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Collect argument information from the type information of stub functions to mark arguments of BPF struct_ops programs with PTR_MAYBE_NULL if they are nullable. A nullable argument is annotated by suffixing "__nullable" at the argument name of stub function. For nullable arguments, this patch sets a struct bpf_ctx_arg_aux to label their reg_type with PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_TRUSTED | PTR_MAYBE_NULL. This makes the verifier to check programs and ensure that they properly check the pointer. The programs should check if the pointer is null before accessing the pointed memory. The implementer of a struct_ops type should annotate the arguments that can be null. The implementer should define a stub function (empty) as a placeholder for each defined operator. The name of a stub function should be in the pattern "<st_op_type>__<operator name>". For example, for test_maybe_null of struct bpf_testmod_ops, it's stub function name should be "bpf_testmod_ops__test_maybe_null". You mark an argument nullable by suffixing the argument name with "__nullable" at the stub function. Since we already has stub functions for kCFI, we just reuse these stub functions with the naming convention mentioned earlier. These stub functions with the naming convention is only required if there are nullable arguments to annotate. For functions having not nullable arguments, stub functions are not necessary for the purpose of this patch. This patch will prepare a list of struct bpf_ctx_arg_aux, aka arg_info, for each member field of a struct_ops type. "arg_info" will be assigned to "prog->aux->ctx_arg_info" of BPF struct_ops programs in check_struct_ops_btf_id() so that it can be used by btf_ctx_access() later to set reg_type properly for the verifier. Signed-off-by: Kui-Feng Lee <thinker.li@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240209023750.1153905-4-thinker.li@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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