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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: memxor@gmail.com
Cc: eddyz87@gmail.com, puranjay@kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] bpf: Derive the atomic load register in one place
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:15:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811131600.506721-1-daniel@iogearbox.net> (raw)

check_atomic_rmw() open codes the mapping from a BPF_ATOMIC to the register
it reads the old value into, the BPF_STX case of insn_def_regno() open codes
the very same mapping a second time, the const folding and the liveness
transfer functions a third and a fourth time, and BPF JITs need it as well
to know which register a faulting BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC has to clear.

Add a small helper so that all of them can share it. No functional change.
The BPF_LOAD_ACQ case is there for the JITs, which do walk all instruction
classes. const_reg_xfer() loses its explicit BPF_ATOMIC mode test since the
helper checks class and mode itself; the BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC it additionally
accepts cannot be seen there as it is only set from bpf_do_misc_fixups(),
that is, after const folding has run. arg_track_xfer() keeps its mode test
since that also guards the stack clearing next to it.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
---
  v2 -> v3:
   - Also use the helper for const_fold and liveness (bpf ci)
   - Drop the return value comment in verifier since the helper
     comment already covers it (Jakub)
  v1 -> v2:
   - also convert insn_def_regno (Eduard, sashiko)

 include/linux/filter.h  | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/bpf/const_fold.c | 11 +++--------
 kernel/bpf/fixups.c     | 11 +----------
 kernel/bpf/liveness.c   |  9 +++------
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c   | 13 ++-----------
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 4edba8182db1..15d83684c6e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -414,6 +414,30 @@ static inline bool bpf_atomic_is_load_acq(const struct bpf_insn *insn)
 	       insn->imm == BPF_LOAD_ACQ;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Given an instruction @insn, return the number of the BPF register that a
+ * BPF_ATOMIC reads the value at its memory operand into, or -1 if there is
+ * no such register. That is the register a BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC has to clear when
+ * the access faults. Like bpf_atomic_is_load_acq(), @insn is not assumed to
+ * be a BPF_ATOMIC here.
+ */
+static inline int bpf_atomic_load_reg(const struct bpf_insn *insn)
+{
+	if (BPF_CLASS(insn->code) != BPF_STX ||
+	    (BPF_MODE(insn->code) != BPF_ATOMIC &&
+	     BPF_MODE(insn->code) != BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC))
+		return -1;
+
+	switch (insn->imm) {
+	case BPF_LOAD_ACQ:
+		return insn->dst_reg;
+	case BPF_CMPXCHG:
+		return BPF_REG_0;
+	default:
+		return (insn->imm & BPF_FETCH) ? insn->src_reg : -1;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Memory store, *(uint *) (dst_reg + off16) = imm32 */
 
 #define BPF_ST_MEM(SIZE, DST, OFF, IMM)				\
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/const_fold.c b/kernel/bpf/const_fold.c
index b2a19acadb91..4cf120c7b2cb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/const_fold.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/const_fold.c
@@ -199,14 +199,9 @@ static void const_reg_xfer(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct const_arg_info *
 			ci_out[r] = unknown;
 		break;
 	case BPF_STX:
-		if (mode != BPF_ATOMIC)
-			break;
-		if (insn->imm == BPF_CMPXCHG)
-			ci_out[BPF_REG_0] = unknown;
-		else if (insn->imm == BPF_LOAD_ACQ)
-			*dst = unknown;
-		else if (insn->imm & BPF_FETCH)
-			*src = unknown;
+		r = bpf_atomic_load_reg(insn);
+		if (r >= 0)
+			ci_out[r] = unknown;
 		break;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
index 661e2d13a604..c4bd70befbb5 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
@@ -49,16 +49,7 @@ static int insn_def_regno(const struct bpf_insn *insn)
 	case BPF_ST:
 		return -1;
 	case BPF_STX:
-		if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_ATOMIC ||
-		    BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC) {
-			if (insn->imm == BPF_CMPXCHG)
-				return BPF_REG_0;
-			else if (insn->imm == BPF_LOAD_ACQ)
-				return insn->dst_reg;
-			else if (insn->imm & BPF_FETCH)
-				return insn->src_reg;
-		}
-		return -1;
+		return bpf_atomic_load_reg(insn);
 	default:
 		return insn->dst_reg;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/liveness.c b/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
index ef9a5a922887..1c997aeba6fa 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/liveness.c
@@ -1209,12 +1209,9 @@ static void arg_track_xfer(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 				clear_stack_for_all_offs(insn, at_out, insn->dst_reg,
 							 at_stack_out, sz);
 
-			if (insn->imm == BPF_CMPXCHG)
-				at_out[BPF_REG_0] = none;
-			else if (insn->imm == BPF_LOAD_ACQ)
-				*dst = none;
-			else if (insn->imm & BPF_FETCH)
-				*src = none;
+			r = bpf_atomic_load_reg(insn);
+			if (r >= 0)
+				at_out[r] = none;
 		}
 	} else if (class == BPF_ST && BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_MEM) {
 		u32 sz = bpf_size_to_bytes(BPF_SIZE(insn->code));
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index add3affc5703..61ef43325c6f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6485,21 +6485,12 @@ static int check_atomic_rmw(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	if (insn->imm & BPF_FETCH) {
-		if (insn->imm == BPF_CMPXCHG)
-			load_reg = BPF_REG_0;
-		else
-			load_reg = insn->src_reg;
-
+	load_reg = bpf_atomic_load_reg(insn);
+	if (load_reg >= 0) {
 		/* check and record load of old value */
 		err = check_reg_arg(env, load_reg, DST_OP);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
-	} else {
-		/* This instruction accesses a memory location but doesn't
-		 * actually load it into a register.
-		 */
-		load_reg = -1;
 	}
 
 	dst_reg = cur_regs(env) + insn->dst_reg;
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-11 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-11 13:15 Daniel Borkmann [this message]
2026-08-11 13:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/6] bpf, riscv: Clear fetch destination on faulting arena atomic Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-11 13:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/6] bpf, x86: " Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-11 13:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/6] bpf, arm64: " Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-12 12:18   ` Puranjay Mohan
2026-08-11 13:15 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 5/6] bpf, s390: " Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-12  9:40   ` Ilya Leoshkevich
2026-08-11 13:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add arena fault tests for atomics with fetch Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-11 14:27   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-11 15:14     ` Daniel Borkmann
2026-08-11 15:57   ` Puranjay Mohan
2026-08-11 21:45 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] bpf: Derive the atomic load register in one place Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-12 17:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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