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>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/13] bpf: Factor check_global_ret_scalar_reg() out of the global return check
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:09:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811000916.2379316-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811000911.2378679-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
check_global_subprog_return_code() verifies that a global subprogram
returns void, an arena pointer, or register R0 holding a scalar value.
Later patches in this series add 16-byte aggregate return support, whose
second half is returned in R2 and needs the same validation.
Factor the per-register check into check_global_ret_scalar_reg(env, regno)
so that it can be reused for R2.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index add3affc5703..40150390dd50 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -16617,37 +16617,45 @@ static int check_return_code(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno, const char
return 0;
}
-static int check_global_subprog_return_code(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
+static int check_global_ret_scalar_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno)
{
- struct bpf_reg_state *reg = reg_state(env, BPF_REG_0);
- struct bpf_func_state *cur_frame = cur_func(env);
+ struct bpf_reg_state *reg;
int err;
- if (subprog_returns_void(env, cur_frame->subprogno))
- return 0;
-
- err = check_reg_arg(env, BPF_REG_0, SRC_OP);
+ err = check_reg_arg(env, regno, SRC_OP);
if (err)
return err;
/* Pointers to arena are safe to pass between subprograms. */
- if (is_arena_reg(env, BPF_REG_0))
+ if (is_arena_reg(env, regno))
return 0;
- if (is_pointer_value(env, BPF_REG_0)) {
- verbose(env, "R%d leaks addr as return value\n", BPF_REG_0);
+ if (is_pointer_value(env, regno)) {
+ verbose(env, "R%d leaks addr as return value\n", regno);
return -EACCES;
}
+ reg = reg_state(env, regno);
if (reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE) {
- verbose(env, "At subprogram exit the register R0 is not a scalar value (%s)\n",
- reg_type_str(env, reg->type));
+ verbose(env, "At subprogram exit the register R%d is not a scalar value (%s)\n",
+ regno, reg_type_str(env, reg->type));
return -EINVAL;
}
return 0;
}
+static int check_global_subprog_return_code(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
+{
+ struct bpf_func_state *cur_frame = cur_func(env);
+ u32 subprog = cur_frame->subprogno;
+
+ if (subprog_returns_void(env, subprog))
+ return 0;
+
+ return check_global_ret_scalar_reg(env, BPF_REG_0);
+}
+
/* Bitmask with 1s for all caller saved registers */
#define ALL_CALLER_SAVED_REGS ((1u << CALLER_SAVED_REGS) - 1)
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 0:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 0:09 [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/13] bpf: Support aggregate return values up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 0:09 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 02/13] bpf: Add helpers to describe the R0:R2 return register pair Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 03/13] bpf: Wire up JIT support for 16-byte kfunc returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/13] bpf: Track R2 of register-pair returns in precision backtracking Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 05/13] bpf: Account R2 of register-pair returns in live register analysis Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 06/13] bpf: Reject callbacks returning more than 8 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 07/13] bpf: Add verifier support for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 08/13] bpf: Reject register-pair returns when the subprog BTF is unreliable Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:09 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/13] bpf: Enable aggregate return types up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/13] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 11/13] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm and subprog tests for R0:R2 returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 12/13] selftests/bpf: Add tests for callbacks returning more than 8 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-11 1:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 0:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 13/13] Documentation/bpf: Document up to 16-byte kfunc return values in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
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