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Message-ID: <CAEf4Bza-PM9ExqJS=Q_oj7Cqc5dvmbN_Zv9-4UnJNtsZU28FoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 11:48:48 -0800
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@...ux.dev>
Cc: bpf@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, 
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, 
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, 
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	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kernel-patches-bot@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v9 4/9] bpf: Add syscall common attributes
 support for prog_load

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 6:42 AM Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> BPF_PROG_LOAD can now provide log parameters through both union bpf_attr
> and struct bpf_common_attr. Define clear conflict and precedence rules:
>
> - if both are provided and log_buf/log_size/log_level match, use them;
> - if only one side provides a log buffer, use that one;
> - if both provide log buffers but differ, return -EINVAL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  include/linux/bpf_verifier.h |  3 ++-
>  kernel/bpf/log.c             | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  kernel/bpf/syscall.c         |  3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> index c805b85b6f7a..0d106fddbbc5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
> @@ -638,7 +638,8 @@ struct bpf_log_attr {
>  };
>
>  int bpf_prog_load_log_attr_init(struct bpf_log_attr *attr_log, union bpf_attr *attr,
> -                               bpfptr_t uattr, u32 size);
> +                               bpfptr_t uattr, u32 size, struct bpf_common_attr *attr_common,
> +                               bpfptr_t uattr_common, u32 size_common);
>  int bpf_log_attr_finalize(struct bpf_log_attr *attr, struct bpf_verifier_log *log);
>
>  #define BPF_MAX_SUBPROGS 256
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/log.c b/kernel/bpf/log.c
> index ff579fcba36f..345005ba98dd 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/log.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/log.c
> @@ -873,10 +873,30 @@ static void bpf_log_attr_init(struct bpf_log_attr *attr_log, int offsetof_true_s
>         attr_log->uattr = uattr;
>  }
>
> +static bool bpf_log_attrs_diff(struct bpf_common_attr *common, u64 log_buf, u32 log_size,
> +                              u32 log_level)
> +{
> +       return log_buf && common->log_buf && (log_buf != common->log_buf ||
> +                                             log_size != common->log_size ||
> +                                             log_level != common->log_level);

let's validate (unless we do this somewhere else) that if log_buf is
set, then log_size and log_level (? not sure, maybe zero is fine) are
set, or all three are not set. Same for common->log* fields...


> +}
> +
>  int bpf_prog_load_log_attr_init(struct bpf_log_attr *attr_log, union bpf_attr *attr,
> -                               bpfptr_t uattr, u32 size)
> +                               bpfptr_t uattr, u32 size, struct bpf_common_attr *attr_common,
> +                               bpfptr_t uattr_common, u32 size_common)
>  {
> -       bpf_log_attr_init(attr_log, offsetof(union bpf_attr, log_true_size), uattr, size);
> +       if (bpf_log_attrs_diff(attr_common, attr->log_buf, attr->log_size, attr->log_level))
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       if (!attr->log_buf && attr_common->log_buf) {
> +               attr->log_buf = attr_common->log_buf;
> +               attr->log_size = attr_common->log_size;
> +               attr->log_level = attr_common->log_level;

why are we setting this? Do we still have code that can access
attr->log_buf even though we pass attr_log everywhere? If yes, should
we still have that "split brain" code?

If we don't have this assignment, then I think we don't need to have
bpf_prog_load-specific and btf_load-specific log_attr_init() helpers.
They can be unified into generic log_attr_init, where for
bpf_prog_load you'll pass offsetof(log_true_size) +
attr->log_{buf,size,level}, and for btf_load you'll pass different
offset of and btf-specific attr->btf_log*

This helper will just be making decision whether to use common_attr's
log fields or passed directly command-specific ones.

Or what am I missing?


> +               bpf_log_attr_init(attr_log, offsetof(struct bpf_common_attr, log_true_size),
> +                                 uattr_common, size_common);
> +       } else {
> +               bpf_log_attr_init(attr_log, offsetof(union bpf_attr, log_true_size), uattr, size);
> +       }
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> index e81199361241..7125ea445c6c 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
> @@ -6232,7 +6232,8 @@ static int __sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, bpfptr_t uattr, unsigned int size,
>                 err = map_freeze(&attr);
>                 break;
>         case BPF_PROG_LOAD:
> -               err = bpf_prog_load_log_attr_init(&attr_log, &attr, uattr, size);
> +               err = bpf_prog_load_log_attr_init(&attr_log, &attr, uattr, size, &attr_common,
> +                                                 uattr_common, size_common);
>                 err = err ?: bpf_prog_load(&attr, uattr, &attr_log);
>                 break;
>         case BPF_OBJ_PIN:
> --
> 2.52.0
>

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