From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 08/18] bpf: Grow the verifier id scratch on demand
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:11:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923191139.2816206-9-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923191139.2816206-1-memxor@gmail.com>
The id map used to compare the ids of two states, which also serves as
the id stack of release_reference() and as the id set of
bpf_clear_singular_ids(), is a fixed array embedded in struct
bpf_verifier_env and sized for the most registers and stack slots a
state can possibly hold: 1312 entries, 10 KiB, for 512-byte frames, and
four times that once frames may reach 2 KiB, which pushes the env
allocation from 64 KiB to 128 KiB for every program verified. States
compare a few dozen ids in practice.
Turn the map and the set into arrays grown on demand, starting at 64
entries and doubling, and free them with the env. A map that cannot
grow treats the states as different, an id set that cannot grow keeps
the id, and the id stack reports -ENOMEM, so an allocation failure is
never unsafe. This removes the last structure whose size scaled with
the stack bound and shrinks the env by 10 KiB.
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 29 ++++++++++++++----------
kernel/bpf/states.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 20 +++++++++-------
3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index 0f348ce81fe2..d8cafd3d74aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -408,10 +408,7 @@ struct bpf_jmp_history_entry {
static_assert(MAX_CALL_FRAMES <= (1 << 4));
static_assert(MAX_BPF_STACK_SLOTS <= (1 << 12));
-/* Maximum number of bpf_reg_state objects that can exist at once */
#define MAX_STACK_ARG_SLOTS (MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS - MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS)
-#define BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE ((MAX_BPF_REG + MAX_BPF_STACK_SLOTS + MAX_STACK_ARG_SLOTS) * \
- MAX_CALL_FRAMES)
struct bpf_verifier_state {
/* call stack tracking */
struct bpf_func_state *frame[MAX_CALL_FRAMES];
@@ -842,18 +839,27 @@ struct bpf_id_pair {
u32 cur;
};
+/*
+ * Scratch map from the ids of one verifier state to those of another, also
+ * used as a stack of ids. Grown on demand by bpf_id_scratch_reserve().
+ */
struct bpf_idmap {
u32 tmp_id_gen;
u32 cnt;
- struct bpf_id_pair map[BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE];
+ u32 cap;
+ struct bpf_id_pair *map;
};
+struct bpf_idset_entry {
+ u32 id;
+ u32 cnt;
+};
+
+/* Scratch set of ids with a use count each, grown on demand */
struct bpf_idset {
u32 num_ids;
- struct {
- u32 id;
- u32 cnt;
- } entries[BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE];
+ u32 cap;
+ struct bpf_idset_entry *entries;
};
/* see verifier.c:compute_scc_callchain() */
@@ -948,10 +954,8 @@ struct bpf_verifier_env {
struct bpf_subprog_info subprog_info[BPF_MAX_SUBPROGS + 2]; /* max + 2 for the fake and exception subprogs */
/* subprog indices sorted in topological order: leaves first, callers last */
int subprog_topo_order[BPF_MAX_SUBPROGS + 2];
- union {
- struct bpf_idmap idmap_scratch;
- struct bpf_idset idset_scratch;
- };
+ struct bpf_idmap idmap_scratch;
+ struct bpf_idset idset_scratch;
struct {
int *insn_state;
int *insn_stack;
@@ -1209,6 +1213,7 @@ int bpf_copy_verifier_state(struct bpf_verifier_state *dst_state,
struct list_head *bpf_explored_state(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int idx);
void bpf_free_verifier_state(struct bpf_verifier_state *state, bool free_self);
void bpf_free_backedges(struct bpf_scc_visit *visit);
+bool bpf_id_scratch_reserve(void **arr, u32 *cap, u32 cnt, size_t elem_size);
int bpf_push_jmp_history(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_verifier_state *cur,
int insn_flags, int spi, int frame, const u16 *linked_regs,
u8 linked_regs_cnt);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/states.c b/kernel/bpf/states.c
index e84f37d724d5..5078e4832c6e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/states.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/states.c
@@ -335,21 +335,18 @@ static bool check_ids(u32 old_id, u32 cur_id, struct bpf_idmap *idmap)
return false;
}
- /* Reached the end of known mappings; haven't seen this id before */
- if (idmap->cnt < BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE) {
- map[idmap->cnt].old = old_id;
- map[idmap->cnt].cur = cur_id;
- idmap->cnt++;
- return true;
- }
-
/*
- * idmap slots are bounded by the number of registers and stack slots.
- * Since referenced dynptrs acquire intermediate references that do
- * not live in either, so the map can be exhausted. Since it is unlikely,
- * fail the verification by treating the states as not equivalent.
