netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf 2/2] bpf: Require ARG_PTR_TO

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Message-Id: <9A68EC8A-3F7B-4CA0-B75B-195BE5E7495A@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 21:03:16 +0800
From: Zesen Liu <ftyghome@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 2/2] bpf: Require ARG_PTR_TO_MEM with memory flag

You're right. I'll add the missing flags to these prototypes and address this in v2.


> On Jan 7, 2026, at 20:44, bot+bpf-ci@...nel.org wrote:
> 
> Would these helpers fail check_func_proto() after this change, causing
> BPF programs using them to fail verification? Should these prototypes
> be updated to include MEM_RDONLY (since they read from the memory), or
> should the check skip ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM?