From e821c223875803760d492f88e357380415f5f438 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emil Tsalapatis Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 15:32:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] selftests/bpf: veristat: Minimize map size during verification The veristat tool verifies that BPF objects along with their maps pass verification for a given kernel version. To do so, veristat loads the objects and maps into the kernel in order to pass them through the verifier. Currently, veristat sizes the maps according to the max_entries field provided by the program author. Depending on the map type this field may be irrelevant to the verification process. However, loading a large map can fail because of -ENOMEM errors. This is a problem when the map is supposed to run on large machines, but veristat tests it machines with significantly less RAM (e.g., CI). In that case veristat fails even if the program verifies. Expand veristat to resize maps whose max_entries are not relevant to verification. Set the max_entries value as low as possible to avoid -ENOMEM errors. Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: Emil Tsalapatis Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260708193239.5063-1-emil@etsalapatis.com --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c index a7db6f04f7e1..c9c257784ee3 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/veristat.c @@ -1248,6 +1248,29 @@ static void fixup_obj_maps(struct bpf_object *obj) /* fix up map size, if necessary */ switch (bpf_map__type(map)) { + /* + * if the verifier doesn't use max_entries + * then set to 1 to avoid -ENOMEM + */ + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_HASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_PERCPU_HASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKHASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP_HASH: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_QUEUE: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_BLOOM_FILTER: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK_TRACE: + bpf_map__set_max_entries(map, 1); + break; + + /* ringbufs must be page-aligned */ + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_RINGBUF: + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_USER_RINGBUF: + bpf_map__set_max_entries(map, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)); + break; + case BPF_MAP_TYPE_SK_STORAGE: case BPF_MAP_TYPE_TASK_STORAGE: case BPF_MAP_TYPE_INODE_STORAGE: