The error message here is misleading, the argument will be rejected unless it is a known constant. Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 17270b8404f1..5534e667bdb1 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -4319,7 +4319,7 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg, err = mark_chain_precision(env, regno); } else if (arg_type_is_alloc_size(arg_type)) { if (!tnum_is_const(reg->var_off)) { - verbose(env, "R%d unbounded size, use 'var &= const' or 'if (var < const)'\n", + verbose(env, "R%d is not a known constant'\n", regno); return -EACCES; } base-commit: e22d7f05e445165e58feddb4e40cc9c0f94453bc -- 2.30.0.284.gd98b1dd5eaa7-goog