history_filter *filter)
{
const struct bpf_diag_history_opts *opts = filter->opts;
+ int i;
if (!opts || opts->scope == BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_ALL)
return 0;
if (filter->lineage_valid)
return filter->lineage_start;
+ if (opts->scope != BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_REF)
+ return 0;
+
+ for (i = log->cnt; i > 0; i--) {
+ const struct bpf_diag_history_event *event;
+
+ event = diag_history_event(log, i - 1);
+ if (event->kind == BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE &&
+ event->ref.ref_id == opts->ref_id)
+ return i - 1;
+ }
return 0;
}
@@ -1096,6 +1141,10 @@ static bool diag_history_event_visible(const struct bpf_diag_history_event *even
return true;
case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_MOD:
return filter->lineage_valid && test_bit(idx, filter->lineage);
+ case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE:
+ case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_RELEASE:
+ return opts->scope == BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_REF &&
+ event->ref.ref_id == opts->ref_id;
default:
return false;
}
@@ -1383,6 +1432,16 @@ static void diag_print_mod(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const struct bpf_diag_h
fmt->old_buf, fmt->new_buf);
}
+static void diag_print_ref_event(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+ const struct bpf_diag_history_event *event)
+{
+ const char *label;
+
+ label = event->kind == BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE ? "acquired" : "released";
+ bpf_diag_report_source(env, event->insn_idx, label, "owned resource (id=%u)",
+ event->ref.ref_id);
+}
+
static void diag_print_history(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
const struct bpf_diag_history_opts *opts)
{
@@ -1442,6 +1501,10 @@ static void diag_print_history(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_MOD:
diag_print_mod(env, event);
break;
+ case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_ACQUIRE:
+ case BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_REF_RELEASE:
+ diag_print_ref_event(env, event);
+ break;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.h b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.h
index 440142b09e7a..13b6f5c8f8da 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.h
+++ b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.h
@@ -106,5 +106,7 @@ void bpf_diag_record_mod(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx,
struct bpf_diag_mod_target target, enum bpf_diag_mod_reason reason,
const struct bpf_reg_state *old_reg, const struct bpf_reg_state *new_reg,
const struct bpf_diag_mod_target *origin);
+void bpf_diag_record_ref_acquire(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, u32 ref_id);
+void bpf_diag_record_ref_release(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, u32 ref_id);
#endif /* __BPF_DIAGNOSTICS_H */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 4a468299f05e..24bbeee3396e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ struct bpf_verifier_stack_elem {
#define BPF_PRIV_STACK_MIN_SIZE 64
static int acquire_reference(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int parent_id);
-static int release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, int id);
+static int __release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, int id);
+static int release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int id);
static int release_reference(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int id);
static void invalidate_non_owning_refs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
static bool in_rbtree_lock_required_cb(struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
@@ -1442,6 +1443,7 @@ static int acquire_reference(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int par
s->type = REF_TYPE_PTR;
s->id = ++env->id_gen;
s->parent_id = parent_id;
+ bpf_diag_record_ref_acquire(env, insn_idx, s->id);
return s->id;
}
@@ -9232,7 +9234,7 @@ static void mark_pkt_end(struct bpf_verifier_state *vstate, int regn, bool range
reg->range = AT_PKT_END;
}
-static int release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, int id)
+static int __release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, int id)
{
int i;
@@ -9247,6 +9249,16 @@ static int release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, int id)
return -EINVAL;
}
+static int release_reference_nomark(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int id)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = __release_reference_nomark(env->cur_state, id);
+ if (!err)
+ bpf_diag_record_ref_release(env, env->insn_idx, id);
+ return err;
+}
+
static int idstack_push(struct bpf_idmap *idmap, u32 id)
{
int i;
@@ -9289,8 +9301,10 @@ static int release_reference(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int id)
if (err)
return err;
- if (find_reference_state(vstate, id))
- WARN_ON_ONCE(release_reference_nomark(vstate, id));
+ if (find_reference_state(vstate, id)) {
+ err = release_reference_nomark(env, id);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
+ }
while ((id = idstack_pop(idstack))) {
/*
@@ -9423,7 +9437,9 @@ static int ref_convert_alloc_rcu_protected(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 id)
struct bpf_reg_state *reg;
int err;
- err = release_reference_nomark(env->cur_state, id);
+ err = release_reference_nomark(env, id);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
bpf_for_each_reg_in_vstate(env->cur_state, state, reg, ({
if (reg->id != id)
@@ -11906,8 +11922,10 @@ static void ref_convert_owning_non_owning(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 id)
{
struct bpf_func_state *unused;
struct bpf_reg_state *reg;
+ int err;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(release_reference_nomark(env->cur_state, id));
+ err = release_reference_nomark(env, id);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(err);
bpf_for_each_reg_in_vstate(env->cur_state, unused, reg, ({
if (reg->id == id) {
@@ -16135,7 +16153,7 @@ static void mark_ptr_or_null_regs(struct bpf_verifier_state *vstate, u32 regno,
* No one could have freed the reference state before
* doing the NULL check.
*/
- WARN_ON_ONCE(release_reference_nomark(vstate, id));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(__release_reference_nomark(vstate, id));
bpf_for_each_reg_in_vstate(vstate, state, reg, ({
mark_ptr_or_null_reg(state, reg, id, is_null);
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 15:38 [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/17] Redesign Verification Errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 01/17] bpf: Add verifier diagnostics report helpers Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 02/17] bpf: Add source and instruction diagnostic context Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 03/17] bpf: Add verifier diagnostic event log Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 04/17] bpf: Prune verifier diagnostics when switching paths Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 16:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 05/17] bpf: Track verifier register diagnostic events Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 16:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:38 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 07/17] bpf: Track verifier context " Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 09/17] bpf: Report Memory Safety bounds errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 10/17] bpf: Report Resource Lifetime reference leaks Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 11/17] bpf: Report Call Type Safety argument errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 12/17] bpf: Report Execution Context Safety errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 13/17] bpf: Report Program Structure CFG errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-14 20:00 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 14/17] bpf: Report Policy helper and kfunc errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 15/17] bpf: Report Verifier Limit errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-07-13 15:39 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 16/17] bpf: Report Verifier Internal errors Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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