Re: [PATCH bpf-next v12 01/10] bpf: Drop duplicate blank lines in kernel/bpf/

Leon Hwang <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.bpf,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 14/8/26 00:26, [email protected] wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c b/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> index 40bd04421a991..a2b18a9f1694c 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/backtrack.c
>> @@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ static inline bool bt_is_reg_set(struct backtrack_state *bt, u32 reg)
>>  	return bt->reg_masks[bt->frame] & (1 << reg);
>>  }
>>
>> -
>>  /* format registers bitmask, e.g., "r0,r2,r4" for 0x15 mask */
>>  static void fmt_reg_mask(char *buf, ssize_t buf_sz, u32 reg_mask)
>>  {
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> index 164d16c243ca6..cdb79a66b156f 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
>> @@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ static void __mark_dynptr_reg(struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
>>  			      enum bpf_dynptr_type type,
>>  			      bool first_slot, int id, int parent_id);
>>
>> -
>>  static void mark_dynptr_stack_regs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
>>  				   struct bpf_reg_state *sreg1,
>>  				   struct bpf_reg_state *sreg2,
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> @@ -18361,8 +18352,6 @@ static void release_insn_arrays(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  		bpf_insn_array_release(env->insn_array_maps[i]);
>>  }
>>
>> -
>> -
>>  /* The verifier does more data flow analysis than llvm and will not
>>   * explore branches that are dead at run time. Malicious programs can
>>   * have dead code too. Therefore replace all dead at-run-time code
>> @@ -18390,8 +18379,6 @@ static void sanitize_dead_code(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  	}
>>  }
>>
>> -
>> -
>>  static void free_states(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
>>  {
>>  	struct bpf_verifier_state_list *sl;
> 
> This isn't a bug, but it looks like one adjacent blank-line pair is still
> left in verifier.c. Inside the kfunc argument loop in check_kfunc_args(),
> around the code that checks:
> 
> 	if (bpf_register_is_null(reg) && type_may_be_null(kf_arg_type))
> 
> there's a blank line pair that appears to fit the same pattern this patch
> removes everywhere else. The changelog states the goal is to drop the
> adjacent blank lines that have accumulated over time, and the patch removes
> 30 blank lines across the directory, but this one instance seems to have
> been overlooked. Was that one intentionally kept, or could it be folded
> into this patch so the whole directory is done in one pass?

Yep, a new droppable blank line.

Thanks,
Leon

> 
> 
> ---
> AI reviewed your patch. Please fix the bug or email reply why it's not a bug.
> See: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/blob/master/ci/claude/README.md
> 
> CI run summary: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/31716447858
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.