* [bpf-next 1/4] selftests/bpf: map_kptr: force BPF_STX for the scalar store to kptr
2026-08-03 16:51 [bpf-next 0/4] selftest related fixes Vineet Gupta
@ 2026-08-03 16:51 ` Vineet Gupta
2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 2/4] selftests/bpf: add --no-error-summary to skip end-of-run error log dump Vineet Gupta
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From: Vineet Gupta @ 2026-08-03 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bpf, ast, Eduard Zingerman, Andrii Nakryiko, Ihor Solodrai
Cc: linux-kernel, Vineet Gupta
reject_scalar_store_to_kptr stores a scalar constant to a kptr field:
*(volatile u64 *)&v->unref_ptr = 0xBADC0DE;
Compilers generate one of two encodings for that:
1. Materialize the constant into a register and emit BPF_STX:
r1 = 0xbadc0de
*(u64 *)(r0 + 0x8) = r1
2. Or fold it into a single BPF_ST (store immediate):
*(u64 *)(r0 + 0x8) = 0xbadc0de
check_map_kptr_access() rejects both, but through very different checks.
BPF_STX goes through map_kptr_match_type(), whose first test is
base_type(reg->type) != PTR_TO_BTF_ID - the scalar rejection this test is
named for - and which prints "invalid kptr access, R...". BPF_ST only gets
the trivial "BPF_ST imm must be 0 when storing to kptr" immediate check and
never reaches map_kptr_match_type() at all.
So on a compiler that folds the constant - bpf-gcc, and clang from
-mcpu=v4, which enabled BPF_ST around v4 support due to historical
verifier limitations - the test fails against its expected message.
Widening the __msg to accept either message would make it pass again, but
on those toolchains it would then only re-test the imm != 0 path, which
verifier/map_kptr.c ("map_kptr: BPF_ST imm != 0") already covers, and the
scalar-vs-PTR_TO_BTF_ID check would lose its only test in the tree.
Route the value through barrier_var() instead, so the store stays a
BPF_STX everywhere and the test keeps asserting what it was written to
assert. clang -mcpu=v1..v4 and bpf-gcc 16.1 all emit the register form
afterwards.
bpf-gcc, before: #229/20 map_kptr/reject_scalar_store_to_kptr:FAIL
bpf-gcc, after : #229/20 map_kptr/reject_scalar_store_to_kptr:OK
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_kptr_fail.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_kptr_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_kptr_fail.c
index f11848dfa78f..cb84e23b83c0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_kptr_fail.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/map_kptr_fail.c
@@ -390,13 +390,22 @@ __failure __msg("invalid kptr access, R")
int reject_scalar_store_to_kptr(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
{
struct map_value *v;
+ u64 val = 0xBADC0DE;
int key = 0;
v = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&array_map, &key);
if (!v)
return 0;
- *(volatile u64 *)&v->unref_ptr = 0xBADC0DE;
+ /*
+ * Keep the value in a register so this stays a BPF_STX and keeps
+ * exercising map_kptr_match_type(). Compilers that fold the constant
+ * into a BPF_ST (store immediate) instead - bpf-gcc, and clang from
+ * -mcpu=v4 - would be rejected by the far weaker "BPF_ST imm must be
+ * 0" check, which verifier/map_kptr.c already covers.
+ */
+ barrier_var(val);
+ *(volatile u64 *)&v->unref_ptr = val;
return 0;
}
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 1/4] selftests/bpf: map_kptr: force BPF_STX for the scalar store to kptr Vineet Gupta
@ 2026-08-03 16:51 ` Vineet Gupta
2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 3/4] selftests/bpf: report failed subtest count in test_progs summary Vineet Gupta
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From: Vineet Gupta @ 2026-08-03 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bpf, ast, Eduard Zingerman, Andrii Nakryiko, Ihor Solodrai
Cc: linux-kernel, Vineet Gupta
By default test_progs re-prints the aggregated error logs of all failed
tests at the end of the run (when not in verbose mode), starting with
"All error logs:".
With bpf-gcc the current failures and a couple runaway 1M fails cause a
huge print overhead/delay at the end.
Add a subtractive --no-error-summary flag, gated on a new
env.error_summary field which defaults to true, so the default behavior
is unchanged. Passing --no-error-summary suppresses the final
"All error logs:" dump.
Only the human readable output is elided. dump_test_log() also emits the
per-test and per-subtest entries of the --json-summary "results" array,
so it keeps being called (via a new @quiet argument) and the JSON report
is bit for bit what it was before.
