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From: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
	Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
	Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
	Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@huaweicloud.com>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@huawei.com>,
	Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf 0/2] bpf, arm64: fix the exception callback's frame pointer
Date: Fri,  4 Sep 2026 16:02:08 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904070210.4163193-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)

The arm64 JIT does not set BPF_REG_FP in the prologue of an exception
callback, so the callback runs with whatever x25 held when bpf_throw()
was called. A callback that materializes the register, for instance to
pass the address of a local variable to a helper, then works on the
frame of the subprogram that threw.

Patch 1 sets ctx->fp_used on that path, the same fix commit b114fcee766d
("bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary") made for
the exception boundary. Patch 2 adds a selftest that reaches the case.

Tested on aarch64 under QEMU with vmtest.sh. Without patch 1 the new
test panics the kernel, because the address handed to the helper lands
on the helper's own saved return address:

  pc : 0x1234
  lr : 0x1234
  Call trace:
   0x1234 (P)
   bpf_test_run+0x188/0x3e0
   bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x47c/0x998
   __sys_bpf+0xbdc/0xdd8
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt

With patch 1 applied the whole group passes:

  #116/11  exceptions/exception_throw_subprog_stack_cb:OK
  #116     exceptions:OK
  Summary: 1/118 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0/0 FAILED

Not tested on other architectures.

Donggeun Yoo (2):
  bpf, arm64: set up the frame pointer for the exception callback
  selftests/bpf: cover the exception callback using its own BPF stack

 arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c                 |  2 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c     |  1 +
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04  7:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-04  7:02 Donggeun Yoo [this message]
2026-09-04  7:02 ` [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf, arm64: set up the frame pointer for the exception callback Donggeun Yoo
2026-09-04  7:02 ` [PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: cover the exception callback using its own BPF stack Donggeun Yoo
2026-09-04  8:09   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-04  9:27     ` Donggeun Yoo

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