linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/7] mm: introduce BPF kfunc to access memory events

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Message-ID: <87pl862m0w.fsf@linux.dev>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:23:59 -0800
From: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
To: Chris Mason <clm@...a.com>
Cc: bot+bpf-ci@...nel.org,  bpf@...r.kernel.org,  linux-mm@...ck.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/7] mm: introduce BPF kfunc to access
 memory events

Chris Mason <clm@...a.com> writes:

> On 12/20/25 1:43 PM, Roman Gushchin wrote:
>> Chris Mason <clm@...a.com> writes:
>> 
>>> On 12/19/25 11:41 PM, Roman Gushchin wrote:
>>>> bot+bpf-ci@...nel.org writes:
>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c b/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
>>>>>> index d84fe6f3ed43..858eb43766ce 100644
>>>>>> --- a/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
>>>>>> +++ b/mm/bpf_memcontrol.c
>>>>>> @@ -103,6 +103,22 @@ __bpf_kfunc unsigned long bpf_mem_cgroup_usage(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
>>>>>>  	return mem_cgroup_usage(memcg, false) * PAGE_SIZE;
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +/**
>>>>>> + * bpf_mem_cgroup_memory_events - Read memory cgroup's memory event value
>>>>>> + * @memcg: memory cgroup
>>>>>> + * @event: memory event id
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * Returns current memory event count.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> +__bpf_kfunc unsigned long bpf_mem_cgroup_memory_events(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
>>>>>> +						enum memcg_memory_event event)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +	if (event >= MEMCG_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS)
>>>>>> +		return (unsigned long)-1;
>>>>>
>>>>> Should this also check for negative values?  The enum type is typically
>>>>> signed, so a BPF program passing a negative event value would pass this
>>>>> check but cause an out-of-bounds read from memcg->memory_events[].
>>>>>
>>>>> The similar bpf_mem_cgroup_page_state() in this same file uses:
>>>>>
>>>>>     if (idx < 0 || idx >= MEMCG_NR_STAT)
>>>>>
>>>>> which checks both bounds.  Could the check here be changed to:
>>>>>
>>>>>     if (event < 0 || event >= MEMCG_NR_MEMORY_EVENTS)
>>>>>
>>>>> to match that pattern?
>>>>
>>>> No, the bpf verifier enforces event > 0.
>>>> It's a false positive.
>>>
>>> I'll add some words here to the bpf prompts, thanks Roman.
>> 
>> I'll try to play with it too, hopefully we can fix it.
>> 
>
> https://github.com/masoncl/review-prompts/commit/fcc3bf704798f6be64cbb2e28b05a5c91eee9c7b

Hi Chris!

I'm sorry, apparently I was dead wrong and overestimated the bpf
verifier  (and ai was correct, lol). Somebody told me that enums
are fully covered as a feedback to an earlier version and I didn't
check.

In reality the verifier doesn't guarantee the correctness of the value
passed as an enum, only that it's a u32. So we need to check the value.
I've added necessarily checks in v3 of my patchset. It passes the local
ai review without your latest change. Please, revert it.

Thanks and sorry for the hassle