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++--------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index aa06bab30966..8ee46745e2e8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -424,10 +424,12 @@ static void jsonw_write_log_message(json_writer_t *w, char *log_buf, size_t log_
}
}
+/* @quiet elides the human readable output, the JSON report is unaffected */
static void dump_test_log(const struct prog_test_def *test,
const struct test_state *test_state,
bool skip_ok_subtests,
bool par_exec_result,
+ bool quiet,
json_writer_t *w)
{
bool test_failed = test_state->error_cnt > 0;
@@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ static void dump_test_log(const struct prog_test_def *test,
if (verbose() && !par_exec_result)
return;
- if (test_state->log_cnt && print_test)
+ if (test_state->log_cnt && print_test && !quiet)
print_test_log(test_state->log_buf, test_state->log_cnt);
if (w && print_test) {
@@ -471,15 +473,16 @@ static void dump_test_log(const struct prog_test_def *test,
if ((skip_ok_subtests && !subtest_failed) || subtest_filtered)
continue;
- if (subtest_state->log_cnt && print_subtest) {
+ if (subtest_state->log_cnt && print_subtest && !quiet) {
print_test_log(subtest_state->log_buf,
subtest_state->log_cnt);
}
- print_subtest_name(test->test_num, i + 1,
- test->test_name, subtest_state->name,
- test_result(subtest_state->error_cnt,
- subtest_state->skipped));
+ if (!quiet)
+ print_subtest_name(test->test_num, i + 1,
+ test->test_name, subtest_state->name,
+ test_result(subtest_state->error_cnt,
+ subtest_state->skipped));
if (w && print_subtest) {
jsonw_start_object(w);
@@ -496,7 +499,8 @@ static void dump_test_log(const struct prog_test_def *test,
jsonw_end_object(w);
}
- print_test_result(test, test_state);
+ if (!quiet)
+ print_test_result(test, test_state);
}
/* A bunch of tests set custom affinity per-thread and/or per-process. Reset
@@ -899,6 +903,7 @@ enum ARG_KEYS {
ARG_JSON_SUMMARY = 'J',
ARG_TRAFFIC_MONITOR = 'm',
ARG_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT = 'w',
+ ARG_NO_ERROR_SUMMARY = -2,
};
static const struct argp_option opts[] = {
@@ -931,6 +936,8 @@ static const struct argp_option opts[] = {
#endif
{ "watchdog-timeout", ARG_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, "SECONDS", 0,
"Kill the process if tests are not making progress for specified number of seconds." },
+ { "no-error-summary", ARG_NO_ERROR_SUMMARY, NULL, 0,
+ "Do not re-print the aggregated error logs of failed tests at the end of the run." },
{},
};
@@ -1132,6 +1139,9 @@ static error_t parse_arg(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
case ARG_DEBUG:
env->debug = true;
break;
+ case ARG_NO_ERROR_SUMMARY:
+ env->error_summary = false;
+ break;
case ARG_JSON_SUMMARY:
env->json = fopen(arg, "w");
if (env->json == NULL) {
@@ -1304,7 +1314,7 @@ static void dump_crash_log(void)
if (env.test) {
env.test_state->error_cnt++;
- dump_test_log(env.test, env.test_state, true, false, NULL);
+ dump_test_log(env.test, env.test_state, true, false, false, NULL);
}
}
@@ -1462,7 +1472,7 @@ static void run_one_test(int test_num)
free(stop_libbpf_log_capture());
- dump_test_log(test, state, false, false, NULL);
+ dump_test_log(test, state, false, false, false, NULL);
}
struct dispatch_data {
@@ -1623,7 +1633,7 @@ static void *dispatch_thread(void *ctx)
} while (false);
pthread_mutex_lock(&stdout_output_lock);
- dump_test_log(test, state, false, true, NULL);
+ dump_test_log(test, state, false, true, false, NULL);
pthread_mutex_unlock(&stdout_output_lock);
} /* while (true) */
error:
@@ -1686,9 +1696,12 @@ static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
* We only print error logs summary when there are failed tests and
* verbose mode is not enabled. Otherwise, results may be inconsistent.
*
+ * --no-error-summary only elides the human readable dump: the walk
+ * still happens so the JSON report keeps its per-test results.
