linux/kernel/trace
Amery Hung 31f61ac330
bpf: Refactor dynptr mutability tracking
Redefine dynptr mutability and fix inconsistency in the verifier and
kfunc signatures. Dynptr mutability is at two levels. The first is
the bpf_dynptr structure and the second is the memory the dynptr points
to. The verifer currently tracks the mutability of the bpf_dynptr struct
through helper and kfunc prototypes, where "const struct bpf_dynptr *"
means the structure itself is immutable. The second level is tracked
in upper bit of bpf_dynptr->size in runtime and is not changed in this
patch.

There are two type of inconsistency in the verfier regarding the
mutability of the bpf_dynptr struct. First, there are many existing
kfuncs whose prototypes are wrong. For example, bpf_dynptr_adjust()
mutates a dynptr's start and offset but marks the argument as a const
pointer. At the same time many other kfuncs that does not mutate the
dynptr but mark themselves as mutable. Second, the verifier currently
does not honor the const qualifier in kfunc prototypes as it determines
whether tagging the arg_type with MEM_RDONLY or not based on the register
state.

Since all the verifier care is to prevent CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR from
being destroyed in callback and global subprogram, redefine the
mutability at the bpf_dynptr level to just bpf_dynptr_kern->data. Then,
explicitly prohibit passing CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to an argument tagged
with MEM_UNINIT or OBJ_RELEASE. The mutability of a dynptr's view is not
really interesting so drop MEM_RDONLY annotation for dynptr from the
helpers and kfuncs. Plus, if the mutability of the entire bpf_dynptr
were to be done correctly, it would kill the bpf_dynptr_adjust() usage
in callback and global subporgram.

Implementation wise

- First, make sure all kfunc arg are correctly tagged: Tag the dynptr
  argument of bpf_dynptr_file_discard() with OBJ_RELEASE.
- Then, in process_dynptr_func(), make sure CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR cannot
  be passed to argument tagged with MEM_UNINIT or OBJ_RELEASE. For
  MEM_UNINIT, it is already checked by is_dynptr_reg_valid_uninit().
  For OBJ_RELEASE, check against OBJ_RELEASE instead of MEM_RDONLY and
  drop a now identical check in unmark_stack_slots_dynptr().
- Remove the mutual exclusive check between MEM_UNINIT and MEM_RDONLY,
  but don't add a MEM_UNINIT and OBJ_RELEASE version as it is obviously
  wrong.

Note that while this patch stops following the C semantic for the
mutability of bpf_dynptr, the prototype of kfuncs are still fixed to
maintain the correct C semantics in the implementation. Adding or
removing the const qualifier does not break backward compatibility.
In addition, fix kfuncs dropping the const qualifier when casting the
opaque bpf_dynptr to bpf_dynptr_kern.

