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This patch changes the return types of bpf_map_ops functions to long, where
previously int was returned. Using long allows for bpf programs to maintain
the sign bit in the absence of sign extension during situations where
inlined bpf helper funcs make calls to the bpf_map_ops funcs and a negative
error is returned.
The definitions of the helper funcs are generated from comments in the bpf
uapi header at `include/uapi/linux/bpf.h`. The return type of these
helpers was previously changed from int to long in commit bdb7b79b4ce8. For
any case where one of the map helpers call the bpf_map_ops funcs that are
still returning 32-bit int, a compiler might not include sign extension
instructions to properly convert the 32-bit negative value a 64-bit
negative value.
For example:
bpf assembly excerpt of an inlined helper calling a kernel function and
checking for a specific error:
; err = bpf_map_update_elem(&mymap, &key, &val, BPF_NOEXIST);
...
46: call 0xffffffffe103291c ; htab_map_update_elem
; if (err && err != -EEXIST) {
4b: cmp $0xffffffffffffffef,%rax ; cmp -EEXIST,%rax
kernel function assembly excerpt of return value from
`htab_map_update_elem` returning 32-bit int:
movl $0xffffffef, %r9d
...
movl %r9d, %eax
...results in the comparison:
cmp $0xffffffffffffffef, $0x00000000ffffffef
Fixes: bdb7b79b4ce8 ("bpf: Switch most helper return values from 32-bit int to 64-bit long")
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: JP Kobryn <inwardvessel@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230322194754.185781-3-inwardvessel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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