Jakub Kicinski writes: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 22:59:38 +0100, Jiong Wang wrote: >> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c >> index c722015..3c5ca00 100644 >> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c >> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c >> @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static int check_subprogs(struct bpf_verifier_env *env) >> */ >> static int mark_reg_read(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, >> const struct bpf_reg_state *state, >> - struct bpf_reg_state *parent) >> + struct bpf_reg_state *parent, u8 flags) >> { >> bool writes = parent == state->parent; /* Observe write marks */ >> int cnt = 0; >> @@ -1150,17 +1150,17 @@ static int mark_reg_read(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, >> parent->var_off.value, parent->off); >> return -EFAULT; >> } >> - if (parent->live & REG_LIVE_READ) >> + if ((parent->live & REG_LIVE_READ) == flags) >> /* The parentage chain never changes and >> - * this parent was already marked as LIVE_READ. >> + * this parent was already marked with all read bits. > > No big deal, but I though said you'd modify this patch here... Ouch, sorry, I created one internal branch before start the test changes. Looks like the branch is v10 which listed before v2~v9 that somehow later I switched v9 for the test changing thought it is the latest branch. Regards, Jiong > >> * There is no need to keep walking the chain again and >> - * keep re-marking all parents as LIVE_READ. >> + * keep re-marking all parents with reads bits in flags. >> * This case happens when the same register is read >> * multiple times without writes into it in-between. >> */ >> break; >> /* ... then we depend on parent's value */ >> - parent->live |= REG_LIVE_READ; >> + parent->live |= flags; >> state = parent; >> parent = state->parent; >> writes = true; > >> @@ -6227,12 +6317,19 @@ static int propagate_liveness_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, >> struct bpf_reg_state *reg, >> struct bpf_reg_state *parent_reg) >> { >> + u8 parent_bits = parent_reg->live & REG_LIVE_READ; >> + u8 bits = reg->live & REG_LIVE_READ; >> + u8 bits_diff = parent_bits ^ bits; >> + u8 bits_prop = bits_diff & bits; >> int err; >> >> - if (parent_reg->live & REG_LIVE_READ || !(reg->live & REG_LIVE_READ)) >> + /* "reg" and "parent_reg" has the same read bits, or the bit doesn't >> + * belong to "reg". >> + */ >> + if (!bits_diff || !bits_prop) >> return 0; > > .. and here?