In test_kfunc_dynptr_param.c, initialize dynptr to 0 to avoid
-Wuninitialized-const-pointer warning.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260414191014.1218567-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
2026-04-19 15:16:44 +02:00
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rv rv: Allow epoll in rtapp-sleep monitor 2026-04-01 15:18:30 +02:00
blktrace.c block-7.0-20260305 2026-03-06 08:36:18 -08:00
bpf_trace.c bpf: Refactor dynptr mutability tracking 2026-04-19 15:16:44 +02:00
bpf_trace.h
error_report-traces.c
fgraph.c fgraph: Do not call handlers direct when not using ftrace_ops 2026-02-19 15:21:22 -05:00
fprobe.c tracing: fprobe: do not zero out unused fgraph_data 2026-03-25 00:47:01 +09:00
ftrace_internal.h
ftrace.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
Kconfig tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing 2026-03-09 12:33:55 -04:00
kprobe_event_gen_test.c
Makefile tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
pid_list.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
pid_list.h trace/pid_list: optimize pid_list->lock contention 2025-11-13 15:15:54 -05:00
power-traces.c PM: cpufreq: powernv/tracing: Move powernv_throttle trace event 2025-07-21 16:40:56 -04:00
preemptirq_delay_test.c kernel: trace: preemptirq_delay_test: use offstack cpu mask 2025-07-08 18:17:38 -04:00
remote_test_events.h tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing 2026-03-09 12:33:55 -04:00
remote_test.c tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing 2026-03-09 12:33:55 -04:00
rethook.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Fix typo in ring_buffer_benchmark.c 2025-12-05 15:43:40 -05:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Prevent off-by-one array access in ring_buffer_desc_page() 2026-04-14 05:13:09 -04:00
rpm-traces.c
simple_ring_buffer.c tracing: load/unload page callbacks for simple_ring_buffer 2026-03-09 12:33:55 -04:00
synth_event_gen_test.c
trace_benchmark.c
trace_benchmark.h
trace_boot.c tracing: Make the backup instance non-reusable 2026-04-02 13:20:38 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: branch: Use trace_tracing_is_on_cpu() instead of "disabled" field 2025-05-09 15:19:10 -04:00
trace_btf.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_btf.h
trace_clock.c
trace_dynevent.c tracing: Report wrong dynamic event command 2025-11-10 19:26:14 -05:00
trace_dynevent.h tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs 2025-05-13 22:23:34 +09:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Fix ftrace event field alignments 2026-02-05 09:47:11 -05:00
trace_eprobe.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_event_perf.c perf: Remove unnecessary parameter of security check 2025-02-26 14:13:58 -05:00
trace_events_filter_test.h
trace_events_filter.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_events_hist.c tracing: Fix fully-qualified variable reference printing in histograms 2026-04-14 05:28:10 -04:00
trace_events_inject.c
trace_events_synth.c tracing: Use explicit array size instead of sentinel elements in symbol printing 2026-03-12 12:15:53 +01:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Drain deferred trigger frees if kthread creation fails 2026-03-28 08:32:44 -04:00
trace_events_user.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_events.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix ftrace event field alignments 2026-02-05 09:47:11 -05:00
trace_fprobe.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_functions_graph.c fgraph: Fix thresh_return nosleeptime double-adjust 2026-03-03 22:11:20 -05:00
trace_functions.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_hwlat.c tracing: Fix false sharing in hwlat get_sample() 2026-02-10 03:36:39 -05:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kprobe_selftest.c
trace_kprobe_selftest.h
trace_kprobe.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_mmiotrace.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_nop.c
trace_osnoise.c tracing latency updates for 7.1: 2026-04-17 10:12:11 -07:00
trace_output.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_output.h tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_pid.c tracing: Move pid filtering into trace_pid.c 2026-02-08 21:01:13 -05:00
trace_preemptirq.c tracing: Fix archs that still call tracepoints without RCU watching 2024-12-05 09:28:58 -05:00
trace_printk.c tracing: move __printf() attribute on __ftrace_vbprintk() 2026-03-23 20:16:45 -04:00
trace_probe_kernel.h
trace_probe_tmpl.h tracing/fprobe: Enable fprobe events with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 2024-12-26 10:50:04 -05:00
trace_probe.c tracing/probe: reject non-closed empty immediate strings 2026-04-06 09:22:42 +09:00
trace_probe.h tracing: probes: Use __free() for trace_probe_log 2025-11-01 01:10:28 +09:00
trace_recursion_record.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_remote.c tracing: Non-consuming read for trace remotes with an offline CPU 2026-04-02 14:16:09 +01:00
trace_sched_switch.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c
trace_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_seq.c tracing: Add bitmask-list option for human-readable bitmask display 2026-01-26 17:00:50 -05:00
trace_snapshot.c tracing: Remove duplicate latency_fsnotify() stub 2026-03-31 14:58:39 -04:00
trace_stack.c tracing updates for v6.16: 2025-05-29 21:04:36 -07:00
trace_stat.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_stat.h
trace_synth.h
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Use explicit array size instead of sentinel elements in symbol printing 2026-03-12 12:15:53 +01:00
trace_uprobe.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace.h tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
tracing_map.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
tracing_map.h