Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 6/8] bpftool: Generate skeleton for global percpu data

sashiko-bot
2026-04-14T21:26:50Z

Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s):
- [High] Missing read-only memory protection for `.percpu` initial value buffer in generated light skeletons.
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commit e61b5ee6e5a7cee758b644de0f6b4aaea40f020c
Author: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>

bpftool: Generate skeleton for global percpu data

Enhance bpftool to generate skeletons that properly handle global percpu
variables. The skeleton includes a nested structure for percpu data, which
is marked as read-only after loading so users must update the map directly.

> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -847,7 +851,7 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
> bpf_object__for_each_map(map, obj) {
> const char *mmap_flags;
>
> - if (!is_mmapable_map(map, ident, sizeof(ident)))
> + if (!is_mmapable_map(map, ident, sizeof(ident)) || bpf_map_is_percpu_data(map))
> continue;
>
> if (bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG)

The commit message notes that after loading the skeleton, maps.percpu->mmaped
has been marked as read-only.

By skipping the .percpu map entirely here during light skeleton generation
in gen_trace(), does this leave the user-space buffer for .percpu writable?

If a user modifies skel->percpu after the light skeleton is loaded, will it
silently succeed without actually updating the kernel per-cpu map? Does the
generated light skeleton need an explicit mprotect(..., PROT_READ) for the
.percpu initial value buffer to enforce the read-only constraint?

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260414132421.63409-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev?part=6