linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 02/11] bpf: Move insn if/else into do_check

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Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 00:06:10 +0200
From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>
To: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@....de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 02/11] bpf: Move insn if/else into do_check_insn()

On Thu, 1 May 2025 at 09:43, Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@....de> wrote:
>
> This is required to catch the errors later and fall back to a nospec if
> on a speculative path.
>
> Eliminate the regs variable as it is only used once and insn_idx is not
> modified in-between the definition and usage.
>
> Still pass insn simply to match the other check_*() functions. As Eduard
> points out [1], insn is assumed to correspond to env->insn_idx in many
> places (e.g, __check_reg_arg()).
>
> Move code into do_check_insn(), replace
> * "continue" with "return 0" after modifying insn_idx
> * "goto process_bpf_exit" with "return PROCESS_BPF_EXIT"
> * "do_print_state = " with "*do_print_state = "
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/293dbe3950a782b8eb3b87b71d7a967e120191fd.camel@gmail.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Gerhorst <luis.gerhorst@....de>
> Acked-by: Henriette Herzog <henriette.herzog@....de>
> Cc: Maximilian Ott <ott@...fau.de>
> Cc: Milan Stephan <milan.stephan@....de>
> ---

Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@...il.com>