Re: [PATCH bpf 2/2] bpf: selftests: Add non function pointer test to struct_ops

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On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 02:54:40PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 1:17 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:27:38PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:11 PM Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This patch adds a "void *owner" member.  The existing
> > > > bpf_tcp_ca test will ensure the bpf_cubic.o and bpf_dctcp.o
> > > > can be loaded.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > What will happen if BPF code initializes such non-func ptr member?
> > > Will libbpf complain or just ignore those values? Ignoring initialized
> > > members isn't great.
> > The latter. libbpf will ignore non-func ptr member.  The non-func ptr
> > member stays zero when it is passed to the kernel.
> >
> > libbpf can be changed to copy this non-func ptr value.
> > The kernel will decide what to do with it.  It will
> > then be consistent with int/array member like ".name"
> > and ".flags" where the kernel will verify the value.
> > I can spin v2 to do that.
> 
> I was thinking about erroring out on non-zero fields, but if you think
> it's useful to pass through values, it could be done, but will require
> more and careful code, probably. So, basically, don't feel obligated
> to do this in this patch set.
You meant it needs different handling in copying ptr value
than copying int/char[]?



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