From: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
To: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 10/11] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm and subprog tests for R0:R2 returns
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:03:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d1a79a5bee37759da16f5944905dee8aa4a01604.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813200302.1997359-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev>
On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 13:03 -0700, Yonghong Song wrote:
...
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_func.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_func.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..cfb21bcf704b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_func.c
...
> +struct ptr_pair {
> + void *p;
> + __u64 x;
> +};
> +
> +static __naked __noinline struct ptr_pair static_ret_ptr_pair(void)
> +{
> + asm volatile (
> + "r0 = 0;"
> + "r2 = r1;"
> + "exit;"
> + );
> +}
> +
> +SEC("tc")
> +__load_if_JITed()
> +__success __retval(0)
> +__naked int aggregate_ret_static_ptr_pair(void)
This test is redundant, already covered by a previous patch.
> +{
> + asm volatile (
> + "call %[static_ret_ptr_pair];"
> + "r1 = *(u32 *)(r2 + 0);" /* deref the returned ctx pointer */
> + "r0 = 0;"
> + "exit;"
> + :
> + : __imm(static_ret_ptr_pair)
> + : __clobber_all);
> +}
> +
> +char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
...
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc_c.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc_c.c
> index b66576307f73..2c1889fc28ef 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc_c.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/aggregate_ret_kfunc_c.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,66 @@ int aggregate_ret_kfunc_struct_c_test(struct __sk_buff *skb)
> +int aggregate_ret_kfunc_li_c_test(struct __sk_buff *skb)
...
> +int aggregate_ret_kfunc_ii_c_test(struct __sk_buff *skb)
...
> +int aggregate_ret_kfunc_uu_c_test(struct __sk_buff *skb)
I don't think three tests above a warranted, the previous patch
already tested returning 16-byte structs. Maybe a test with a small
structs of two ints, but I'd skip even that.
This would drop a ton of code from the back of the patch.
...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-15 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 20:02 [PATCH bpf-next v5 00/11] bpf: Support aggregate return values up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 01/11] bpf: Factor check_global_ret_scalar_reg() out of the global return check Yonghong Song
2026-08-14 22:24 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 02/11] bpf: Add helpers to describe the R0:R2 return register pair Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 21:11 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 22:43 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 03/11] bpf: Wire up JIT support for 16-byte kfunc returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-14 1:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 04/11] bpf: Track R2 of register-pair returns in precision backtracking Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 20:49 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 23:37 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 05/11] bpf: Account R2 of register-pair returns in live register analysis Yonghong Song
2026-08-14 1:50 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 06/11] bpf: Add verifier support for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 21:11 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 2:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 23:53 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 07/11] bpf: Enable aggregate return types up to 16 bytes Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 08/11] bpf: Reject register-pair returns when the subprog BTF is unreliable Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 20:49 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-14 3:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 20:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 09/11] selftests/bpf: Add C tests for 16-byte returns in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 21:11 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-15 0:47 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-08-13 20:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 10/11] selftests/bpf: Add inline-asm and subprog tests for R0:R2 returns Yonghong Song
2026-08-13 21:11 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-15 1:03 ` Eduard Zingerman [this message]
2026-08-13 20:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 11/11] Documentation/bpf: Document up to 16-byte kfunc return values in R0:R2 Yonghong Song
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