From: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>
To: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [bpf-next v8 3/5] bpf: Add helper to detect indirect jump targets
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 17:30:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa8DxUESQAI/zAEs@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309140044.2652538-4-xukuohai@huaweicloud.com>
On 26/03/09 10:00PM, Xu Kuohai wrote:
> From: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@huawei.com>
>
> Introduce helper bpf_insn_is_indirect_target to check whether a BPF
> instruction is an indirect jump target.
>
> Since the verifier knows which instructions are indirect jump targets,
> add a new flag indirect_target to struct bpf_insn_aux_data to mark
> them. The verifier sets this flag when verifing an indirect jump target
> instruction, and the helper checks it to determine whether an
> instruction is an indirect jump target.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@huawei.com>
> ---
> include/linux/bpf.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 9 +++++----
> kernel/bpf/core.c | 9 +++++++++
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index 05b34a6355b0..90760e250865 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -1541,6 +1541,8 @@ 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);
> +bool bpf_insn_is_indirect_target(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const struct bpf_prog *prog,
> + int insn_idx);
> #else
> static inline int bpf_trampoline_link_prog(struct bpf_tramp_link *link,
> struct bpf_trampoline *tr,
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> index 090aa26d1c98..6431b94746cf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> @@ -578,16 +578,17 @@ struct bpf_insn_aux_data {
>
> /* below fields are initialized once */
> unsigned int orig_idx; /* original instruction index */
> - bool jmp_point;
> - bool prune_point;
> + u32 jmp_point:1;
> + u32 prune_point:1;
> /* ensure we check state equivalence and save state checkpoint and
> * this instruction, regardless of any heuristics
> */
> - bool force_checkpoint;
> + u32 force_checkpoint:1;
> /* true if instruction is a call to a helper function that
> * accepts callback function as a parameter.
> */
> - bool calls_callback;
> + u32 calls_callback:1;
> + u32 indirect_target:1; /* if it is an indirect jump target */
> /*
> * CFG strongly connected component this instruction belongs to,
> * zero if it is a singleton SCC.
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> index 88a1834030a0..ccc618a50103 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
> @@ -1480,6 +1480,15 @@ int bpf_jit_blind_constants(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
> prog->blinded = 1;
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +bool bpf_insn_is_indirect_target(const struct bpf_verifier_env *env, const struct bpf_prog *prog,
> + int insn_idx)
> +{
> + if (!env)
> + return false;
> + insn_idx += prog->aux->subprog_start;
> + return env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].indirect_target;
> +}
> #endif /* CONFIG_BPF_JIT */
>
> /* Base function for offset calculation. Needs to go into .text section,
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index fc3ba380b74a..8d8e349f98cd 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -4022,6 +4022,11 @@ static bool is_jmp_point(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
> return env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].jmp_point;
> }
>
> +static void mark_indirect_target(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int idx)
> +{
> + env->insn_aux_data[idx].indirect_target = true;
> +}
> +
> #define LR_FRAMENO_BITS 3
> #define LR_SPI_BITS 6
> #define LR_ENTRY_BITS (LR_SPI_BITS + LR_FRAMENO_BITS + 1)
> @@ -21082,12 +21087,14 @@ static int check_indirect_jump(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *in
> }
>
> for (i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
> + mark_indirect_target(env, env->gotox_tmp_buf->items[i]);
> other_branch = push_stack(env, env->gotox_tmp_buf->items[i],
> env->insn_idx, env->cur_state->speculative);
> if (IS_ERR(other_branch))
> return PTR_ERR(other_branch);
> }
> env->insn_idx = env->gotox_tmp_buf->items[n-1];
> + mark_indirect_target(env, env->insn_idx);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -22013,6 +22020,17 @@ static void adjust_insn_aux_data(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
> data[i].seen = old_seen;
> data[i].zext_dst = insn_has_def32(insn + i);
> }
> +
> + /* The indirect_target flag of the original instruction was moved to the last of the
> + * new instructions by the above memmove and memset, but the indirect jump target is
> + * actually the first instruction, so move it back. This also matches with the behavior
> + * of bpf_insn_array_adjust(), which preserves xlated_off to point to the first new
> + * instruction.
> + */
> + if (data[off + cnt - 1].indirect_target) {
> + data[off].indirect_target = 1;
> + data[off + cnt - 1].indirect_target = 0;
> + }
> }
>
> static void adjust_subprog_starts(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 off, u32 len)
> --
> 2.47.3
>
Reviewed-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 17:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 14:00 [bpf-next v8 0/5] emit ENDBR/BTI instructions for indirect jump targets Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 14:00 ` [bpf-next v8 1/5] bpf: Move constants blinding from JIT to verifier Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 17:20 ` Anton Protopopov
2026-03-10 6:52 ` Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 21:25 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-03-10 7:39 ` Xu Kuohai
2026-03-17 10:55 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-09 14:00 ` [bpf-next v8 2/5] bpf: Pass bpf_verifier_env to JIT Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 16:56 ` Anton Protopopov
2026-03-10 6:44 ` Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 14:00 ` [bpf-next v8 3/5] bpf: Add helper to detect indirect jump targets Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 17:30 ` Anton Protopopov [this message]
2026-03-09 14:00 ` [bpf-next v8 4/5] bpf, x86: Emit ENDBR for " Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 16:37 ` Anton Protopopov
2026-03-09 14:00 ` [bpf-next v8 5/5] bpf, arm64: Emit BTI for indirect jump target Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 16:38 ` Anton Protopopov
2026-03-09 15:00 ` [bpf-next v8 0/5] emit ENDBR/BTI instructions for indirect jump targets Alexis Lothoré
2026-03-10 6:25 ` Xu Kuohai
2026-03-09 17:34 ` Anton Protopopov
2026-03-10 6:55 ` Xu Kuohai
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