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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 2/3] bpf: Refactor check_ctx_access()
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:41:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727154103.1515347-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727154103.1515347-1-sashal@kernel.org>

From: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 201b62ccc83153d2925d310a2afe762905e0c455 ]

Reduce the variable passing madness surrounding check_ctx_access().
Currently, check_mem_access() passes many pointers to local variables to
check_ctx_access(). They are used to initialize "struct
bpf_insn_access_aux info" in check_ctx_access() and then passed to
is_valid_access(). Then, check_ctx_access() takes the data our from
info and write them back the pointers to pass them back. This can be
simpilified by moving info up to check_mem_access().

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250221175644.1822383-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 5e0b273e0a62 ("bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 27 +++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index e3351145457495..373e6a2326946e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5829,18 +5829,10 @@ static int check_packet_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno, int off,
 
 /* check access to 'struct bpf_context' fields.  Supports fixed offsets only */
 static int check_ctx_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int off, int size,
-			    enum bpf_access_type t, enum bpf_reg_type *reg_type,
-			    struct btf **btf, u32 *btf_id, bool *is_retval, bool is_ldsx)
+			    enum bpf_access_type t, struct bpf_insn_access_aux *info)
 {
-	struct bpf_insn_access_aux info = {
-		.reg_type = *reg_type,
-		.log = &env->log,
-		.is_retval = false,
-		.is_ldsx = is_ldsx,
-	};
-
 	if (env->ops->is_valid_access &&
-	    env->ops->is_valid_access(off, size, t, env->prog, &info)) {
+	    env->ops->is_valid_access(off, size, t, env->prog, info)) {
 		/* A non zero info.ctx_field_size indicates that this field is a
 		 * candidate for later verifier transformation to load the whole
 		 * field and then apply a mask when accessed with a narrower
@@ -5848,15 +5840,8 @@ static int check_ctx_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, int off,
 		 * will only allow for whole field access and rejects any other
 		 * type of narrower access.
 		 */
-		*reg_type = info.reg_type;
-		*is_retval = info.is_retval;
-
-		if (base_type(*reg_type) == PTR_TO_BTF_ID) {
-			*btf = info.btf;
-			*btf_id = info.btf_id;
-		} else {
-			env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].ctx_field_size = info.ctx_field_size;
-		}
+		if (base_type(info->reg_type) != PTR_TO_BTF_ID)
+			env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].ctx_field_size = info->ctx_field_size;
 		/* remember the offset of last byte accessed in ctx */
 		if (env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset < off + size)
 			env->prog->aux->max_ctx_offset = off + size;
@@ -7224,9 +7209,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx, u32 regn
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 
-		err = check_ctx_access(env, insn_idx, off, size, t, &info.reg_type,
-				       &info.btf, &info.btf_id, &info.is_retval,
-				       info.is_ldsx);
+		err = check_ctx_access(env, insn_idx, off, size, t, &info);
 		if (err)
 			verbose_linfo(env, insn_idx, "; ");
 		if (!err && t == BPF_READ && value_regno >= 0) {
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-27 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-20 15:15 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-27 15:41 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/3] bpf: Refactor {acquire,release}_reference_state Sasha Levin
2026-07-27 15:41   ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-07-27 15:41   ` [PATCH 6.12.y 3/3] bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access() Sasha Levin

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