[PATCH bpf-next v5 4/6] bpf: Inline bpf_iter_num_destroy() as a no-op
Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 06:45:56 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.bpf |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Once destroy() returns the stack slot is no longer tracked as iterator state, so zeroing it is dead work. Make the kfunc a no-op and inline the call to a single BPF_JA 0 (the fixup can't drop the instruction outright, so emit a nop; the JITs elide it). Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]> --- kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c | 4 +--- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c index d19f1b2861d22..14a5fdfa04214 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c @@ -818,9 +818,7 @@ __bpf_kfunc int *bpf_iter_num_next(struct bpf_iter_num* it) __bpf_kfunc void bpf_iter_num_destroy(struct bpf_iter_num *it) { - struct bpf_iter_num_kern *s = (void *)it; - - s->cur = s->end = 0; + /* no-op */ } __bpf_kfunc_end_defs(); diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 6bfd715aaa379..64a142870e5b8 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -20047,6 +20047,10 @@ int bpf_fixup_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn, insn_buf[i++] = BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, 0, 0); insn_buf[i++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0); *cnt = i; + } else if (desc->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_iter_num_destroy]) { + /* bpf_iter_num_destroy() is a no-op; emit a nop to drop the call */ + insn_buf[0] = BPF_JMP_A(0); + *cnt = 1; } if (env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].arg_prog) { -- 2.53.0-Meta