[PATCH bpf-next v3 10/18] bpf: Fold __szk const size handling into the scalar arg path

Amery Hung <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 00:46:25 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.bpf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
To align helper and kfunc pointer to memory argument handling, move
kfunc constant memorry size argument handling to the kfunc scalar
section. In addition, factor out constant scalar argument handling.

The constant size argument (__szk) of a kfunc memory/size pair was
recorded into meta->arg_constant by a dedicated block in the
KF_ARG_PTR_TO_MEM_SIZE case, duplicating the "only one constant
argument" and "must be a known constant" checks already in the generic
scalar argument handling. That block also did an explicit i++ to skip
the size argument.

This also fixes a precision gap: the old dedicated block did not mark
the size register precise, relying on check_mem_size_reg() for that. But
check_mem_size_reg() is skipped when the buffer is a nullable arg passed
as NULL (e.g. bpf_dynptr_slice(_rdwr) with a NULL buffer), so in that
case the __szk value was recorded and used for regs[R0].mem_size without
marking it precise. Routing the size through the scalar path marks it
precise in all cases.

Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 11 +++---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c        | 66 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index bb0d43814e90..b54c1a5c9b11 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -1479,6 +1479,12 @@ struct ret_mem_desc {
 	bool found;
 };
 
+/* A constant scalar argument; Populated by process_const_arg() */
+struct arg_constant_desc {
+	u64 value;
+	bool found;
+};
+
 struct bpf_call_arg_meta {
 	/* Common */
 	struct btf *btf;
@@ -1496,10 +1502,7 @@ struct bpf_call_arg_meta {
 	u32 kfunc_flags;
 	const struct btf_type *func_proto;
 	const char *func_name;
-	struct {
-		u64 value;
-		bool found;
-	} arg_constant;
+	struct arg_constant_desc arg_constant;
 
 	/* arg_{btf,btf_id,owning_ref} are used by kfunc-specific handling,
 	 * generally to pass info about user-defined local kptr types to later
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 5655e1ef8ba8..b8ce9b8c99e1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6995,6 +6995,35 @@ static int process_const_alloc_mem_size(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int process_const_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+			     argno_t argno, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
+{
+	int regno = reg_from_argno(argno);
+	int err;
+
+	if (meta->arg_constant.found) {
+		verifier_bug(env, "only one constant argument permitted");
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	if (!tnum_is_const(reg->var_off)) {
+		verbose(env, "%s must be a known constant\n", reg_arg_name(env, argno));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (regno >= 0)
+		err = mark_chain_precision(env, regno);
+	else
+		err = mark_stack_arg_precision(env, arg_idx_from_argno(argno));
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	meta->arg_constant.found = true;
+	meta->arg_constant.value = reg->var_off.value;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 enum {
 	PROCESS_SPIN_LOCK = (1 << 0),
 	PROCESS_RES_LOCK  = (1 << 1),
@@ -12054,24 +12083,11 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
-			if (is_kfunc_arg_constant(meta->btf, &args[i])) {
-				if (meta->arg_constant.found) {
-					verifier_bug(env, "only one constant argument permitted");
-					return -EFAULT;
-				}
-				if (!tnum_is_const(reg->var_off)) {
-					verbose(env, "%s must be a known constant\n",
-						reg_arg_name(env, argno));
-					return -EINVAL;
-				}
-				if (regno >= 0)
-					ret = mark_chain_precision(env, regno);
-				else
-					ret = mark_stack_arg_precision(env, i);
+			if (is_kfunc_arg_constant(meta->btf, &args[i]) ||
+			    is_kfunc_arg_const_mem_size(meta->btf, &args[i], reg)) {
+				ret = process_const_arg(env, reg, argno, meta);
 				if (ret < 0)
 					return ret;
-				meta->arg_constant.found = true;
-				meta->arg_constant.value = reg->var_off.value;
 			} else if (is_kfunc_arg_scalar_with_name(btf, &args[i], "rdonly_buf_size")) {
 				meta->r0_rdonly = true;
 				is_ret_buf_sz = true;
@@ -12393,7 +12409,6 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 			struct bpf_reg_state *buff_reg = reg;
 			const struct btf_param *buff_arg = &args[i];
 			struct bpf_reg_state *size_reg = get_func_arg_reg(caller, regs, i + 1);
-			const struct btf_param *size_arg = &args[i + 1];
 			argno_t next_argno = argno_from_arg(i + 2);
 
 			if (!bpf_register_is_null(buff_reg) || !is_kfunc_arg_nullable(meta->btf, buff_arg)) {
@@ -12406,23 +12421,6 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 					return ret;
 				}
 			}
-
-			if (is_kfunc_arg_const_mem_size(meta->btf, size_arg, size_reg)) {
-				if (meta->arg_constant.found) {
-					verifier_bug(env, "only one constant argument permitted");
-					return -EFAULT;
-				}
-				if (!tnum_is_const(size_reg->var_off)) {
-					verbose(env, "%s must be a known constant\n",
-						reg_arg_name(env, next_argno));
-					return -EINVAL;
-				}
-				meta->arg_constant.found = true;
-				meta->arg_constant.value = size_reg->var_off.value;
-			}
-
-			/* Skip next '__sz' or '__szk' argument */
-			i++;
 			break;
 		}
 		case KF_ARG_PTR_TO_CALLBACK:
-- 
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