[PATCH bpf-next v5 2/6] bpf: Inline bpf_iter_num_new() kfunc

Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 06:45:54 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.bpf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
bpf_for() expands to the bpf_iter_num_{new,next,destroy}() kfuncs, which
the verifier emits as regular calls. They are tiny and only touch the
8-byte on-stack iterator state, so open-code them in bpf_fixup_kfunc_call()
like the other special kfuncs there.

Start with bpf_iter_num_new(): R1 points to the iterator, R2/R3 hold
start/end. The inlined sequence mirrors the kfunc and returns the same
-EINVAL / -E2BIG / 0.

start > end is rejected first, so end - start fits in a u32; range-check
it as u32 on both sides ((u32)(end - start) in the kfunc). A movsx-based
check would emit a cpuv4 instruction that some JITs (x86-32, mips32,
sparc64) decode as a plain move and get wrong.

The emitted instructions are plain BPF, so the interpreter path stays
correct and no jit_required marking is needed.

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c |  4 ++--
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
index b235e117e206a..d19f1b2861d22 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
@@ -782,8 +782,8 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_iter_num_new(struct bpf_iter_num *it, int start, int end)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* avoid overflows, e.g., if start == INT_MIN and end == INT_MAX */
-	if ((s64)end - (s64)start > BPF_MAX_LOOPS) {
+	/* start <= end here, so end - start fits in a u32 without overflow */
+	if ((u32)(end - start) > BPF_MAX_LOOPS) {
 		s->cur = s->end = 0;
 		return -E2BIG;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 7439afdc851a7..e0c91f6412228 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -20006,6 +20006,30 @@ int bpf_fixup_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 		insn_buf[4] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_SUB, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1);
 		insn_buf[5] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_NEG, BPF_REG_0, 0);
 		*cnt = 6;
+	} else if (desc->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_iter_num_new]) {
+		/* inline bpf_iter_num_new(&it, start, end); R1=&it, R2=start, R3=end */
+		int i = 0;
+
+		/* if (start > end) goto einval; */
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_JMP32_REG(BPF_JSGT, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_3, 8);
+		/* r0 = (u32)end - (u32)start; if (r0 > BPF_MAX_LOOPS) goto e2big; */
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_MOV32_REG(BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_3);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_ALU32_REG(BPF_SUB, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JGT, BPF_REG_0, BPF_MAX_LOOPS, 8);
+		/* s->cur = start - 1; s->end = end; return 0; */
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_ALU32_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -1);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_2, 0);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_3, 4);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_JMP_A(5);
+		/* einval: s->cur = s->end = 0; return -EINVAL; */
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, 0, 0);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, -EINVAL);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_JMP_A(2);
+		/* e2big: s->cur = s->end = 0; return -E2BIG; */
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, 0, 0);
+		insn_buf[i++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, -E2BIG);
+		*cnt = i;
 	}
 
 	if (env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].arg_prog) {
-- 
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