Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 1/3] bpf: Tweak definition of KF_TRUSTED_ARGS

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On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 04:39, Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 9:49 AM Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > +               /* These register types have special constraints wrt ref_obj_id
> > +                * and offset checks. The rest of trusted args don't.
> > +                */
> > +               obj_ptr = reg->type == PTR_TO_CTX || reg->type == PTR_TO_BTF_ID ||
> > +                         reg2btf_ids[base_type(reg->type)];
> > +
>
> ..
>
> >                 /* Check if argument must be a referenced pointer, args + i has
> >                  * been verified to be a pointer (after skipping modifiers).
> > +                * PTR_TO_CTX is ok without having non-zero ref_obj_id.
> >                  */
>
> Kumar,
>
> Looking forward to your subsequent patch to split this function.
> It's definitely getting unwieldy.
>
> The comment above is double confusing.
> 1. I think you meant to say "PTR_TO_CTX is ok with zero ref_obj_id",
> right? That double negate is not easy to parse.
>

Yes.

> 2.
> PTR_TO_CTX cannot have ref_obj_id != 0.
> At least I don't think it's possible, but the comment implies
> that such a case may exist.
>

Yes, but we are checking for that later, which is why we skip it for PTR_TO_CTX.

> I applied anyway, since big refactoring is coming shortly, right?

Yes, which is why I tacked it on like this for now. I will be
reposting later this week.

Thanks!



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