From: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com, andrii@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
ameryhung@gmail.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 07/22] bpf: Align helper and kfunc ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX handling
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2026 15:01:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260905220117.922028-8-ameryhung@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260905220117.922028-1-ameryhung@gmail.com>
The verifier supplies a bpf_prog_aux argument to both
bpf_timer_set_callback() and kfuncs rather than reading it from the BPF
program. The helper prototype leaves its third argument unused, while
the kfunc path identifies the argument from BTF at every call.
Add ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX, record it in the helper prototype, and classify
the kfunc argument when its prototype is generated. Validate in one
place that a prototype contains at most one such argument and that it
is register-passed, as required by the BPF_LD_IMM64 fixup.
Record the argument register in the per-instruction metadata for both
call kinds. Drive the helper fixup from that metadata instead of the
helper ID and its hard-coded R3, matching the existing kfunc fixup.
bpf_call_arg_meta::arg_prog is then no longer needed.
No functional change beyond reporting invalid kfunc signatures when
the call is added rather than when it is verified.
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 1 -
kernel/bpf/fixups.c | 5 +--
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index f620920ea575..547703f54a89 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
ARG_PTR_TO_TASK_WORK, /* pointer to bpf_task_work */
ARG_PTR_TO_IRQ_FLAG, /* pointer to saved IRQ flags on the stack */
ARG_PTR_TO_RES_SPIN_LOCK, /* pointer to bpf_res_spin_lock */
+ ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX, /* pointer to the caller's bpf_prog_aux */
__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX,
/* Extended arg_types. */
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index 1a3c44ab06a1..e919e308f272 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -1585,7 +1585,6 @@ struct bpf_call_arg_meta {
struct btf *arg_btf;
u32 arg_btf_id;
bool arg_owning_ref;
- bool arg_prog;
struct {
struct btf_field *field;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
index 73fb3ffc18e3..9512f6497d32 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/fixups.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,8 @@ int bpf_do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
goto next_insn;
}
- if (insn->imm == BPF_FUNC_timer_set_callback) {
+ aux = &env->insn_aux_data[i + delta];
+ if (aux->arg_prog) {
/* The verifier will process callback_fn as many times as necessary
* with different maps and the register states prepared by
* set_timer_callback_state will be accurate.
@@ -2030,7 +2031,7 @@ int bpf_do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
* bpf_timer_set_callback-ed will return -EINVAL.
*/
struct bpf_insn ld_addrs[2] = {
- BPF_LD_IMM64(BPF_REG_3, (long)prog->aux),
+ BPF_LD_IMM64(aux->arg_prog, (long)prog->aux),
};
insn_buf[0] = ld_addrs[0];
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 72bfd8f93ae4..1b731aad54da 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_timer_set_callback_proto = {
.ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
.arg1_type = ARG_PTR_TO_TIMER,
.arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FUNC,
+ .arg3_type = ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX,
};
static bool defer_timer_wq_op(void)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a0a74a5e23be..22f5aff76b40 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -8737,6 +8737,7 @@ static int get_constant_map_key(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
}
static bool can_elide_value_nullness(const struct bpf_map *map);
+static struct bpf_insn_aux_data *cur_aux(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env);
static int process_map_ptr_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
argno_t argno, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
@@ -8792,6 +8793,11 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
u32 key_size;
int err = 0;
+ if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX) {
+ cur_aux(env)->arg_prog = regno;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
err = check_reg_arg(env, regno, SRC_OP);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -9400,9 +9406,42 @@ static bool check_proto_release_reg(const struct bpf_func_proto *fn, struct bpf_
return true;
}
-static int check_func_proto(const struct bpf_func_proto *fn, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
+static bool check_arg_prog_aux(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
+ const struct bpf_func_proto *proto)
{
- return check_raw_mode_ok(fn, meta) &&
+ bool seen = false;
+ argno_t argno;
+ u32 i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(proto->arg_type); i++) {
+ if (proto->arg_type[i] == ARG_UNUSED)
+ break;
+ if (proto->arg_type[i] != ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX)
+ continue;
+
+ if (seen) {
+ verifier_bug(env, "Only 1 prog->aux argument supported");
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ argno = argno_from_arg(i + 1);
+ if (reg_from_argno(argno) < 0) {
+ verbose(env, "%s prog->aux cannot be a stack argument\n",
+ reg_arg_name(env, argno));
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ seen = true;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int check_func_proto(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const struct bpf_func_proto *fn,
+ struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
+{
+ return check_arg_prog_aux(env, fn) &&
+ check_raw_mode_ok(fn, meta) &&
check_arg_pair_ok(fn) &&
check_mem_arg_rw_flag_ok(fn) &&
check_proto_release_reg(fn, meta) &&
@@ -10916,7 +10955,7 @@ static int check_helper_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn
memset(&meta, 0, sizeof(meta));
- err = check_func_proto(fn, &meta);
+ err = check_func_proto(env, fn, &meta);
if (err) {
verifier_bug(env, "incorrect func proto %s#%d", func_id_name(func_id), func_id);