+ * Reached the end of known mappings; haven't seen this id before. If
+ * the map cannot grow, treat the states as not equivalent, which only
+ * costs pruning.
*/
- return false;
+ if (!bpf_id_scratch_reserve((void **)&idmap->map, &idmap->cap, idmap->cnt, sizeof(*map)))
+ return false;
+ map = idmap->map;
+ map[idmap->cnt].old = old_id;
+ map[idmap->cnt].cur = cur_id;
+ idmap->cnt++;
+ return true;
}
/*
@@ -965,6 +962,27 @@ static bool func_states_equal(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_stat
return true;
}
+/*
+ * Make room for one more entry in an id scratch array, doubling it as needed.
+ * Returns false if it could not grow; callers then treat the id as unknown
+ * or the states as different, which is always safe.
+ */
+bool bpf_id_scratch_reserve(void **arr, u32 *cap, u32 cnt, size_t elem_size)
+{
+ u32 new_cap;
+ void *p;
+
+ if (cnt < *cap)
+ return true;
+ new_cap = *cap ? *cap * 2 : 64;
+ p = krealloc_array(*arr, new_cap, elem_size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOWARN);
+ if (!p)
+ return false;
+ *arr = p;
+ *cap = new_cap;
+ return true;
+}
+
static void reset_idmap_scratch(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
{
struct bpf_idmap *idmap = &env->idmap_scratch;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index d8f43f3a8991..8641f1a8d017 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -10136,8 +10136,9 @@ static int idstack_push(struct bpf_idmap *idmap, u32 id)
if (idmap->map[i].old == id)
return 0;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(idmap->cnt >= BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE))
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (!bpf_id_scratch_reserve((void **)&idmap->map, &idmap->cap, idmap->cnt,
+ sizeof(*idmap->map)))
+ return -ENOMEM;
idmap->map[idmap->cnt++].old = id;
return 0;
@@ -18438,12 +18439,13 @@ static void idset_cnt_inc(struct bpf_idset *idset, u32 id)
return;
}
}
- /* New id */
- if (idset->num_ids < BPF_ID_MAP_SIZE) {
- idset->entries[idset->num_ids].id = id;
- idset->entries[idset->num_ids].cnt = 1;
- idset->num_ids++;
- }
+ /* New id; one that cannot be recorded counts as shared and is kept */
+ if (!bpf_id_scratch_reserve((void **)&idset->entries, &idset->cap, idset->num_ids,
+ sizeof(*idset->entries)))
+ return;
+ idset->entries[idset->num_ids].id = id;
+ idset->entries[idset->num_ids].cnt = 1;
+ idset->num_ids++;
}
/* Find id in idset and return its count, or 0 if not found */
@@ -22003,6 +22005,8 @@ int bpf_check(struct bpf_prog **prog, union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr,
kvfree(env->scc_info);
kvfree(env->succ);
kvfree(env->gotox_tmp_buf);
+ kfree(env->idmap_scratch.map);
+ kfree(env->idset_scratch.entries);
bpf_diag_free(env);
kvfree(env);
return ret;
--
2.53.0
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2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 01/18] bpf: Add accessors for verifier stack slots Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:57 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 20:04 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 02/18] bpf: Widen the stack slot index in the jump history Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 03/18] bpf: Store linked registers in the jump history as an array Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 04/18] bpf: Track backtracking stack slots with bitmaps Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 05/18] bpf: Track scratched stack slots with a bitmap Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 06/18] bpf: Treat unknown-size stack reads as reaching the frame top Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 07/18] bpf: Size liveness stack masks by the stack each frame uses Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [this message]
2026-09-23 19:24 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 08/18] bpf: Grow the verifier id scratch on demand sashiko-bot
2026-09-23 19:29 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 09/18] selftests/bpf: Cover the tail call caller stack depth limit Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 10/18] selftests/bpf: Check that narrow stack stores define no slot Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 11/18] selftests/bpf: Check liveness merge of masks with different widths Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-23 19:29 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 12/18] bpf: Size the per-frame verifier structures for a 2 KiB stack Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 20:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 20:27 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 22:55 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 13/18] bpf: Bound program stack use by a per-program limit Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 14/18] selftests/bpf: Add load conditions on the program stack limit Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 20:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 20:27 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 15/18] selftests/bpf: Give the 512-byte stack boundary tests a 2 KiB twin Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 16/18] bpf, x86: Allow programs 2 KiB of stack Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 20:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 20:28 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 17/18] bpf, arm64: " Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 19:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 18/18] selftests/bpf: Test the 2 KiB stack budget Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
2026-09-23 20:12 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-23 20:28 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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