Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] bpf: Add bpf_has_frame_pointer()

[Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 07:32:15PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Introduce a bpf_has_frame_pointer() helper that unwinders can call to
> determine whether a given instruction pointer is within the valid frame
> pointer region of a BPF JIT program or trampoline (i.e., after the
> prologue, before the epilogue).
> 
> This will enable livepatch (with the ORC unwinder) to reliably unwind
> through BPF JIT frames.
> 
> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
> Acked-and-tested-by: Andrey Grodzovsky<andrey.grodzovsky@crowdstrike.com>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  include/linux/bpf.h         |  3 +++
>  kernel/bpf/core.c           | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> index de5083cb1d37..3ec4fa94086a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> @@ -1661,6 +1661,9 @@ static int do_jit(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog, int *addrs, u8 *image, u8 *rw_image
>  	emit_prologue(&prog, image, stack_depth,
>  		      bpf_prog_was_classic(bpf_prog), tail_call_reachable,
>  		      bpf_is_subprog(bpf_prog), bpf_prog->aux->exception_cb);
> +
> +	bpf_prog->aux->ksym.fp_start = prog - temp;
> +
>  	/* Exception callback will clobber callee regs for its own use, and
>  	 * restore the original callee regs from main prog's stack frame.
>  	 */
> @@ -2716,6 +2719,8 @@ st:			if (is_imm8(insn->off))
>  					pop_r12(&prog);
>  			}
>  			EMIT1(0xC9);         /* leave */
> +			bpf_prog->aux->ksym.fp_end = prog - temp;
> +
>  			emit_return(&prog, image + addrs[i - 1] + (prog - temp));
>  			break;
>  
> @@ -3299,6 +3304,9 @@ static int __arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline(struct bpf_tramp_image *im, void *rw_im
>  	}
>  	EMIT1(0x55);		 /* push rbp */
>  	EMIT3(0x48, 0x89, 0xE5); /* mov rbp, rsp */
> +	if (im)
> +		im->ksym.fp_start = prog - (u8 *)rw_image;
> +
>  	if (!is_imm8(stack_size)) {
>  		/* sub rsp, stack_size */
>  		EMIT3_off32(0x48, 0x81, 0xEC, stack_size);
> @@ -3436,7 +3444,11 @@ static int __arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline(struct bpf_tramp_image *im, void *rw_im
>  		emit_ldx(&prog, BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_FP, -8);
>  
>  	emit_ldx(&prog, BPF_DW, BPF_REG_6, BPF_REG_FP, -rbx_off);
> +
>  	EMIT1(0xC9); /* leave */
> +	if (im)
> +		im->ksym.fp_end = prog - (u8 *)rw_image;

is the null check needed? there are other places in the function that
use 'im' without that

thanks,
jirka


> +
>  	if (flags & BPF_TRAMP_F_SKIP_FRAME) {
>  		/* skip our return address and return to parent */
>  		EMIT4(0x48, 0x83, 0xC4, 8); /* add rsp, 8 */
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index d808253f2e94..e3f56e8443da 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -1257,6 +1257,8 @@ struct bpf_ksym {
>  	struct list_head	 lnode;
>  	struct latch_tree_node	 tnode;
>  	bool			 prog;
> +	u32			 fp_start;
> +	u32			 fp_end;
>  };
>  
>  enum bpf_tramp_prog_type {
> @@ -1483,6 +1485,7 @@ void bpf_image_ksym_add(struct bpf_ksym *ksym);
>  void bpf_image_ksym_del(struct bpf_ksym *ksym);
>  void bpf_ksym_add(struct bpf_ksym *ksym);
>  void bpf_ksym_del(struct bpf_ksym *ksym);
> +bool bpf_has_frame_pointer(unsigned long ip);
>  int bpf_jit_charge_modmem(u32 size);
>  void bpf_jit_uncharge_modmem(u32 size);
>  bool bpf_prog_has_trampoline(const struct bpf_prog *prog);
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index d595fe512498..7cd8382d1152 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -760,6 +760,22 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_ksym_find(unsigned long addr)
>  	       NULL;
>  }
>  
> +bool bpf_has_frame_pointer(unsigned long ip)
> +{
> +	struct bpf_ksym *ksym;
> +	unsigned long offset;
> +
> +	guard(rcu)();
> +
> +	ksym = bpf_ksym_find(ip);
> +	if (!ksym || !ksym->fp_start || !ksym->fp_end)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	offset = ip - ksym->start;
> +
> +	return offset >= ksym->fp_start && offset < ksym->fp_end;
> +}
> +
>  const struct exception_table_entry *search_bpf_extables(unsigned long addr)
>  {
>  	const struct exception_table_entry *e = NULL;
> -- 
> 2.51.1
> 
>