On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:42 AM Anton Protopopov <aspsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The map_lookup{,_and_delete}_batch operations are expected to set the
> output parameter, counter, to the number of elements successfully copied
> to the user space. This is also expected to be true if an error is
> returned and the errno is set to a value other than EFAULT. The current
> implementation can return -EINVAL without setting the counter to zero, so
> some userspace programs may confuse this with a [partially] successful
> operation. Move code which sets the counter to zero to the top of the
> function so that we always return a correct value.
>
> Fixes: 057996380a42 ("bpf: Add batch ops to all htab bpf map")
> Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <aspsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/bpf/hashtab.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> index a8c7e1c5abfa..fa8e3f1e1724 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> @@ -1692,6 +1692,13 @@ __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(struct bpf_map *map,
> struct bucket *b;
> int ret = 0;
>
> + max_count = attr->batch.count;
> + if (!max_count)
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (put_user(0, &uattr->batch.count))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> elem_map_flags = attr->batch.elem_flags;
> if ((elem_map_flags & ~BPF_F_LOCK) ||
> ((elem_map_flags & BPF_F_LOCK) && !btf_record_has_field(map->record, BPF_SPIN_LOCK)))
> @@ -1701,13 +1708,6 @@ __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(struct bpf_map *map,
> if (map_flags)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - max_count = attr->batch.count;
> - if (!max_count)
> - return 0;
> -
> - if (put_user(0, &uattr->batch.count))
> - return -EFAULT;
> -
I hear your concern, but I don't think it's a good idea
to return 0 when flags were incorrect.
That will cause more suprises to user space.
I think the code is fine as-is.
