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From: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
	"Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
	"Martin KaFai Lau" <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
	"Eduard Zingerman" <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	"Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi" <memxor@gmail.com>,
	"Song Liu" <song@kernel.org>,
	"Yonghong Song" <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: Fix loop detection for re-arming async callbacks
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:01:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923140152.4005097-1-puranjay@kernel.org> (raw)

is_state_visited() skips the infinite loop check when two states differ in
async_entry_cnt, since seeing the same state on a second entry into an
async callback is not a loop. It reads that from the innermost frame, but
push_async_cb() sets in_async_callback_fn and async_entry_cnt on the
callback's own frame, and setup_func_entry() copies neither, so a subprog
called by the callback carries neither.

A callback which re-arms itself and calls a subprog therefore has its two
entries compared at a loop inside that subprog, and is rejected:

  infinite loop detected at insn 57

Patch 1 reads both from frame 0, which push_async_cb() makes the callback's
frame at any call depth.

Patch 2 covers both directions: a timer callback which re-arms through
bpf_timer_set_callback() and reaches a bounded loop through a static
subprog, which fails to load without patch 1, and a callback which never
returns, which must still be rejected either way. Nothing covered an async
callback before, so neither direction was tested.

Puranjay Mohan (2):
  bpf: Look at frame 0 when telling async callback entries apart
  selftests/bpf: Add timer tests for a re-arming callback with a loop

 kernel/bpf/states.c                           |  4 +-
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/timer.c  | 33 ++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/timer.c     | 50 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/timer_failure.c       | 29 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


base-commit: 91f8613d95ad8cd99d8baf094806d1ef98bc6380
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2.53.0-Meta


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-23 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-23 14:01 Puranjay Mohan [this message]
2026-09-23 14:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Look at frame 0 when telling async callback entries apart Puranjay Mohan
2026-09-24  5:56   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-23 14:01 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add timer tests for a re-arming callback with a loop Puranjay Mohan

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