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authorAndrii Nakryiko <[email protected]>2024-01-29 16:06:45 -0800
committerAlexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>2024-01-30 09:41:50 -0800
commite2b3c4ff5d183da6d1863c2321413406a2752e7a (patch)
treef72b7b9a230cda038b505d3a98732b658440bd3f /tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
parent24219056805f3988bf93e494499b2329453fc706 (diff)
bpf: add __arg_trusted global func arg tag
Add support for passing PTR_TO_BTF_ID registers to global subprogs. Currently only PTR_TRUSTED flavor of PTR_TO_BTF_ID is supported. Non-NULL semantics is assumed, so caller will be forced to prove PTR_TO_BTF_ID can't be NULL. Note, we disallow global subprogs to destroy passed in PTR_TO_BTF_ID arguments, even the trusted one. We achieve that by not setting ref_obj_id when validating subprog code. This basically enforces (in Rust terms) borrowing semantics vs move semantics. Borrowing semantics seems to be a better fit for isolated global subprog validation approach. Implementation-wise, we utilize existing logic for matching user-provided BTF type to kernel-side BTF type, used by BPF CO-RE logic and following same matching rules. We enforce a unique match for types. Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
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