[PATCHv10 bpf-next 1/5] bpf: add a new bpf argument type ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL

Hangbin Liu
2020-09-03T10:35:27Z

Add a new bpf argument type ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL which could be
used when we want to allow NULL pointer for map parameter. The bpf helper
need to take care and check if the map is NULL when use this type.

Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
---

v10: remove useless CONST_PTR_TO_MAP_OR_NULL and Copy-paste comment.
v9: merge the patch from [1] in to this series.
v1-v8: no this patch

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200715070001.2048207-1-liuhangbin@gmail.com/

---
include/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 14 +++++++++-----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index c6d9f2c444f4..884392297874 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
ARG_PTR_TO_ALLOC_MEM, /* pointer to dynamically allocated memory */
ARG_PTR_TO_ALLOC_MEM_OR_NULL, /* pointer to dynamically allocated memory or NULL */
ARG_CONST_ALLOC_SIZE_OR_ZERO, /* number of allocated bytes requested */
+ ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL, /* const argument used as pointer to bpf_map or NULL */
};

/* type of values returned from helper functions */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index b4e9c56b8b32..95444022f74c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -3966,9 +3966,13 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
expected_type = SCALAR_VALUE;
if (type != expected_type)
goto err_type;
- } else if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR) {
+ } else if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR ||
+ arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL) {
expected_type = CONST_PTR_TO_MAP;
- if (type != expected_type)
+ if (register_is_null(reg) &&
+ arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL)
+ /* fall through to next check */;
+ else if (type != expected_type)
goto err_type;
} else if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_CTX ||
arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_CTX_OR_NULL) {
@@ -4085,9 +4089,9 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
return -EFAULT;
}

- if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR) {
- /* bpf_map_xxx(map_ptr) call: remember that map_ptr */
- meta->map_ptr = reg->map_ptr;
+ if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR ||
+ arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL) {
+ meta->map_ptr = register_is_null(reg) ? NULL : reg->map_ptr;
} else if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY) {
/* bpf_map_xxx(..., map_ptr, ..., key) call:
* check that [key, key + map->key_size) are within
--
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