*/
- if (!verbose() && fail_cnt) {
- printf("\nAll error logs:\n");
+ if (!verbose() && fail_cnt && (env->error_summary || w)) {
+ if (env->error_summary)
+ printf("\nAll error logs:\n");
/* print error logs again */
for (i = 0; i < prog_test_cnt; i++) {
@@ -1698,7 +1711,8 @@ static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
if (!state->tested || !state->error_cnt)
continue;
- dump_test_log(test, state, true, true, w);
+ dump_test_log(test, state, true, true,
+ !env->error_summary, w);
}
}
@@ -2028,6 +2042,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
env.secs_till_notify = 10;
env.secs_till_kill = 120;
+ env.error_summary = true;
err = argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, NULL, &env);
if (err)
return err;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
index 2cf950afcd85..e66d5c457901 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct test_env {
struct test_selector tmon_selector;
bool verifier_stats;
bool debug;
+ bool error_summary;
enum verbosity verbosity;
bool jit_enabled;
--
2.55.0
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2026-08-03 16:51 [bpf-next 0/4] selftest related fixes Vineet Gupta
2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 1/4] selftests/bpf: map_kptr: force BPF_STX for the scalar store to kptr Vineet Gupta
2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 2/4] selftests/bpf: add --no-error-summary to skip end-of-run error log dump Vineet Gupta
@ 2026-08-03 16:51 ` Vineet Gupta
2026-08-03 16:51 ` [bpf-next 4/4] selftests/bpf: vmtest.sh: preserve command quoting when running in the VM Vineet Gupta
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From: Vineet Gupta @ 2026-08-03 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bpf, ast, Eduard Zingerman, Andrii Nakryiko, Ihor Solodrai
Cc: linux-kernel, Vineet Gupta
The final summary line is asymmetric: the PASSED field reports both the
number of top-level tests and the number of subtests within them, while
the FAILED field reports only top-level tests:
Summary: 640/5750 PASSED, 7760 SKIPPED, 100 FAILED
There is no way to tell whether those 100 failing tests amount to 100
broken subtests or 1000. So count subtests with a non-zero error_cnt
into a new sub_fail_cnt and print it alongside fail_cnt:
Summary: 640/5750 PASSED, 7760 SKIPPED, 100/342 FAILED
^^^^^
This is correct for -j runs, as subtest_states[] is populated both in
sequential and parallel modes.
A test that fails without declaring any subtests contributes 0 to
sub_fail_cnt. That mirrors the existing behaviour of sub_succ_cnt for
tests that pass without subtests, keeping the two numerators
comparable.
Also emit the new count as a "failed_subtest" field in the JSON output,
for parity with the existing "success_subtest".
Note that this changes the trailing field of the summary line from a bare
integer to "A/B", so anything scraping "N FAILED" out of it needs updating.
While here, fix the fail_cnt comment in struct test_env, which claims it
counts "total failed tests + sub-tests".
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index 8ee46745e2e8..5e2f6ec2e212 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -1656,8 +1656,8 @@ static void *dispatch_thread(void *ctx)
static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
{
- int i;
- int succ_cnt = 0, fail_cnt = 0, sub_succ_cnt = 0, skip_cnt = 0;
+ int i, j;
+ int succ_cnt = 0, fail_cnt = 0, sub_succ_cnt = 0, sub_fail_cnt = 0, skip_cnt = 0;
json_writer_t *w = NULL;
for (i = 0; i < prog_test_cnt; i++) {
@@ -1670,10 +1670,14 @@ static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
sub_succ_cnt += state->sub_succ_cnt;
skip_cnt += state->skip_cnt;
- if (state->error_cnt)
+ if (state->error_cnt) {
fail_cnt++;
- else if (!test->not_built)
+ for (j = 0; j < state->subtest_num; j++)
+ if (state->subtest_states[j].error_cnt)
+ sub_fail_cnt++;
+ } else if (!test->not_built) {
succ_cnt++;
+ }
}
if (env->json) {
@@ -1688,6 +1692,7 @@ static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
jsonw_uint_field(w, "success_subtest", sub_succ_cnt);
jsonw_uint_field(w, "skipped", skip_cnt);
jsonw_uint_field(w, "failed", fail_cnt);
+ jsonw_uint_field(w, "failed_subtest", sub_fail_cnt);
jsonw_name(w, "results");
jsonw_start_array(w);
}
@@ -1726,12 +1731,12 @@ static void calculate_summary_and_print_errors(struct test_env *env)
fclose(env->json);
if (env->not_built_cnt)
- printf("Summary: %d/%d PASSED, %d SKIPPED (%d not built), %d FAILED\n",
+ printf("Summary: %d/%d PASSED, %d SKIPPED (%d not built), %d/%d FAILED\n",
succ_cnt, sub_succ_cnt, skip_cnt, env->not_built_cnt,
- fail_cnt);
+ fail_cnt, sub_fail_cnt);
else
- printf("Summary: %d/%d PASSED, %d SKIPPED, %d FAILED\n",
- succ_cnt, sub_succ_cnt, skip_cnt, fail_cnt);
+ printf("Summary: %d/%d PASSED, %d SKIPPED, %d/%d FAILED\n",
+ succ_cnt, sub_succ_cnt, skip_cnt, fail_cnt, sub_fail_cnt);
env->succ_cnt = succ_cnt;
env->sub_succ_cnt = sub_succ_cnt;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
index e66d5c457901..ea493c477fbd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct test_env {
int succ_cnt; /* successful tests */
int sub_succ_cnt; /* successful sub-tests */
- int fail_cnt; /* total failed tests + sub-tests */
+ int fail_cnt; /* failed tests */
int skip_cnt; /* skipped tests */
int not_built_cnt; /* tests not built */
--
2.55.0
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