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From: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev,
	song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
	emil@etsalapatis.com, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev,
	john.fastabend@gmail.com, shuah@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	jose.marchesi@oracle.com, david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com,
	Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/8] selftests/bpf: cast explicitly in the arena subprog and callback faults
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:41:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028204158.1021284-7-vineet.gupta@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028204158.1021284-1-vineet.gupta@linux.dev>

Four stream tests fail with BPF_GCC:

  test_stream_arena_fault_address:FAIL:stream__open_and_load unexpected error: -13
  #479 stream_oversize:FAIL
  #480 stream_partial_read:FAIL
  #482 stream_syscall:FAIL

They call stream__open_and_load(), which loads every program in the object,
and two of those do not verify:

  #481/11 stream_success/stream_arena_subprog_fault:FAIL
  #481/12 stream_success/stream_arena_callback_fault:FAIL

Both dereference an arena pointer and leave the cast to the compiler:

  int __arena *addr = (int __arena *)0xdeadbeef;
  *addr = 1;

Without arena support __arena is only btf_type_tag("arena"), so no
addr_space_cast is emitted and the store is to a scalar, which the
verifier rejects.  GCC splits it into byte stores, 0xdeadbeef not
being aligned:

  r2=3735928559 ll
  *(u8*)(r2+0)=1            <- plain store, no cast

Their siblings in the same file do not rely on the compiler; they use
bpf_addr_space_cast(), which emits the instruction byte by byte and
works anywhere.  Do the same here.

The address space has to come off the local as well.  Left on, a
compiler that supports arenas casts a second time for the
dereference, on a pointer the explicit cast has already converted:

  r2 = addr_space_cast(r2, 0, 1)
  r3 = addr_space_cast(r2, 0, 1)
  *(u32*)(r3+0)=1

With it off, GCC with and without arena support and clang all emit the
same thing, which is what the test wants:

  r2 = addr_space_cast(r2, 0, 1)
  *(u32*)(r2+0)=1

What these two assert is the fault report, not how the pointer was
produced, so nothing they were testing is lost.

Measured on bpf-next with a stock bpf-gcc, test_progs before and after.
Fifteen results go FAIL -> OK -- every test that loads this object, not
just the arena ones:

  stream_arena_fault_address             stream_oversize
  stream_fd        stream_fd/blocking    stream_partial_read
  stream_fd/edge   stream_fd/empty       stream_success
  stream_fd/hup    stream_fd/nmi_epoll   stream_success/stream_arena_callback_fault
  stream_fd/open   stream_fd/nonblock    stream_success/stream_arena_subprog_fault
                                         stream_syscall

and the five stream_arena_fault_address subtests become visible for the
first time (read, write, xchg, cmpxchg and load_acquire faults).

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
index 1ae015c4e6b4..dc56779cac06 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stream.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 #include "bpf_misc.h"
 #include "bpf_experimental.h"
-#include <bpf_arena_common.h>
 
 struct arr_elem {
 	struct bpf_res_spin_lock lock;
@@ -381,9 +380,10 @@ int stream_arena_cmpxchg_fault(void *ctx)
 
 static __noinline void subprog(void)
 {
-	int __arena *addr = (int __arena *)0xdeadbeef;
+	int *addr = (int *)0xdeadbeef;
 
 	arena_ptr = &arena;
+	bpf_addr_space_cast(addr, 0, 1);
 	*addr = 1;
 }
 
@@ -404,9 +404,10 @@ int stream_arena_subprog_fault(void *ctx)
 
 static __noinline int timer_cb(void *map, int *key, struct bpf_timer *timer)
 {
-	int __arena *addr = (int __arena *)0xdeadbeef;
+	int *addr = (int *)0xdeadbeef;
 
 	arena_ptr = &arena;
+	bpf_addr_space_cast(addr, 0, 1);
 	*addr = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.53.0-Meta


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-28 20:41 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/8] selftests/bpf: cleanup bpf-gcc runs Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/8] selftests/bpf: Build callx tests with GCC that defines __BPF_FEATURE_CALLX Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 21:22   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-28 22:28     ` Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/8] selftests/bpf: don't pass clang-only warning flags to GCC Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/8] selftests/bpf: report SKIP for arena tests a compiler cannot build Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/8] selftests/bpf: make arena_base() opaque to GCC's -Warray-bounds Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/8] selftests/bpf: don't report arena tests as passing with an empty body Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` Vineet Gupta [this message]
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 7/8] selftests/bpf: write the mixed arena/scalar ALU tests in asm Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 21:22   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-28 23:14     ` Vineet Gupta
2026-10-28 20:41 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 8/8] selftests/bpf: skip the struct_ops arena tests without compiler support Vineet Gupta

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