This patchset adds support of pointers to type with known size among global function arguments. The motivation is to overcome the limit on the maximum number of allowed arguments and avoid tricky and unoptimal ways of passing arguments. A referenced type may contain pointers but access via such pointers cannot be veirified currently. v2 -> v3 - Fix reg ID generation - Fix commit description - Fix typo - Fix tests v1 -> v2: - Allow pointer to any type with known size rather than struct only - Allow pointer in global functions only - Add more tests - Fix wrapping and v1 comments Dmitrii Banshchikov (4): bpf: Rename bpf_reg_state variables bpf: Extract nullable reg type conversion into a helper function bpf: Support pointers in global func args selftests/bpf: Add unit tests for pointers in global functions include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 2 + kernel/bpf/btf.c | 71 +++++++--- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 113 +++++++++++---- .../bpf/prog_tests/global_func_args.c | 60 ++++++++ .../bpf/prog_tests/test_global_funcs.c | 8 ++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func10.c | 29 ++++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func11.c | 19 +++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func12.c | 21 +++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func13.c | 24 ++++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func14.c | 21 +++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func15.c | 22 +++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func16.c | 22 +++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func9.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++ .../bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c | 91 ++++++++++++ 14 files changed, 588 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_func_args.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func10.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func11.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func12.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func13.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func14.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func15.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func16.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func9.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c -- 2.25.1
