linux/kernel
Alexei Starovoitov 596bef1d71 bpf: Support 32-bit scalar spills in stacksafe()
v1->v2: updated comments
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260322225124.14005-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com/

The commit 6efbde200b ("bpf: Handle scalar spill vs all MISC in stacksafe()")
in stacksafe() only recognized full 64-bit scalar spills when
comparing stack states for equivalence during state pruning and
missed 32-bit scalar spill. When 32-bit scalar is spilled the
check_stack_write_fixed_off() -> save_register_state() calls
mark_stack_slot_misc() for slot[0-3], which preserves STACK_INVALID
and STACK_ZERO (on a fresh stack slot[0-3] remain STACK_INVALID),
sets slot[4-7] = STACK_SPILL, and updates spilled_ptr.

The im=4 path is only reached when im=0 fails: The loop at im=0 already
attempts the 64-bit scalar-spill/all-MISC check. If it matches, i advances
by 7, skipping the entire 8-byte slot. So im=4 is only reached when bytes
0-3 are neither a scalar spill nor all-MISC — they must pass individual
byte-by-byte comparison first. Then bytes 4-7 get the scalar-unit
treatment.

is_spilled_scalar_after(stack, 4): slot_type[4] == STACK_SPILL from a
64-bit spill would have been caught at im=0 (unless it's a pointer spill,
in which case spilled_ptr.type != SCALAR_VALUE -> returns false at im=4
too). A partial overwrite of a 64-bit spill invalidates the entire slot in
check_stack_write_fixed_off().

is_stack_misc_after(stack, 4): Only checks bytes 4-7 are MISC/INVALID,
returns &unbound_reg. Comparing two unbound regs via regsafe() is safe.

Changes to cilium programs:
File             Program                            Insns (A)  Insns (B)  Insns     (DIFF)
_______________  _________________________________  _________  _________  ________________
bpf_host.o       cil_host_policy                        49351      45811    -3540 (-7.17%)
bpf_host.o       cil_to_host                             2384       2270     -114 (-4.78%)
bpf_host.o       cil_to_netdev                         112051     100269  -11782 (-10.51%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv4_cont_from_host        61175      60910     -265 (-0.43%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv4_cont_from_netdev       9381       8873     -508 (-5.42%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv4_from_host             12994       7066   -5928 (-45.62%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv4_from_netdev           85015      59875  -25140 (-29.57%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv6_cont_from_host        24732      23527    -1205 (-4.87%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv6_cont_from_netdev       9463       8953     -510 (-5.39%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv6_from_host             12477      11787     -690 (-5.53%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_ipv6_from_netdev           30814      30017     -797 (-2.59%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_nat_fwd_ipv4                8943       8860      -83 (-0.93%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_snat_fwd_ipv4              64716      61625    -3091 (-4.78%)
bpf_host.o       tail_handle_snat_fwd_ipv6              48299      30797  -17502 (-36.24%)
bpf_host.o       tail_ipv4_host_policy_ingress          21591      20017    -1574 (-7.29%)
bpf_host.o       tail_ipv6_host_policy_ingress          21177      20693     -484 (-2.29%)
bpf_host.o       tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4          16588      16543      -45 (-0.27%)
bpf_host.o       tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv4         39200      36116    -3084 (-7.87%)
bpf_host.o       tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6         50102      48003    -2099 (-4.19%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_handle_ipv4_cont                 113092      96891  -16201 (-14.33%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_handle_ipv6                        6727       6701      -26 (-0.39%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_handle_ipv6_cont                  25567      21805   -3762 (-14.71%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv4_ct_egress                    28843      15970  -12873 (-44.63%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv4_ct_ingress                   16691      10213   -6478 (-38.81%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv4_ct_ingress_policy_only       16691      10213   -6478 (-38.81%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv4_policy                        6776       6622     -154 (-2.27%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv4_to_endpoint                   7523       7219     -304 (-4.04%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv6_ct_egress                    10275       9999     -276 (-2.69%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv6_ct_ingress                    6466       6438      -28 (-0.43%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv6_ct_ingress_policy_only        6466       6438      -28 (-0.43%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv6_policy                        6859       5159   -1700 (-24.78%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_ipv6_to_endpoint                   7039       4427   -2612 (-37.11%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_nodeport_ipv6_dsr                  1175       1033    -142 (-12.09%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4          16318      16292      -26 (-0.16%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv4         18907      18490     -417 (-2.21%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6         14624      14556      -68 (-0.46%)
bpf_lxc.o        tail_nodeport_rev_dnat_ipv4             4776       4588     -188 (-3.94%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_handle_inter_cluster_revsnat      15733      15498     -235 (-1.49%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_handle_ipv4                      124682     105717  -18965 (-15.21%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_handle_ipv6                       16201      15801     -400 (-2.47%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_handle_snat_fwd_ipv4              21280      19323    -1957 (-9.20%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_handle_snat_fwd_ipv6              20824      20822       -2 (-0.01%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_nodeport_ipv6_dsr                  1175       1033    -142 (-12.09%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4          16293      16267      -26 (-0.16%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv4         20841      20737     -104 (-0.50%)
bpf_overlay.o    tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6         14678      14629      -49 (-0.33%)
bpf_sock.o       cil_sock4_connect                       1678       1623      -55 (-3.28%)
bpf_sock.o       cil_sock4_sendmsg                       1791       1736      -55 (-3.07%)
bpf_sock.o       cil_sock6_connect                       3641       3600      -41 (-1.13%)
bpf_sock.o       cil_sock6_recvmsg                       2048       1899     -149 (-7.28%)
bpf_sock.o       cil_sock6_sendmsg                       3755       3721      -34 (-0.91%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_handle_ipv4                       31180      27484   -3696 (-11.85%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_handle_ipv6                       12095      11760     -335 (-2.77%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_nodeport_ipv6_dsr                  1232       1094    -138 (-11.20%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4          16071      16061      -10 (-0.06%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv4         20804      20565     -239 (-1.15%)
bpf_wireguard.o  tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6         13490      12224    -1266 (-9.38%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_lb_ipv4                           49695      42673   -7022 (-14.13%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_lb_ipv6                          122683      87896  -34787 (-28.36%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_nodeport_ipv6_dsr                  1833       1862      +29 (+1.58%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_nodeport_nat_egress_ipv4           6999       6990       -9 (-0.13%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv4         28903      28780     -123 (-0.43%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_nodeport_nat_ingress_ipv6        200361     197771    -2590 (-1.29%)
bpf_xdp.o        tail_nodeport_rev_dnat_ipv4             4606       4454     -152 (-3.30%)

