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Message-ID: <20260116201700.864797-13-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:16:59 -0800
From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@...ux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
Cc: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@...a.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
	Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
	Amery Hung <ameryhung@...il.com>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	sched-ext@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 12/13] bpf: Remove __prog kfunc arg annotation

Now that all the __prog suffix users in the kernel tree migrated to
KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS, remove it from the verifier.

See prior discussion for context [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzbgPfRm9BX=TsZm-TsHFAHcwhPY4vTt=9OT-uhWqf8tqw@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@...ux.dev>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 11 ++---------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index c2abf30e9460..5f2849ea845c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -12211,13 +12211,6 @@ static bool is_kfunc_arg_irq_flag(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_param
 	return btf_param_match_suffix(btf, arg, "__irq_flag");
 }
 
-static bool is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_param *arg);
-
-static bool is_kfunc_arg_prog(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_param *arg)
-{
-	return btf_param_match_suffix(btf, arg, "__prog") || is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(btf, arg);
-}
-
 static bool is_kfunc_arg_scalar_with_name(const struct btf *btf,
 					  const struct btf_param *arg,
 					  const char *name)
@@ -13280,8 +13273,8 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_kfunc_call_
 		if (is_kfunc_arg_ignore(btf, &args[i]))
 			continue;
 
-		if (is_kfunc_arg_prog(btf, &args[i])) {
-			/* Used to reject repeated use of __prog. */
+		if (is_kfunc_arg_prog_aux(btf, &args[i])) {
+			/* Reject repeated use bpf_prog_aux */
 			if (meta->arg_prog) {
 				verifier_bug(env, "Only 1 prog->aux argument supported per-kfunc");
 				return -EFAULT;
-- 
2.52.0