linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bpf: Refactor ptr alu checking rules to allow alu explicitly

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Message-Id: 
 <170605325009.25186.130330660193751446.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:40:50 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@...il.com>
Cc: bpf@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, andrii@...nel.org,
 daniel@...earbox.net, eddyz87@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bpf: Refactor ptr alu checking rules to allow alu explicitly

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:40:12 +0100 you wrote:
> Current checking rules are structured to disallow alu on particular ptr
> types explicitly, so default cases are allowed implicitly. This may lead
> to newly added ptr types being allowed unexpectedly. So restruture it to
> allow alu explicitly. The tradeoff is mainly a bit more cases added in
> the switch. The following table from Eduard summarizes the rules:
> 
>         | Pointer type        | Arithmetics allowed |
>         |---------------------+---------------------|
>         | PTR_TO_CTX          | yes                 |
>         | CONST_PTR_TO_MAP    | conditionally       |
>         | PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE    | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_MAP_KEY      | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_STACK        | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_PACKET_META  | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_PACKET       | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_PACKET_END   | no                  |
>         | PTR_TO_FLOW_KEYS    | conditionally       |
>         | PTR_TO_SOCKET       | no                  |
>         | PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON  | no                  |
>         | PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK     | no                  |
>         | PTR_TO_TP_BUFFER    | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_XDP_SOCK     | no                  |
>         | PTR_TO_BTF_ID       | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_MEM          | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_BUF          | yes                 |
>         | PTR_TO_FUNC         | yes                 |
>         | CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR | yes                 |
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - bpf: Refactor ptr alu checking rules to allow alu explicitly
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/2ce793ebe207

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