From: Kui-Feng Lee <thinker.li@xxxxxxxxx> Allow passing null pointers to the operators provided by a struct_ops object. This is an RFC to collect feedbacks/opinions. The function pointers that are passed to struct_ops operators (the function pointers) are always considered reliable until now. They cannot be null. However, in certain scenarios, it should be possible to pass null pointers to these operators. For instance, sched_ext may pass a null pointer in the struct task type to an operator that is provided by its struct_ops objects. The proposed solution here is to add PTR_MAYBE_NULL annotations to arguments and create instances of struct bpf_ctx_arg_aux (arg_info) for these arguments. These arg_infos will be installed at prog->aux->ctx_arg_info and will be checked by the BPF verifier when loading the programs. When a struct_ops program accesses arguments in the ctx, the verifier will call btf_ctx_access() (through bpf_verifier_ops->is_valid_access) to verify the access. btf_ctx_access() will check arg_info and use the information of the matched arg_info to properly set reg_type. For nullable arguments, this patch sets an arg_info to label them with PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_TRUSTED | PTR_MAYBE_NULL. This enforces the verifier to check programs and ensure that they properly check the pointer. The programs should check if the pointer is null before reading/writing the pointed memory. The implementer of a struct_ops should annotate the arguments that can be null. The implementer should define a stub function (empty) as a placeholder for each defined operator. The name of a stub function should be in the pattern "<st_op_type>__<operator name>". For example, for test_maybe_null of struct bpf_testmod_ops, it's stub function name should be "bpf_testmod_ops__test_maybe_null". You mark an argument nullable by suffixing the argument name with "__nullable" at the stub function. Here is the example in bpf_testmod.c. static int bpf_testmod_ops__test_maybe_null(int dummy, struct task_struct *task__nullable) { return 0; } This means that the argument 1 (2nd) of bpf_testmod_ops->test_maybe_null, which is a function pointer that can be null. With this annotation, the verifier will understand how to check programs using this arguments. A BPF program that implement test_maybe_null should check the pointer to make sure it is not null before using it. For example, if (task__nullable) save_tgid = task__nullable->tgid Without the check, the verifier will reject the program. Since we already has stub functions for kCFI, we just reuse these stub functions with the naming convention mentioned earlier. These stub functions with the naming convention is only required if there are nullable arguments to annotate. For functions without nullable arguments, stub functions are not necessary for the purpose of this patch. --- Major changes from v6: - Rename all member_arg_info variables. - Refactor to bpf_struct_ops_desc_release() to share code between btf_free_struct_ops_tab() and bpf_struct_ops_desc_init(). - Refactor to btf_param_match_suffix(). (Add a new patch as the part 2.) - Clean up the commit log and remaining code in the patch of test cases. Major changes from v5: - Update a comment in struct_ops_maybe_null.c. Major changes from v4: - Remove the support of pointers to types other than struct types. That would be a separate patchset. - Remove the patch about extending PTR_TO_BTF_ID. - Remove the test against various pointer types from selftests. - Remove the patch "bpf: Remove an unnecessary check" and send that patch separately. - Remove member_arg_info_cnt from struct bpf_struct_ops_desc. - Use btf_id from FUNC_PROTO of a function pointer instead of a stub function. Major changes from v3: - Move the code collecting argument information to prepare_arg_info() called in the loop in bpf_struct_ops_desc_init(). - Simplify the memory allocation by having separated arg_info for each member of a struct_ops type. - Extend PTR_TO_BTF_ID to pointers to scalar types and array types, not only to struct types. Major changes from v2: - Remove dead code. - Add comments to explain the code itself. Major changes from v1: - Annotate arguments by suffixing argument names with "__nullable" at stub functions. v5: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240206063833.2520479-1-thinker.li@xxxxxxxxx/ v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240202220516.1165466-1-thinker.li@xxxxxxxxx/ v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240122212217.1391878-1-thinker.li@xxxxxxxxx/ v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240118224922.336006-1-thinker.li@xxxxxxxxx/ Kui-Feng Lee (4): bpf: add btf pointer to struct bpf_ctx_arg_aux. bpf: Move __kfunc_param_match_suffix() to btf.c. bpf: Create argument information for nullable arguments. selftests/bpf: Test PTR_MAYBE_NULL arguments of struct_ops operators. include/linux/bpf.h | 23 ++ include/linux/btf.h | 6 + kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c | 197 +++++++++++++++++- kernel/bpf/btf.c | 53 ++++- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 44 ++-- .../selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c | 13 +- .../selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.h | 4 + .../prog_tests/test_struct_ops_maybe_null.c | 46 ++++ .../bpf/progs/struct_ops_maybe_null.c | 29 +++ .../bpf/progs/struct_ops_maybe_null_fail.c | 24 +++ 10 files changed, 402 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_struct_ops_maybe_null.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_maybe_null.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_maybe_null_fail.c -- 2.34.1