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 v2 08/10] selftests/bpf: Check the member named for an unsupported kfunc return type
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:54:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825205453.1325394-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825205412.1320099-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Cover the member a rejected by-value kfunc return type is blamed on.
The existing case for a struct carrying a pointer now also checks that
the verifier names the member, and two cases are added: a pointer inside
a nested member struct, which has to be named by its path rather than by
its own name, and a type nested deeper than the walk descends, which has
no single member to blame and reports the depth instead.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
.../selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c | 16 +++++++++
.../bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h | 21 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc.c
index f10e5cf6fd89..e9c82df8efb2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ void __kfunc_btf_root(void)
: "r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_i128),
"r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_fastcall),
"r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ptr),
+ "r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested),
+ "r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep),
"r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ii),
"r"(&bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_big));
}
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ __naked int aggregate_ret_kfunc_fastcall_fail(void)
SEC("tc")
__arch_x86_64 __arch_arm64
__failure __msg("is not composed of scalars or arena pointers")
+__msg("member 'p' has type PTR")
__naked int aggregate_ret_kfunc_ptr_fail(void)
{
asm volatile (
@@ -84,6 +87,37 @@ __naked int aggregate_ret_kfunc_ptr_fail(void)
: __clobber_all);
}
+SEC("tc")
+__arch_x86_64 __arch_arm64
+__failure __msg("is not composed of scalars or arena pointers")
+__msg("member 'in.p' has type PTR")
+__naked int aggregate_ret_kfunc_nested_ptr_fail(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (
+ "r1 = 0;"
+ "call %[bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested];"
+ "r0 = 0;"
+ "exit;"
+ :
+ : __imm(bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+SEC("tc")
+__arch_x86_64 __arch_arm64
+__failure __msg("max struct nesting depth exceeded")
+__naked int aggregate_ret_kfunc_too_deep_fail(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (
+ "r1 = 0;"
+ "call %[bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep];"
+ "r0 = 0;"
+ "exit;"
+ :
+ : __imm(bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
SEC("tc")
__arch_x86_64 __arch_arm64
__failure __msg("R2 !read_ok")
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c
index 850cf4f830c4..76acbe29054a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c
@@ -981,6 +981,20 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct prog_test_ret_ptr bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ptr(u64 tag)
return r;
}
+__bpf_kfunc struct prog_test_ret_nested bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested(u64 tag)
+{
+ struct prog_test_ret_nested r = { .in = { .p = NULL }, .tag = tag };
+
+ return r;
+}
+
+__bpf_kfunc struct prog_test_ret_deep bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep(u64 v)
+{
+ struct prog_test_ret_deep r = { .l1 = { .l2 = { .l3 = { .l4 = { .v = v } } } } };
+
+ return r;
+}
+
__bpf_kfunc struct prog_test_ret_ii bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ii(int a, int b)
{
struct prog_test_ret_ii r = { .a = a, .b = b };
@@ -1539,6 +1553,8 @@ BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_i128)
BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_pair)
BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_fastcall, KF_FASTCALL)
BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ptr)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested)
+BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep)
BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ii)
#endif
BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_big)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h
index 65e693ada736..52227129a49e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod_kfunc.h
@@ -70,6 +70,25 @@ struct prog_test_ret_ptr { /* 16 bytes: contains a pointer */
__u64 tag;
};
+struct prog_test_ret_nested { /* 16 bytes: the pointer hides one level down */
+ struct {
+ void *p;
+ } in;
+ __u64 tag;
+};
+
+struct prog_test_ret_deep { /* 8 bytes, but nested past the 4-level walk limit */
+ struct {
+ struct {
+ struct {
+ struct {
+ __u64 v;
+ } l4;
+ } l3;
+ } l2;
+ } l1;
+};
+
struct prog_test_ret_big { /* 24 bytes: too large for R0:R2 */
__u64 a;
__u64 b;
@@ -159,6 +178,8 @@ struct prog_test_ret_pair bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_pair(__u64 a, __u64 b) __ksym;
struct prog_test_ret_pair bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_fastcall(__u64 a, __u64 b) __ksym;
struct prog_test_ret_ii bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ii(int a, int b) __ksym;
struct prog_test_ret_ptr bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_ptr(__u64 tag) __ksym;
+struct prog_test_ret_nested bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_nested(__u64 tag) __ksym;
+struct prog_test_ret_deep bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_deep(__u64 v) __ksym;
struct prog_test_ret_big bpf_kfunc_call_test_ret_big(void) __ksym;
__u64 bpf_kfunc_call_stack_arg(__u64 a, __u64 b, __u64 c, __u64 d,
__u64 e, __u64 f, __u64 g, __u64 h,
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2026-08-25 20:54 [PATCH bpf-next v2 00/10] bpf: Allow arena pointers in by-value returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 01/10] bpf: Record each half of a paired return value in verifier diagnostics Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:08 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 02/10] bpf: Drop the recursion depth argument of btf_type_is_scalar_struct() Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 03/10] bpf: Add btf_type_is_arena_ptr() Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:28 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 04/10] bpf: Let the by-value struct walk take the kinds of member it accepts Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:39 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/10] bpf: Report which member makes a kfunc return type unsupported Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 17:59 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 06/10] bpf: Allow a global function to return arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 18:40 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 07/10] bpf: Allow arena pointers in a by-value kfunc return Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 22:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-26 18:57 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:54 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-08-25 20:54 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 09/10] selftests/bpf: Test global functions returning arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-27 3:46 ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 20:55 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/10] selftests/bpf: Test kfuncs " Yonghong Song
2026-08-25 21:59 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-27 3:58 ` Yonghong Song
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