Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 10/14] bpf: Report Resource Lifetime reference leaks

[Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 2026-08-15 at 07:34 +0000, bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
> > index 058574a1411e..5d20ea9e470e 100644
> > --- a/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
> > +++ b/kernel/bpf/diagnostics.c
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > @@ -1735,6 +1736,96 @@ void bpf_diag_mem_bounds(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, int regno,
> >  		env, "Add or adjust a bounds check that proves offset + access_size stays within the object.");
> >  }
> > 
> > +static const char *diag_lock_name(const struct bpf_reference_state *lock)
> > +{
> > +	switch (lock->type) {
> > +	case REF_TYPE_LOCK:
> > +		return "bpf_spin_lock";
> > +	case REF_TYPE_RES_LOCK:
> > +		return "resource spin lock";
> > +	case REF_TYPE_RES_LOCK_IRQ:
> > +		return "IRQ-saving resource spin lock";
> > +	default:
> > +		return "lock";
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void diag_res_report(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 insn_idx, const char *problem,
> > +			    const char *reason)
> > +{
> > +	bpf_diag_header(env, RESOURCE_LIFETIME_SAFETY, problem);
> > +	diag_reason(env, "%s", reason);
> > +
> > +	diag_section(env, "At");
> > +	bpf_diag_source(env, insn_idx, "error", "%s", problem);
> > +}
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > +void bpf_diag_leak(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 ref_id, u32 alloc_insn, u32 fail_insn)
> > +{
> > +	struct bpf_diag_history_opts opts = {
> > +		.scope = BPF_DIAG_HISTORY_SCOPE_REF,
> > +		.ref_id = ref_id,
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	bpf_diag_header(env, RESOURCE_LIFETIME_SAFETY, "unreleased resource");
> > +	diag_reason(
> > +		env, "Owned resource (id=%u) was acquired at instruction %u and still needs to be released before this exit path.",
> > +		ref_id, alloc_insn);
> > +
> > +	diag_section(env, "At");
> > +	bpf_diag_source(env, fail_insn, "error",
> > +			"owned resource (id=%u) still needs release", ref_id);
> > +
> > +	diag_print_history(env, &opts);
> > +
> > +	diag_suggestion(
> > +		env, "Release or transfer ownership of the acquired resource on every path before the program exits.");
> > +}
> 
> Does the exit-path wording fit all three call sites?  bpf_diag_leak()
> says "still needs to be released before this exit path" and "before
> the program exits", but check_reference_leak() is reached from three
> different code paths via check_resource_leak():
> 
>   process_bpf_exit_full()  <- actual program exit
>   check_helper_call()      <- tail_call rejection
>   check_ld_abs()           <- BPF_LD_[ABS|IND] rejection
> 
> For BPF_LD_[ABS|IND], the reference is not lost at an exit at all.

Bot is confused.