bpf: Silence Coverity warning for find_kfunc_desc_btf
The helper function returns a pointer that in the failure case encodes an error in the struct btf pointer. The current code lead to Coverity warning about the use of the invalid pointer: *** CID 1507963: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE) /kernel/bpf/verifier.c: 1788 in find_kfunc_desc_btf() 1782 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); 1783 } 1784 1785 kfunc_btf = __find_kfunc_desc_btf(env, offset, btf_modp); 1786 if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(kfunc_btf)) { 1787 verbose(env, "cannot find module BTF for func_id %u\n", func_id); >>> CID 1507963: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE) >>> Using freed pointer "kfunc_btf". 1788 return kfunc_btf ?: ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); 1789 } 1790 return kfunc_btf; 1791 } 1792 return btf_vmlinux ?: ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); 1793 } Daniel suggested the use of ERR_CAST so that the intended use is clear to Coverity, but on closer look it seems that we never return NULL from the helper. Andrii noted that since __find_kfunc_desc_btf already logs errors for all cases except btf_get_by_fd, it is much easier to add logging for that and remove the IS_ERR check altogether, returning directly from it. Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211009040900.803436-1-memxor@gmail.com
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