On 8/21/23 12:33 PM, Dave Marchevsky wrote:
It's straightforward to prove that kptr_struct_meta must be non-NULL for
any valid call to these kfuncs:
* btf_parse_struct_metas in btf.c creates a btf_struct_meta for any
struct in user BTF with a special field (e.g. bpf_refcount,
{rb,list}_node). These are stored in that BTF's struct_meta_tab.
* __process_kf_arg_ptr_to_graph_node in verifier.c ensures that nodes
have {rb,list}_node field and that it's at the correct offset.
Similarly, check_kfunc_args ensures bpf_refcount field existence for
node param to bpf_refcount_acquire.
* So a btf_struct_meta must have been created for the struct type of
node param to these kfuncs
* That BTF and its struct_meta_tab are guaranteed to still be around.
Any arbitrary {rb,list} node the BPF program interacts with either:
came from bpf_obj_new or a collection removal kfunc in the same
program, in which case the BTF is associated with the program and
still around; or came from bpf_kptr_xchg, in which case the BTF was
associated with the map and is still around
Instead of silently continuing with NULL struct_meta, which caused
confusing bugs such as those addressed by commit 2140a6e3422d ("bpf: Set
kptr_struct_meta for node param to list and rbtree insert funcs"), let's
error out. Then, at runtime, we can confidently say that the
implementations of these kfuncs were given a non-NULL kptr_struct_meta,
meaning that special-field-specific functionality like
bpf_obj_free_fields and the bpf_obj_drop change introduced later in this
series are guaranteed to execute.
This patch doesn't change functionality, just makes it easier to reason
about existing functionality.
Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx>
