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[bpf-next] bpf: Comment on check_mem_size_reg

Message ID 20231210225149.67639-1-andreimatei1@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 745e0311306507ddbe1727ac798c8f956812b810
Delegated to: BPF
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Series [bpf-next] bpf: Comment on check_mem_size_reg | expand

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Commit Message

Andrei Matei Dec. 10, 2023, 10:51 p.m. UTC 
This patch adds a comment to check_mem_size_reg -- a function whose
meaning is not very transparent. The function implicitly deals with two
registers connected by convention, which is not obvious.

Signed-off-by: Andrei Matei <andreimatei1@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Dec. 12, 2023, 11:40 p.m. UTC | #1 
Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>:

On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 17:51:50 -0500 you wrote:
> This patch adds a comment to check_mem_size_reg -- a function whose
> meaning is not very transparent. The function implicitly deals with two
> registers connected by convention, which is not obvious.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Matei <andreimatei1@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] bpf: Comment on check_mem_size_reg
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/745e03113065

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diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index fb690539d5f6..8b2f29d8e0b1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -7252,6 +7252,12 @@  static int check_helper_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno,
 	}
 }
 
+/* verify arguments to helpers or kfuncs consisting of a pointer and an access
+ * size.
+ *
+ * @regno is the register containing the access size. regno-1 is the register
+ * containing the pointer.
+ */
 static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			      struct bpf_reg_state *reg, u32 regno,
 			      bool zero_size_allowed,