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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>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 03/11] bpf: Add btf_type_is_arena_ptr()
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:11:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827061130.2516323-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827061114.2514603-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>

Add btf_type_is_arena_ptr() to test whether a BTF type is a pointer
carrying the "arena" type tag, and use it to simplify both
btf_scan_type_tags() and btf_validate_return_type(). The helper has
external linkage because a later patch calls it from verifier.c to
decide whether a struct member returned by value may be an arena
pointer.

btf_scan_type_tags() drove btf_type_tag_walk() with a one-entry match
table, so the "multiple type tags" error it checked for could never
fire: btf_type_tag_walk() only fails when the walk sets more than one
flag. Dropping that error path, and with it the int return, is
therefore no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
---
 include/linux/btf.h |  1 +
 kernel/bpf/btf.c    | 62 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index 89d5a5c4f117..ddd0f4f32d24 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct btf_record *btf_parse_fields(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type
 				    u32 field_mask, u32 value_size);
 int btf_check_and_fixup_fields(const struct btf *btf, struct btf_record *rec);
 bool btf_type_is_void(const struct btf_type *t);
+bool btf_type_is_arena_ptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t);
 s32 btf_find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *name, u8 kind);
 s32 bpf_find_btf_id(const char *name, u32 kind, struct btf **btf_p);
 struct btf *btf_get_module_btf(const struct module *module);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 47d43eb983a5..280530d25886 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3523,6 +3523,22 @@ static int btf_type_tag_walk(const struct btf *btf,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+bool btf_type_is_arena_ptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	if (!btf_type_is_ptr(t))
+		return false;
+
+	for (t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type); btf_type_is_modifier(t);
+	     t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type)) {
+		if (!btf_type_is_type_tag(t) || btf_type_kflag(t))
+			continue;
+		if (!strcmp(__btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off), "arena"))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int btf_find_kptr(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t,
 			 u32 off, int sz, struct btf_field_info *info, u32 field_mask)
 {
@@ -7927,51 +7943,19 @@ static int btf_scan_decl_tags(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int btf_scan_type_tags(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
-			      const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id,
-			      u32 *tags)
+static void btf_scan_type_tags(const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id, u32 *tags)
 {
-	static const struct btf_type_tag_match func_type_tags[] = {
-		{ "arena", ARG_TAG_ARENA },
-	};
-	struct btf_type_tag_walk_ctx ctx;
-	const struct btf_type *t;
-	int err;
-
 	/* Find the first pointer type in the chain. */
-	t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, type_id, NULL);
+	const struct btf_type *t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, type_id, NULL);
 
-	/*
-	 * We currently reject type tags on non-pointer types,
-	 * which neither LLVM nor GCC support anyway.
-	 */
-	if (!t || !btf_type_is_ptr(t))
-		return 0;
-
-	ctx.t = t;
-	err = btf_type_tag_walk(btf, &ctx, func_type_tags,
-				ARRAY_SIZE(func_type_tags));
-	if (err) {
-		bpf_log(&env->log,
-			"function signature member has multiple type tags\n");
-		return err;
-	}
-	*tags |= ctx.res;
-
-	return 0;
+	if (btf_type_is_arena_ptr(btf, t))
+		*tags |= ARG_TAG_ARENA;
 }
 
 /* Check whether the type is a valid return type. */
 static int btf_validate_return_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct btf *btf,
 		const struct btf_type *t, int subprog, bool is_global)
 {
-	u32 tags = 0;
-	int err;
-
-	err = btf_scan_type_tags(env, btf, t->type, &tags);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL);
 
 	/*
@@ -7979,7 +7963,7 @@ static int btf_validate_return_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct btf *bt
 	 * General arena variables are not allowed, since it makes no sense to return by value
 	 * a variable that's on the heap in the first place.
 	 */
-	if (subprog && (tags & ARG_TAG_ARENA) && btf_type_is_ptr(t))
+	if (subprog && btf_type_is_arena_ptr(btf, t))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* We always accept void or scalars. */
@@ -8106,9 +8090,7 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
-		err = btf_scan_type_tags(env, btf, args[i].type, &tags);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+		btf_scan_type_tags(btf, args[i].type, &tags);
 
 		t = btf_type_by_id(btf, args[i].type);
 		while (btf_type_is_modifier(t))
-- 
2.53.0-Meta


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-27  6:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-27  6:11 [PATCH bpf-next v3 00/11] bpf: Allow arena pointers in by-value returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 01/11] bpf: Record each half of a paired return value in verifier diagnostics Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 02/11] bpf: Drop the recursion depth argument of btf_type_is_scalar_struct() Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  7:04   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-28 17:39     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` Yonghong Song [this message]
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 04/11] bpf: Let the by-value struct walk take the kinds of member it accepts Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 05/11] bpf: Report which member makes a kfunc return type unsupported Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  7:04   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-28 17:45     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 06/11] bpf: Allow a global function to return arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 18:00     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 07/11] bpf: Allow arena pointers in a by-value kfunc return Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 18:10     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 08/11] selftests/bpf: Check the member named for an unsupported kfunc return type Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  7:04   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-28 18:20     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:12 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 09/11] selftests/bpf: Test global functions returning arena pointers by value Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  7:04   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-28 18:26     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:12 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 10/11] selftests/bpf: Test kfuncs " Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  7:17   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-28 18:28     ` Yonghong Song
2026-08-27  6:12 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 11/11] docs/bpf: Document arena pointers in a by-value return Yonghong Song

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