From: Yihan Ding <dingyihan@uniontech.com>
To: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: shuah@kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@uniontech.com,
Yihan Ding <dingyihan@uniontech.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf] bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:40:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260414014001.814324-1-dingyihan@uniontech.com> (raw)
bpf_bprintf_prepare() currently rejects any non-ASCII byte in the format
string, such as UTF-8 Chinese text.
All BPF formatted output helpers that go through bpf_bprintf_prepare(),
such as bpf_trace_printk(), bpf_seq_printf() and bpf_snprintf(), only
need ASCII parsing for conversion specifiers. Plain text does not need
that restriction, but today any byte >= 0x80 makes the format fail
validation.
As a result, UTF-8 text literals are rejected even when they are not part
of a format specifier. In practice, an ASCII-only bpf_trace_printk()
format works, while the same format with UTF-8 literal text produces no
trace output.
Allow non-ASCII bytes in plain text while keeping the existing control
character checks and keeping format specifiers ASCII-only. This preserves
the current parsing rules for '%' sequences and allows valid UTF-8 text
to be emitted.
Extend the trace_printk selftest accordingly by emitting both ASCII and
UTF-8 strings and verifying that both appear in the trace output.
Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding <dingyihan@uniontech.com>
---
Testing:
- Reproduced on x86_64 without this patch: ASCII trace output works, while
UTF-8 literal text in bpf_trace_printk() is rejected and produces no trace
output.
- Verified with tools/testing/selftests/bpf: ./test_progs -t trace_printk
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 21 +++++++++++++-----
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/trace_printk.c | 22 ++++++++++++++-----
.../selftests/bpf/progs/trace_printk.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 6eb6c82ed2ee..e2f103297e4a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -845,7 +845,13 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
data->buf = buffers->buf;
for (i = 0; i < fmt_size; i++) {
- if ((!isprint(fmt[i]) && !isspace(fmt[i])) || !isascii(fmt[i])) {
+ unsigned char c = fmt[i];
+
+ /*
+ * Permit non-ASCII bytes in plain text so UTF-8 messages can be
+ * emitted, while keeping format specifiers ASCII-only.
+ */
+ if (isascii(c) && !isprint(c) && !isspace(c)) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
@@ -867,6 +873,10 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
* always access fmt[i + 1], in the worst case it will be a 0
*/
i++;
+ if (!isascii((unsigned char)fmt[i])) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
/* skip optional "[0 +-][num]" width formatting field */
while (fmt[i] == '0' || fmt[i] == '+' || fmt[i] == '-' ||
@@ -881,8 +891,9 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
if (fmt[i] == 'p') {
sizeof_cur_arg = sizeof(long);
- if (fmt[i + 1] == 0 || isspace(fmt[i + 1]) ||
- ispunct(fmt[i + 1])) {
+ if (fmt[i + 1] == 0 ||
+ isspace((unsigned char)fmt[i + 1]) ||
+ ispunct((unsigned char)fmt[i + 1])) {
if (tmp_buf)
cur_arg = raw_args[num_spec];
goto nocopy_fmt;
@@ -958,8 +969,8 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
fmt_ptype = fmt[i];
fmt_str:
if (fmt[i + 1] != 0 &&
- !isspace(fmt[i + 1]) &&
- !ispunct(fmt[i + 1])) {
+ !isspace((unsigned char)fmt[i + 1]) &&
+ !ispunct((unsigned char)fmt[i + 1])) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/trace_printk.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/trace_printk.c
index e56e88596d64..f7b03dc4eaf4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/trace_printk.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/trace_printk.c
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@
#include "trace_printk.lskel.h"
#define SEARCHMSG "testing,testing"
+#define SEARCHMSG_UTF8 "中文,测试"
static void trace_pipe_cb(const char *str, void *data)
{
if (strstr(str, SEARCHMSG) != NULL)
- (*(int *)data)++;
+ ((int *)data)[0]++;
+ if (strstr(str, SEARCHMSG_UTF8) != NULL)
+ ((int *)data)[1]++;
}
void serial_test_trace_printk(void)
{
struct trace_printk_lskel__bss *bss;
struct trace_printk_lskel *skel;
- int err = 0, found = 0;
+ int err = 0, found[2] = {};
skel = trace_printk_lskel__open();
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "trace_printk__open"))
@@ -46,11 +49,20 @@ void serial_test_trace_printk(void)
if (!ASSERT_GT(bss->trace_printk_ret, 0, "bss->trace_printk_ret"))
goto cleanup;
- /* verify our search string is in the trace buffer */
- ASSERT_OK(read_trace_pipe_iter(trace_pipe_cb, &found, 1000),
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(bss->trace_printk_utf8_ran, 0, "bss->trace_printk_utf8_ran"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(bss->trace_printk_utf8_ret, 0, "bss->trace_printk_utf8_ret"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ /* verify our search strings are in the trace buffer */
+ ASSERT_OK(read_trace_pipe_iter(trace_pipe_cb, found, 1000),
"read_trace_pipe_iter");
- if (!ASSERT_EQ(found, bss->trace_printk_ran, "found"))
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(found[0], bss->trace_printk_ran, "found"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(found[1], bss->trace_printk_utf8_ran, "found_utf8"))
goto cleanup;
cleanup:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/trace_printk.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/trace_printk.c
index 6695478c2b25..97afe8b149b0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/trace_printk.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/trace_printk.c
@@ -10,13 +10,18 @@ char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
int trace_printk_ret = 0;
int trace_printk_ran = 0;
+int trace_printk_utf8_ret = 0;
+int trace_printk_utf8_ran = 0;
-const char fmt[] = "Testing,testing %d\n";
+static const char fmt[] = "Testing,testing %d\n";
+static const char utf8_fmt[] = "中文,测试 %d\n";
SEC("fentry/" SYS_PREFIX "sys_nanosleep")
int sys_enter(void *ctx)
{
trace_printk_ret = bpf_trace_printk(fmt, sizeof(fmt),
++trace_printk_ran);
+ trace_printk_utf8_ret = bpf_trace_printk(utf8_fmt, sizeof(utf8_fmt),
+ ++trace_printk_utf8_ran);
return 0;
}
--
2.20.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-14 1:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-14 1:40 Yihan Ding [this message]
2026-04-14 15:26 ` [PATCH bpf] bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare() Paul Chaignon
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