return err;
@@ -12044,6 +12083,9 @@ get_kfunc_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta,
const char *ref_tname = NULL;
int arg_type;
+ if (is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(meta->btf, &args[arg]))
+ return ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX;
+
t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(meta->btf, args[arg].type, NULL);
/* Scalar arguments are classified from their BTF suffix/name alone. */
@@ -12192,9 +12234,7 @@ static int gen_kfunc_arg_proto(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg
}
for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
- if (is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(btf, &args[i]) ||
- is_kfunc_arg_ignore(btf, &args[i]) ||
- is_kfunc_arg_implicit(meta, i))
+ if (is_kfunc_arg_ignore(btf, &args[i]) || is_kfunc_arg_implicit(meta, i))
continue;
arg_type = get_kfunc_arg_type(env, meta, args, i, nargs);
@@ -12204,7 +12244,7 @@ static int gen_kfunc_arg_proto(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg
proto->arg_type[i] = arg_type;
}
- return 0;
+ return check_arg_prog_aux(env, proto) ? 0 : -EINVAL;
}
static int process_kf_arg_ptr_to_btf_id(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
@@ -12799,18 +12839,7 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
int regno = reg_from_argno(argno);
u32 ref_id = args[i].type, type_size;
- if (is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(btf, &args[i])) {
- /* Reject repeated use bpf_prog_aux */
- if (meta->arg_prog) {
- verifier_bug(env, "Only 1 prog->aux argument supported per-kfunc");
- return -EFAULT;
- }
- if (regno < 0) {
- verbose(env, "%s prog->aux cannot be a stack argument\n",
- reg_arg_name(env, argno));
- return -EINVAL;
- }
- meta->arg_prog = true;
+ if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX) {
cur_aux(env)->arg_prog = regno;
continue;
}
--
2.52.0
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2026-09-05 22:00 [PATCH bpf-next v1 00/22] bpf: Unify helper and kfunc argument checks Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 01/22] bpf: Pass call metadata through shared " Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 02/22] bpf: Address check_func_arg() arguments by argno Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 17:37 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 03/22] bpf: Only compare func_id against BPF_FUNC_* for helper calls Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 04/22] bpf: Only compare func_id against kfunc BTF IDs for kfunc calls Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 17:47 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 05/22] bpf: Rename ambiguous function argument types Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:08 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 17:54 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 06/22] bpf: Unify kfunc argument kinds with enum bpf_arg_type Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:08 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 18:04 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` Amery Hung [this message]
2026-09-05 23:08 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 07/22] bpf: Align helper and kfunc ARG_PTR_TO_PROG_AUX handling bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 18:23 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 08/22] bpf: Classify kfunc arguments the verifier ignores Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 18:27 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 09/22] bpf: Set OBJ_RELEASE when generating kfunc argument types Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 10/22] bpf: Set MEM_UNINIT and dynptr subtypes when generating kfunc arg types Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 11/22] bpf: Set MEM_RCU when generating kfunc argument types Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 18:41 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 12/22] bpf: Resolve BTF ID of ARG_PTR_TO_BTF_ID in kfunc bpf_func_proto Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:08 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 20:42 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 13/22] bpf: Resolve ARG_PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_FIXED_SIZE size " Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 14/22] bpf: Consolidate runtime argument type resolution Amery Hung
2026-09-10 21:52 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-11 21:01 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 15/22] bpf: Consolidate nullable argument validation Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 16/22] bpf: Drop redundant BTF pointer helper write rejection Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:08 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-09 20:48 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 17/22] bpf: Consolidate helper and kfunc PTR_TO_BTF_ID argument matching Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 18/22] bpf: Admit kfunc argument registers through check_reg_type() Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-10 16:18 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 19/22] selftests/bpf: Test kfunc packet memory direct writes Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-11 20:46 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 20/22] bpf: Consolidate function call pkt_access validation Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 21/22] bpf: Consolidate release argument validation Amery Hung
2026-09-05 23:08 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-11 20:47 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 22/22] bpf: Check helper and kfunc arguments in one path Amery Hung
2026-09-05 22:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 20:59 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-10 21:53 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-11 20:55 ` Amery Hung
2026-09-12 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 00/22] bpf: Unify helper and kfunc argument checks patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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