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This extends the existing support for int and void pointers that are already treated as SCALAR_VALUE. This provides consistent logic for single and multi-level pointers: if a type is treated as SCALAR for a single-level pointer, the same applies to multi-level pointers. The exception is pointer-to-struct, which is currently PTR_TO_BTF_ID for single-level but treated as scalar for multi-level pointers since the verifier lacks context to infer the size of target memory regions. Safety is ensured by existing BTF verification, which rejects invalid pointer types at the BTF verification stage. Signed-off-by: Slava Imameev --- kernel/bpf/btf.c | 17 +++++++---------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c index 09fcbb125155..524bb2d6d964 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c @@ -6508,13 +6508,6 @@ struct btf *bpf_prog_get_target_btf(const struct bpf_prog *prog) return prog->aux->attach_btf; } -static bool is_void_or_int_ptr(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t) -{ - /* skip modifiers */ - t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL); - return btf_type_is_void(t) || btf_type_is_int(t); -} - u32 btf_ctx_arg_idx(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *func_proto, int off) { @@ -6903,10 +6896,14 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type, } /* - * If it's a pointer to void, it's the same as scalar from the verifier - * safety POV. Either way, no futher pointer walking is allowed. + * If it's a single or multilevel pointer, except a pointer + * to a structure, it's the same as scalar from the verifier + * safety POV. Multilevel pointers to structures are treated as + * scalars. The verifier lacks the context to infer the size of + * their target memory regions. Either way, no further pointer + * walking is allowed. */ - if (is_void_or_int_ptr(btf, t)) + if (!btf_type_is_struct_ptr(btf, t)) return true; /* this is a pointer to another type */ -- 2.34.1