Changes to sched-ext:
File                       Program           Insns (A)  Insns (B)  Insns    (DIFF)
_________________________  ________________  _________  _________  _______________
scx_arena_selftests.bpf.o  arena_selftest       236305     236251     -54 (-0.02%)
scx_chaos.bpf.o            chaos_dispatch        12282       8013  -4269 (-34.76%)
scx_chaos.bpf.o            chaos_enqueue         11398       7126  -4272 (-37.48%)
scx_chaos.bpf.o            chaos_init             3854       3828     -26 (-0.67%)
scx_flash.bpf.o            flash_init             1015        979     -36 (-3.55%)
scx_flatcg.bpf.o           fcg_dispatch           1143       1100     -43 (-3.76%)
scx_lavd.bpf.o             lavd_enqueue          35487      35472     -15 (-0.04%)
scx_lavd.bpf.o             lavd_init             21127      21107     -20 (-0.09%)
scx_p2dq.bpf.o             p2dq_enqueue          10210       7854  -2356 (-23.08%)
scx_p2dq.bpf.o             p2dq_init              3233       3207     -26 (-0.80%)
scx_qmap.bpf.o             qmap_init             20285      20230     -55 (-0.27%)
scx_rusty.bpf.o            rusty_select_cpu       1165       1148     -17 (-1.46%)
scxtop.bpf.o               on_sched_switch        2369       2355     -14 (-0.59%)

Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260323022410.75444-1-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-03-24 11:59:52 -07:00
..
bpf bpf: Support 32-bit scalar spills in stacksafe() 2026-03-24 11:59:52 -07:00
cgroup cgroup: Don't expose dead tasks in cgroup 2026-03-06 12:43:25 -10:00
configs Remove WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM kernel config option 2026-02-23 11:18:48 -08:00
debug treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
dma dma-mapping: avoid random addr value print out on error path 2026-02-23 08:26:54 +01:00
entry Merge branch 'core/entry' into sched/core 2026-01-30 15:40:05 +01:00
events perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups 2026-03-12 11:29:16 +01:00
futex Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kcsan kcsan: test: Adjust "expect" allocation type for kmalloc_obj 2026-02-26 09:54:08 -08:00
livepatch Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
liveupdate liveupdate: luo_file: remember retrieve() status 2026-02-24 11:13:26 -08:00
locking Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
module module: Fix kernel panic when a symbol st_shndx is out of bounds 2026-02-23 19:37:28 +00:00
power Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
printk Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
rcu Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
sched sched: idle: Consolidate the handling of two special cases 2026-03-16 20:29:47 +01:00
time time/jiffies: Mark jiffies_64_to_clock_t() notrace 2026-03-11 10:33:12 +01:00
trace ftrace: Use hash argument for tmp_ops in update_ftrace_direct_mod 2026-03-21 16:51:04 -04:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore kheaders: rebuild kheaders_data.tar.xz when a file is modified within a minute 2025-06-24 20:30:37 +09:00
acct.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_tree.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_watch.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit.h audit: fix comment misindentation in audit.h 2025-10-22 19:28:06 -04:00
auditfilter.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
auditsc.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c
cfi.c cfi: Move BPF CFI types and helpers to generic code 2025-07-31 18:23:53 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c syscore: Pass context data to callbacks 2025-11-14 10:01:52 +01:00
cpu.c SPDX updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-02-17 09:46:03 -08:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_core.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: don't log dm-crypt key bytes in read_key_from_user_keying 2026-03-10 16:01:48 -07:00
crash_reserve.c crash: let architecture decide crash memory export to iomem_resource 2025-11-12 10:00:15 -08:00
cred.c cred: remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx() 2026-01-06 20:52:57 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: fix uapi timespec64 definition 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free 2026-02-26 10:45:49 +01:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c sched/mmcid: Avoid full tasklist walks 2026-03-11 12:01:07 +01:00
freezer.c freezer: Clarify that only cgroup1 freezer uses PM freezer 2025-10-30 20:10:27 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: make it possible to override TAR 2025-08-06 10:23:36 +09:00
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: add hung_task_sys_info sysctl to dump sys info on task-hung 2025-11-20 14:03:43 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate 2025-11-27 14:24:33 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: Further restrict the preemption modes 2026-01-08 12:43:57 +01:00
kcov.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_core.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec: derive purgatory entry from symbol 2026-01-31 16:16:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation 2025-08-02 12:01:38 -07:00
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kexec: move sysfs entries to /sys/kernel/kexec 2025-11-27 14:24:42 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free 2026-02-26 10:45:49 +01:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kcov: Enable context analysis 2026-01-05 16:43:34 +01:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c
nscommon.c nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls 2026-02-27 22:00:08 +01:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: fix free_nsproxy() and simplify create_new_namespaces() 2025-11-14 13:10:38 +01:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
panic.c panic: add panic_force_cpu= parameter to redirect panic to a specific CPU 2026-02-03 08:21:26 -08:00
params.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
pid_namespace.c pid: rely on common reference count behavior 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h
pid.c Revert "pid: make __task_pid_nr_ns(ns => NULL) safe for zombie callers" 2026-02-10 11:39:30 +01:00
profile.c
ptrace.c rseq: Introduce struct rseq_data 2025-11-04 08:30:50 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: slice ext: Ensure rseq feature size differs from original rseq size 2026-02-23 11:19:19 +01:00
scftorture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
scs.c scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic 2025-11-12 10:00:13 -08:00
seccomp.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
signal.c compiler-context-analysis: Remove __cond_lock() function-like helper 2026-01-05 16:43:33 +01:00
smp.c smp: Introduce a helper function to check for pending IPIs 2025-11-19 18:06:50 +01:00
smpboot.c sched/smp: Use the SMP version of idle_thread_set_boot_cpu() 2025-06-13 08:47:20 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT 2025-09-17 16:25:41 +02:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c sched/core: Fix migrate_swap() vs. hotplug 2025-07-01 15:02:03 +02:00
sys_ni.c rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield() 2026-01-22 11:11:17 +01:00
sys.c RISC-V updates for v7.0 2026-02-12 19:17:44 -08:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl: replace SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM macro with functions 2026-01-06 11:27:10 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: Fix NMI race condition 2025-10-29 10:29:54 +01:00
taskstats.c
torture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
tracepoint.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
up.c
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
vhost_task.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog: fix opencoded cpumask_next_wrap() in watchdog_next_cpu() 2025-07-31 11:28:03 -04:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: fix sample ring index wrap in need_counting_irqs() 2026-02-08 00:13:34 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Rename show_cpu_pool{s,}_hog{s,}() to reflect broadened scope 2026-03-06 06:38:16 -10:00