bpf: improve verifier ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO semantics
For helpers, the argument type ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO permits the access size to be 0 when accessing the previous argument (arg). Right now, it requires the arg needs to be NULL when size passed is 0 or could be 0. It also requires a non-NULL arg when the size is proved to be non-0. This patch changes verifier ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO behavior such that for size-0 or possible size-0, it is not required the arg equal to NULL. There are a couple of reasons for this semantics change, and all of them intends to simplify user bpf programs which may improve user experience and/or increase chances of verifier acceptance. Together with the next patch which changes bpf_probe_read arg2 type from ARG_CONST_SIZE to ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO, the following two examples, which fail the verifier currently, are able to get verifier acceptance. Example 1: unsigned long len = pend - pstart; len = len > MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN ? MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN : len; len &= MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN; bpf_probe_read(data->payload, len, pstart); It does not have test for "len > 0" and it failed the verifier. Users may not be aware that they have to add this test. Converting the bpf_probe_read helper to have ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO helps the above code get verifier acceptance. Example 2: Here is one example where llvm "messed up" the code and the verifier fails. ...... unsigned long len = pend - pstart; if (len > 0 && len <= MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN) bpf_probe_read(data->payload, len, pstart); ...... The compiler generates the following code and verifier fails: ...... 39: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 -16) 40: (1f) r2 -= r8 41: (bf) r1 = r2 42: (07) r1 += -1 43: (25) if r1 > 0xffe goto pc+3 R0=inv(id=0) R1=inv(id=0,umax_value=4094,var_off=(0x0; 0xfff)) R2=inv(id=0) R6=map_value(id=0,off=0,ks=4,vs=4095,imm=0) R7=inv(id=0) R8=inv(id=0) R9=inv0 R10=fp0 44: (bf) r1 = r6 45: (bf) r3 = r8 46: (85) call bpf_probe_read#45 R2 min value is negative, either use unsigned or 'var &= const' ...... The compiler optimization is correct. If r1 = 0, r1 - 1 = 0xffffffffffffffff > 0xffe. If r1 != 0, r1 - 1 will not wrap. r1 > 0xffe at insn #43 can actually capture both "r1 > 0" and "len <= MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN". This however causes an issue in verifier as the value range of arg2 "r2" does not properly get refined and lead to verification failure. Relaxing bpf_prog_read arg2 from ARG_CONST_SIZE to ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO allows the following simplied code: unsigned long len = pend - pstart; if (len <= MAX_PAYLOAD_LEN) bpf_probe_read(data->payload, len, pstart); The llvm compiler will generate less complex code and the verifier is able to verify that the program is okay. Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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