Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 15/17] selftests/bpf: Add tests for BPF function stack arguments

Yonghong Song
2026-04-20T05:52:48Z

On 4/19/26 10:15 AM, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s):
> - [Medium] The `test_async_cb_many` test uses an extremely short `usleep(50)` to wait for a BPF timer callback to execute, leading to potential flakiness.
> - [Low] The block comment for `global_two_callees` incorrectly refers to the function as `bar`.
> - [Low] The `bpf_iter_testmod_seq_next` kfunc is incorrectly declared with an `int *` return type in `stack_arg_kfunc.c`.
> --
>
> commit 63c1c9ef99d02448833e84a39ecb212ccaaf5b80
> Author: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
>
> selftests/bpf: Add tests for BPF function stack arguments
>
> This commit adds selftests covering stack argument passing for both BPF-to-BPF
> subprog calls and kfunc calls with more than 5 arguments.
>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stack_arg.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stack_arg.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000000..d61bac33f8092
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stack_arg.c
> [ ... ]
>
>> +static void test_async_cb_many(void)
>> +{
>> + struct stack_arg *skel;
>> +
>> + skel = stack_arg__open();
>> + if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open"))
>> + return;
>> +
>> + if (!skel->rodata->has_stack_arg) {
>> + test__skip();
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (!ASSERT_OK(stack_arg__load(skel), "load"))
>> + goto out;
>> +
>> + run_subtest(skel->progs.test_async_cb_many_args, 0);
>> +
>> + /* Wait for the timer callback to fire and verify the result.
>> + * 10+20+30+40+50+60+70+80 = 360
>> + */
>> + usleep(50);
>> + ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->timer_result, 360, "timer_result");
> Is 50 microseconds enough time to reliably wait for the timer callback to
> execute?
>
> In CI environments or heavily loaded virtualization systems, might the
> scheduling and softirq execution be delayed by more than a fraction of a
> millisecond? If the timer does not fire in exactly that short window, the
> test would incorrectly read a timer_result of 0 and fail.
>
> Would it be more robust to use a polling loop or a significantly larger
> timeout to avoid flaky tests?

I am using the same 'usleep(50)' in prog_tests/timer.c:

timer__detach(timer_skel);

usleep(50); /* 10 usecs should be enough, but give it extra */
/* check that timer_cb1() was executed 10+10 times */
...

So I think 50 us should be okay.

>
> [ ... ]
>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000000..8c198ee952ff4
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg.c
> [ ... ]
>
>> +/* bar calls foo1 (3 stack args) and foo2 (5 stack args).
>> + * The outgoing stack arg area is sized for foo2 (the larger callee).
>> + * Stores for foo1 are a subset of the area used by foo2.
>> + * Result: foo1(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) + foo2(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) = 36 + 55 = 91
>> + *
>> + * Pass a-e through so the compiler can't constant-fold the stack args away.
>> + */
>> +__noinline int global_two_callees(int a, int b, int c, int d, int e)
> This isn't a bug, but the comment refers to a function named bar, while the
> function being described is actually named global_two_callees.

Thanks. Will fix.

>
> [ ... ]
>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg_kfunc.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg_kfunc.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000000..6cc404d578639
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg_kfunc.c
> [ ... ]
>
>> +#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) && defined(__BPF_FEATURE_STACK_ARGUMENT)
>> +
>> +const volatile bool has_stack_arg = true;
>> +
>> +struct bpf_iter_testmod_seq {
>> + u64 :64;
>> + u64 :64;
>> +};
>> +
>> +extern int bpf_iter_testmod_seq_new(struct bpf_iter_testmod_seq *it, s64 value, int cnt) __ksym;
>> +extern int *bpf_iter_testmod_seq_next(struct bpf_iter_testmod_seq *it) __ksym;
> Does bpf_iter_testmod_seq_next() actually return an int pointer?

This one
+extern int *bpf_iter_testmod_seq_next(struct bpf_iter_testmod_seq *it) __ksym;
is dead code. Will remove.

>
> Looking at the corresponding kfunc definition in bpf_testmod.c, the function
> appears to return an s64 pointer. Although this function isn't actively called
> in this test file (which prevents a BTF verifier failure here), could the
> mismatched return type declaration cause confusion or subtle issues in the
> future?
>