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* [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/9] Introduce arena library and runtime
@ 2026-04-07  4:57 Emil Tsalapatis
  2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/9] bpf: Upgrade scalar to PTR_TO_ARENA on arena pointer addition Emil Tsalapatis
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From: Emil Tsalapatis @ 2026-04-07  4:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf; +Cc: ast, andrii, memxor, daniel, eddyz87, song, Emil Tsalapatis

Add a new subdirectory to tools/testing/selftests/bpf called libarena,
along with programs useful for writing arena-based BPF code. This
patchset adds the following:

1) libarena, a subdirectory where arena BPF code that is generally useful
to BPF arena programs can be easily added and tested.

2) An ASAN runtime for BPF arena programs. BPF arenas allow for accessing
memory after it has been freed or if it is out of bounds, making it more
difficult to triage bugs combined to regular BPF. Use LLVM's recently added
support for address-space based sanitization to selectively sanitize just
the arena accesses.

3) A buddy memory allocator that can be reused by BPF programs to handle
memory allocation/deletion. The allocator uses the ASAN runtime to add
address sanitization if requested.

The patch includes testing for the new allocators and ASAN features that
can be built from the top directory using "make libarena_test" and
"make libarena_test_asan". The generated binaries reside in libarena/.
The patch also adds test-progs-based selftests to the codebase for the
libarena code, so the new tests are run by ./test_progs.

The patchset has the following stucture:

1-2: Addresses a verification failure triggered by SCALAR += PTR_TO_ARENA
instructions.

3-4: Minor changes to selftest headers to prepare for the introduction
of libarena.

5-7: Add the libarena directory and testing scaffolding, and introduce
the ASAN runtime.

8-9: Add the new buddy memory allocator along with self-contained and
prog-tests-based selftests.

Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>

HISTORY
=======

v3->v4 (https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260403042720.18862-1-emil@etsalapatis.com)
- Add Acks by Song to patches 1-4.
- Expand the verifier's handling of scalar/arena operations to
  include all 3-operand operations in Patch 1 (Alexei)
- Add additional tests for arena/arena (allowed) and arena/pointer (not allowed)
operations in Patch 2
- Remove ASAN version of the library from default compilation since it requires
LLVM 22 and up (CI)
- Rework buddy allocator locking for clarity and add comments
- Fix From: email to be consistent with SOB
- Address (most) Sashiko comments

v2->v3 (https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260127181610.86376-1-emil@etsalapatis.com)
Nonexhaustive due to significant patch rework.
- Do not duplicate WRITE_ONCE macro (Mykyta, Kumar)
- Add SPDX headers (Alexei)
- Remove bump/stack allocators (Alexei)
- Integrate testing with test_progs (Kumar)
- Add short description of ASAN algorithm at the top of the file (Alexei)

v1->v2 (https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260122160131.2238331-1-etsal@meta.com/)

- Added missing format string argument (AI)
- Fix outdated selftests prog name check (AI)
- Fixed stack allocation check for segment creation (AI)
- Fix errors in non-ASAN bump allocator selftests (AI)
- Propagate error value from individual selftests in selftest.c
- Removed embedded metadata from bump allocator as it was needlessly
  complicating its behavior

Emil Tsalapatis (9):
  bpf: Upgrade scalar to PTR_TO_ARENA on arena pointer addition
  selftests/bpf: Add test for scalar/arena pointer addition
  selftests/bpf: Move bpf_arena_spin_lock.h to the top level
  selftests/bpf: Deduplicate WRITE_ONCE macro between headers
  selftests/bpf: Add basic libarena scaffolding
  selftests/bpf: Add arena ASAN runtime to libarena
  selftests/bpf: Add ASAN support for libarena selftests
  selftests/bpf: Add buddy allocator for libarena
  selftests/bpf: Add selftests for libarena buddy allocator

 kernel/bpf/verifier.c                         |  27 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore        |   2 +
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile          |  28 +-
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_arena_common.h  |   4 -
 .../bpf/{progs => }/bpf_arena_spin_lock.h     |   4 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_atomic.h      |   4 -
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h  |   3 +
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile |  77 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/include/asan.h     | 124 +++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/include/buddy.h    |  64 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/include/common.h   |  50 +
 .../bpf/libarena/include/selftest_helpers.h   | 109 +++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/include/userapi.h  |  27 +
 .../bpf/libarena/selftests/selftest.c         | 190 ++++
 .../bpf/libarena/selftests/selftest.h         |  12 +
 .../libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c    | 251 +++++
 .../bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_common.h   |  46 +
 .../bpf/libarena/selftests/st_buddy.bpf.c     | 230 +++++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/src/asan.bpf.c     | 539 +++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/src/buddy.bpf.c    | 879 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/libarena/src/common.bpf.c   |  66 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena.c       |  44 +
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c     |   2 +-
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_arena.c      |  85 ++
 24 files changed, 2853 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 rename tools/testing/selftests/bpf/{progs => }/bpf_arena_spin_lock.h (99%)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/include/asan.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/include/buddy.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/include/common.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/include/selftest_helpers.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/include/userapi.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/selftest.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/selftest.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_buddy.bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_asan_common.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/selftests/st_buddy.bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/src/asan.bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/src/buddy.bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/src/common.bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/libarena.c

-- 
2.53.0


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2026-04-07  5:43   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-07  5:52   ` Leon Hwang
2026-04-07 16:10   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/9] selftests/bpf: Add test for scalar/arena " Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 3/9] selftests/bpf: Move bpf_arena_spin_lock.h to the top level Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 4/9] selftests/bpf: Deduplicate WRITE_ONCE macro between headers Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 5/9] selftests/bpf: Add basic libarena scaffolding Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 16:21   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 6/9] selftests/bpf: Add arena ASAN runtime to libarena Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 16:39   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 7/9] selftests/bpf: Add ASAN support for libarena selftests Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 17:12   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 8/9] selftests/bpf: Add buddy allocator for libarena Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07  5:43   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-07 17:07   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-04-07  4:57 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 9/9] selftests/bpf: Add selftests for libarena buddy allocator Emil Tsalapatis
2026-04-07 17:14   ` Alexei Starovoitov

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