Re: [PATCH bpf-next v12 01/10] bpf: Drop duplicate blank lines in kernel/bpf/

[Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>]

On 14/8/26 00:26, bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c b/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> index 40bd04421a991..a2b18a9f1694c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> @@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ static inline bool bt_is_reg_set(struct backtrack_state *bt, u32 reg)
>>  	return bt->reg_masks[bt->frame] & (1 << reg);
>>  }
>>
>> -
>>  /* format registers bitmask, e.g., "r0,r2,r4" for 0x15 mask */
>>  static void fmt_reg_mask(char *buf, ssize_t buf_sz, u32 reg_mask)
>>  {
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> index 164d16c243ca6..cdb79a66b156f 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> @@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ static void __mark_dynptr_reg(struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
>>  			      enum bpf_dynptr_type type,
>>  			      bool first_slot, int id, int parent_id);
>>
>> -
>>  static void mark_dynptr_stack_regs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
>>  				   struct bpf_reg_state *sreg1,
>>  				   struct bpf_reg_state *sreg2,
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> @@ -18361,8 +18352,6 @@ static void release_insn_arrays(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  		bpf_insn_array_release(env->insn_array_maps[i]);
>>  }
>>
>> -
>> -
>>  /* The verifier does more data flow analysis than llvm and will not
>>   * explore branches that are dead at run time. Malicious programs can
>>   * have dead code too. Therefore replace all dead at-run-time code
>> @@ -18390,8 +18379,6 @@ static void sanitize_dead_code(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  	}
>>  }
>>
>> -
>> -
>>  static void free_states(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  {
>>  	struct bpf_verifier_state_list *sl;
> 
> This isn't a bug, but it looks like one adjacent blank-line pair is still
> left in verifier.c. Inside the kfunc argument loop in check_kfunc_args(),
> around the code that checks:
> 
> 	if (bpf_register_is_null(reg) && type_may_be_null(kf_arg_type))
> 
> there's a blank line pair that appears to fit the same pattern this patch
> removes everywhere else. The changelog states the goal is to drop the
> adjacent blank lines that have accumulated over time, and the patch removes
> 30 blank lines across the directory, but this one instance seems to have
> been overlooked. Was that one intentionally kept, or could it be folded
> into this patch so the whole directory is done in one pass?

Yep, a new droppable blank line.

Thanks,
Leon

> 
> 
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