[PATCH bpf-next v2 03/13] bpf: Wire up JIT support for 16-byte kfunc returns

Yonghong Song <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:35:38 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.bpf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
LLVM 23 returns an __int128, or a struct/union larger than 8 bytes and no
larger than 16 bytes, in the BPF R0:R2 register pair. The previous patch
taught the verifier about that convention; wire up the JIT side so that the
second half of the return value actually lands in R2.

A kfunc returning more than 8 bytes hands the second half of the result
back in RDX, the native x86-64 ABI's second return register. BPF R0 maps to
RAX so it needs no move, but BPF R2 maps to RSI, so emit a RDX->RSI move
after a BPF_PSEUDO_KFUNC_CALL whose function model reports ret_size > 8.

Placing the second return half into R2 is possible on any JIT, but it needs
architecture-specific JIT work. Rather than requiring every JIT to
implement it at once, add a bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair()
capability, defaulting to false in the generic core; an architecture opts
in once its JIT handles the R0:R2 pair, and the remaining ones are left for
future work. The verifier enforces it in bpf_add_kfunc_call(), rejecting a
kfunc whose return is larger than 8 bytes with -EOPNOTSUPP when the JIT
lacks the capability. Only x86, arm64 and riscv are supported so far.

On arm64 and riscv the native second return register is already BPF R2 (x1
in bpf2a64[] and a1 in regmap[] respectively), so the value is in the R0:R2
register pair on return with no extra move, unlike x86 (RDX->RSI). This has
been tested on x86 and arm64. The riscv path is expected to work by the
same register-mapping reasoning as arm64 but has not been tested.

bpf_add_kfunc_call() also rejects a kfunc that is marked KF_FASTCALL and
returns more than 8 bytes. The bpf_fastcall contract implemented by
mark_fastcall_pattern_for_call() assumes a call clobbers R0 plus the
registers holding its arguments, so a return in the R0:R2 pair would
clobber an R2 the caller expects the fastcall pattern to preserve. Such
a kfunc is rejected with -EOPNOTSUPP as well.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
---
 arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c   |  5 +++++
 arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c |  5 +++++
 arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/filter.h          |  1 +
 kernel/bpf/core.c               |  5 +++++
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c           | 13 +++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 4cdc7dfb05ba..2e9640975f55 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -2325,6 +2325,11 @@ bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_call(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool bpf_jit_supports_stack_args(void)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
index 8fe8969fb8a0..b234d4f54b65 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
@@ -2111,6 +2111,11 @@ bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_call(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool bpf_jit_supports_ptr_xchg(void)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 01e7ce569c1e..f7c15f7d61d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -2592,6 +2592,22 @@ st:			insn_off = insn->off;
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (priv_frame_ptr)
 				pop_r9(&prog);
+			if (src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_KFUNC_CALL) {
+				const struct btf_func_model *fm;
+
+				/*
+				 * A kfunc returning a >8 byte aggregate hands the
+				 * second half back in RDX (the native ABI's second
+				 * return reg), but BPF expects it in R0:R2. BPF R0
+				 * is RAX (no move needed), while BPF R2 is RSI, so
+				 * copy RDX into RSI.
+				 */
+				fm = bpf_jit_find_kfunc_model(bpf_prog, insn);
+				if (!fm)
+					return -EFAULT;
+				if (fm->ret_size > 8)
+					emit_mov_reg(&prog, true, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_3);
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -4041,6 +4057,11 @@ bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_call(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool bpf_jit_supports_stack_args(void)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 32d5297c557e..b8f70422c207 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ bool bpf_jit_inlines_helper_call(s32 imm);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_subprog_tailcalls(void);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_percpu_insn(void);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_call(void);
+bool bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair(void);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_stack_args(void);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_far_kfunc_call(void);
 bool bpf_jit_supports_exceptions(void);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index e2076667b245..1afc21663c49 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -3303,6 +3303,11 @@ bool __weak bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_call(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool __weak bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 bool __weak bpf_jit_supports_stack_args(void)
 {
 	return false;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 681dbb4f9e29..4010575d6715 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2841,6 +2841,19 @@ int bpf_add_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 func_id, u16 offset)
 	err = btf_distill_func_proto(&env->log, kfunc.btf, kfunc.proto, kfunc.name, &func_model);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
+	if (func_model.ret_size > 8) {
+		if (kfunc.flags && (*kfunc.flags & KF_FASTCALL)) {
+			verbose(env,
+				"kfunc %s with >8-byte return is not supported with KF_FASTCALL\n",
+				kfunc.name);
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+		if (!bpf_jit_supports_kfunc_ret_reg_pair()) {
+			verbose(env, "kfunc %s with >8-byte return is not supported by JIT\n",
+				kfunc.name);
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
 
 	memset(&meta, 0, sizeof(meta));
 	meta.btf = kfunc.btf;
-- 
2.53.0-Meta