linux/Documentation/bpf
David Vernet 6c831c4684 bpf: Treat KF_RELEASE kfuncs as KF_TRUSTED_ARGS
KF_RELEASE kfuncs are not currently treated as having KF_TRUSTED_ARGS,
even though they have a superset of the requirements of KF_TRUSTED_ARGS.
Like KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, KF_RELEASE kfuncs require a 0-offset argument, and
don't allow NULL-able arguments. Unlike KF_TRUSTED_ARGS which require
_either_ an argument with ref_obj_id > 0, _or_ (ref->type &
BPF_REG_TRUSTED_MODIFIERS) (and no unsafe modifiers allowed), KF_RELEASE
only allows for ref_obj_id > 0.  Because KF_RELEASE today doesn't
automatically imply KF_TRUSTED_ARGS, some of these requirements are
enforced in different ways that can make the behavior of the verifier
feel unpredictable. For example, a KF_RELEASE kfunc with a NULL-able
argument will currently fail in the verifier with a message like, "arg#0
is ptr_or_null_ expected ptr_ or socket" rather than "Possibly NULL
pointer passed to trusted arg0". Our intention is the same, but the
semantics are different due to implemenetation details that kfunc authors
and BPF program writers should not need to care about.

Let's make the behavior of the verifier more consistent and intuitive by
having KF_RELEASE kfuncs imply the presence of KF_TRUSTED_ARGS. Our
eventual goal is to have all kfuncs assume KF_TRUSTED_ARGS by default
anyways, so this takes us a step in that direction.

Note that it does not make sense to assume KF_TRUSTED_ARGS for all
KF_ACQUIRE kfuncs. KF_ACQUIRE kfuncs can have looser semantics than
KF_RELEASE, with e.g. KF_RCU | KF_RET_NULL. We may want to have
KF_ACQUIRE imply KF_TRUSTED_ARGS _unless_ KF_RCU is specified, but that
can be left to another patch set, and there are no such subtleties to
address for KF_RELEASE.

Signed-off-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230325213144.486885-4-void@manifault.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2023-03-25 16:56:22 -07:00
..
libbpf bpf, docs: Libbpf overview documentation 2023-03-18 10:17:39 -07:00
bpf_design_QA.rst bpf: Rename __kptr_ref -> __kptr and __kptr -> __kptr_untrusted. 2023-03-03 17:42:20 +01:00
bpf_devel_QA.rst bpf, docs: Use internal linking for link to netdev subsystem doc 2023-03-17 13:58:57 +01:00
bpf_iterators.rst bpf, docs: BPF Iterator Document 2022-12-04 16:41:22 -08:00
bpf_licensing.rst bpf: Document BPF licensing. 2021-09-22 23:13:13 +02:00
bpf_prog_run.rst Documentation/bpf: Add documentation for BPF_PROG_RUN 2022-03-09 14:19:22 -08:00
btf.rst docs/bpf: Update btf selftests program and add link 2022-11-25 00:00:15 +01:00
clang-notes.rst bpf, docs: Explain helper functions 2023-03-10 13:02:00 -08:00
classic_vs_extended.rst bpf, docs: Split the comparism to classic BPF from instruction-set.rst 2021-12-30 16:31:44 -08:00
cpumasks.rst bpf,docs: Remove bpf_cpumask_kptr_get() from documentation 2023-03-16 12:28:30 -07:00
drgn.rst bpf: Document bpf_inspect drgn tool 2020-03-26 00:08:36 +01:00
faq.rst bpf, docs: Fix ordering of bpf documentation 2021-11-17 23:24:01 +01:00
graph_ds_impl.rst Documentation: bpf: Add missing line break separator in node_data struct code block 2023-02-15 08:43:51 -08:00
helpers.rst bpf, docs: Fix ordering of bpf documentation 2021-11-17 23:24:01 +01:00
index.rst bpf/docs: Document cpumask kfuncs in a new file 2023-01-25 07:57:50 -08:00
instruction-set.rst bpf, docs: Add signed comparison example 2023-03-13 22:10:45 -07:00
kfuncs.rst bpf: Treat KF_RELEASE kfuncs as KF_TRUSTED_ARGS 2023-03-25 16:56:22 -07:00
linux-notes.rst bpf, docs: Explain helper functions 2023-03-10 13:02:00 -08:00
llvm_reloc.rst bpf, docs: Add llvm_reloc.rst to explain llvm bpf relocations 2021-05-28 22:12:04 +02:00
map_array.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings in BPF map docs 2022-11-24 01:05:04 +01:00
map_bloom_filter.rst docs/bpf: Document BPF_MAP_TYPE_BLOOM_FILTER 2022-11-23 22:47:32 +01:00
map_cgroup_storage.rst Remove duplicate words inside documentation 2022-09-27 13:21:43 -06:00
map_cgrp_storage.rst docs/bpf: Add documentation for new cgroup local storage 2022-10-25 23:19:20 -07:00
map_cpumap.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings for cpumap 2022-11-23 22:38:53 +01:00
map_devmap.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings for devmap 2022-11-23 22:40:27 +01:00
map_hash.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings in BPF map docs 2022-11-24 01:05:04 +01:00
map_lpm_trie.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings in BPF map docs 2022-11-24 01:05:04 +01:00
map_of_maps.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings in BPF map docs 2022-11-24 01:05:04 +01:00
map_queue_stack.rst docs/bpf: Fix sphinx warnings in BPF map docs 2022-11-24 01:05:04 +01:00
map_sk_storage.rst docs/bpf: Reword docs for BPF_MAP_TYPE_SK_STORAGE 2022-12-14 18:35:41 +01:00
map_sockmap.rst docs: BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCK[MAP|HASH] 2022-12-20 15:54:05 -08:00
map_xskmap.rst Documentation: bpf: correct spelling 2023-01-28 12:22:20 -08:00
maps.rst bpf, docs: Fix final bpf docs build failure 2023-03-02 22:36:10 -08:00
other.rst bpf, documentation: Add graph documentation for non-owning refs 2023-02-13 19:40:53 -08:00
prog_cgroup_sockopt.rst bpf: Document optval > PAGE_SIZE behavior for sockopt hooks 2020-06-17 10:54:05 -07:00
prog_cgroup_sysctl.rst bpf: Document BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SYSCTL 2019-04-18 16:05:36 -07:00
prog_flow_dissector.rst bpf/flow_dissector: add mode to enforce global BPF flow dissector 2019-10-07 20:16:33 -07:00
prog_lsm.rst bpf, docs: Rename bpf_lsm.rst to prog_lsm.rst 2021-11-17 23:23:58 +01:00
prog_sk_lookup.rst bpf: sk_lookup: Add user documentation 2020-08-24 14:46:50 -07:00
programs.rst docs/bpf: Add table of BPF program types to libbpf docs 2022-11-23 13:31:20 -08:00
redirect.rst bpf, docs: DEVMAPs and XDP_REDIRECT 2022-11-18 23:16:31 +01:00
ringbuf.rst Documentation: bpf: correct spelling 2023-01-28 12:22:20 -08:00
s390.rst bpf: Add s390 testing documentation 2019-10-30 16:25:31 +01:00
syscall_api.rst bpf, docs: Fix ordering of bpf documentation 2021-11-17 23:24:01 +01:00
test_debug.rst bpf, docs: Fix ordering of bpf documentation 2021-11-17 23:24:01 +01:00
verifier.rst docs/bpf: Add description of register liveness tracking algorithm 2023-02-02 20:21:59 -08:00