linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/4] bpf: add struct largest member size in func model

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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:04:41 +0200
From: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>
To: Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC bpf-next 1/4] bpf: add struct largest member size in
 func model

On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 10:32:10PM +0200, Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) wrote:
> In order to properly JIT the trampolines needed to attach BPF programs
> to functions, some architectures like ARM64 need to know about the
> alignment needed for the function arguments. Such alignment can
> generally be deduced from the argument size, but that's not completely
> true for composite types. In the specific case of ARM64, the AAPCS64 ABI
> defines that a composite type which needs to be passed through stack
> must be aligned on the maximum between 8 and the largest alignment
> constraint of its first-level members. So the JIT compiler needs more
> information about the arguments to make sure to generate code that
> respects those alignment constraints.
> 
> For struct arguments, add information about the size of the largest
> first-level member in the struct btf_func_model to allow the JIT
> compiler to guess the needed alignment. The information is quite
> specific, but it allows to keep arch-specific concerns (ie: guessing the
> final needed alignment for an argument) isolated in each JIT compiler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/bpf.h |  1 +
>  kernel/bpf/btf.c    | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index 3f0cc89c0622cb1a097999afb78c17102593b6bb..8b34dcf60a0ce09228ff761b962ab67b6a3e2263 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ struct btf_func_model {
>  	u8 nr_args;
>  	u8 arg_size[MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS];
>  	u8 arg_flags[MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS];
> +	u8 arg_largest_member_size[MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS];
>  };
>  
>  /* Restore arguments before returning from trampoline to let original function
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> index 16ba36f34dfab7531babf5753cab9f368cddefa3..5d40911ec90210086a6175d569abb6e52d75ad17 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -7318,6 +7318,29 @@ static int __get_type_size(struct btf *btf, u32 btf_id,
>  	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>  
> +static u8 __get_largest_member_size(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
> +{
> +	const struct btf_member *member;
> +	const struct btf_type *mtype;
> +	u8 largest_member_size = 0;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (!__btf_type_is_struct(t))
> +		return largest_member_size;
> +
> +	for_each_member(i, t, member) {
> +		mtype = btf_type_by_id(btf, member->type);
> +		while (mtype && btf_type_is_modifier(mtype))
> +			mtype = btf_type_by_id(btf, mtype->type);
> +		if (!mtype)
> +			return -EINVAL;

should we use __get_type_size for member->type instead ?

jirka

> +		if (mtype->size > largest_member_size)
> +			largest_member_size = mtype->size;
> +	}
> +
> +	return largest_member_size;
> +}
> +
>  static u8 __get_type_fmodel_flags(const struct btf_type *t)
>  {
>  	u8 flags = 0;
> @@ -7396,6 +7419,8 @@ int btf_distill_func_proto(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
>  		}
>  		m->arg_size[i] = ret;
>  		m->arg_flags[i] = __get_type_fmodel_flags(t);
> +		m->arg_largest_member_size[i] =
> +			__get_largest_member_size(btf, t);
>  	}
>  	m->nr_args = nargs;
>  	return 0;
> 
> -- 
> 2.49.0
>