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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzZBhGfWN3t0_u-1GrOxtjoJUhMk+NqAaZFnFpgB4QskHQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:22:51 -0800
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
Cc: ast@...nel.org, andrii@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, 
	martin.lau@...ux.dev, eddyz87@...il.com, song@...nel.org, 
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	jiang.biao@...ux.dev, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, 
	x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v9 04/11] bpf: support fsession for bpf_session_is_return

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 6:12 AM Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com> wrote:
>
> If fsession exists, we will use the bit (1 << BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN) in
> ctx[-1] to store the "is_return" flag.
>
> The logic of bpf_session_is_return() for fsession is implemented in the
> verifier by inline following code:
>
>   bool bpf_session_is_return(void *ctx)
>   {
>       return !!(((u64 *)ctx)[-1] & (1 << BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN));

this look unnecessarily scary :) !! part is unnecessary because
non-zero integer will be converted to proper true(1)/false(0) by
compiler. But I'd just rewrite it in arguably slightly simpler form
that lays itself to assembly more directly:

return ((u64 *)ctx[-1] >> BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN) & 1;

>   }
>
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@...natelecom.cn>
> Co-developed-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@...ux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@...ux.dev>
> ---
> v9:
> - remove the definition of bpf_fsession_is_return()
>
> v7:
> - reuse the kfunc bpf_session_is_return() instead of introduce new kfunc
>
> v4:
> - split out the bpf_fsession_cookie() to another patch
>
> v3:
> - merge the bpf_tracing_is_exit and bpf_fsession_cookie into a single
>   patch
>
> v2:
> - store the session flags after return value, instead of before nr_args
> - inline the bpf_tracing_is_exit, as Jiri suggested
> ---
>  include/linux/bpf.h      |  3 +++
>  kernel/bpf/verifier.c    | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>  3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> index 41228b0add52..2640ec2157e1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ enum {
>  #endif
>  };
>
> +#define BPF_TRAMP_M_NR_ARGS    0
> +#define BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN  8

nit: What does "M" stand for? Macro? Mask? Menglong? ;) Some new
convention, why?

> +
>  struct bpf_tramp_links {
>         struct bpf_tramp_link *links[BPF_MAX_TRAMP_LINKS];
>         int nr_links;
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index bfff3f84fd91..1b0292a03186 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -12374,6 +12374,7 @@ enum special_kfunc_type {
>         KF_bpf_arena_alloc_pages,
>         KF_bpf_arena_free_pages,
>         KF_bpf_arena_reserve_pages,
> +       KF_bpf_session_is_return,
>  };
>
>  BTF_ID_LIST(special_kfunc_list)
> @@ -12451,6 +12452,7 @@ BTF_ID(func, bpf_task_work_schedule_resume_impl)
>  BTF_ID(func, bpf_arena_alloc_pages)
>  BTF_ID(func, bpf_arena_free_pages)
>  BTF_ID(func, bpf_arena_reserve_pages)
> +BTF_ID(func, bpf_session_is_return)
>
>  static bool is_task_work_add_kfunc(u32 func_id)
>  {
> @@ -12505,7 +12507,8 @@ get_kfunc_ptr_arg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
>         struct bpf_reg_state *reg = &regs[regno];
>         bool arg_mem_size = false;
>
> -       if (meta->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx])
> +       if (meta->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx] ||
> +           meta->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_session_is_return])
>                 return KF_ARG_PTR_TO_CTX;
>
>         if (argno + 1 < nargs &&
> @@ -22558,6 +22561,16 @@ static int fixup_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
>                    desc->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_rdonly_cast]) {
>                 insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1);
>                 *cnt = 1;
> +       } else if (desc->func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_session_is_return] &&
> +                  env->prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_FSESSION) {
> +               /* implement and inline the bpf_session_is_return() for

nit: comment style

> +                * fsession, and the logic is:
> +                *   return !!(((u64 *)ctx)[-1] & (1 << BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN))
> +                */
> +               insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, -8);
> +               insn_buf[1] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_RSH, BPF_REG_0, BPF_TRAMP_M_IS_RETURN);
> +               insn_buf[2] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_AND, BPF_REG_0, 1);

lol, your assembly is simpler than that C expression above, let's keep
C close to what you actually are doing in assembler

> +               *cnt = 3;
>         }
>
>         if (env->insn_aux_data[insn_idx].arg_prog) {
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index 297dcafb2c55..1fe508d451b7 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -3334,34 +3334,40 @@ __bpf_kfunc __u64 *bpf_session_cookie(void *ctx)
>
>  __bpf_kfunc_end_defs();
>
> -BTF_KFUNCS_START(kprobe_multi_kfunc_set_ids)
> +BTF_KFUNCS_START(session_kfunc_set_ids)
>  BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_session_is_return)
>  BTF_ID_FLAGS(func, bpf_session_cookie)
> -BTF_KFUNCS_END(kprobe_multi_kfunc_set_ids)
> +BTF_KFUNCS_END(session_kfunc_set_ids)
>
> -static int bpf_kprobe_multi_filter(const struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 kfunc_id)
> +static int bpf_session_filter(const struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 kfunc_id)
>  {
> -       if (!btf_id_set8_contains(&kprobe_multi_kfunc_set_ids, kfunc_id))
> +       if (!btf_id_set8_contains(&session_kfunc_set_ids, kfunc_id))
>                 return 0;
>
> -       if (!is_kprobe_session(prog) && !is_uprobe_session(prog))
> +       if (!is_kprobe_session(prog) && !is_uprobe_session(prog) &&
> +           prog->expected_attach_type != BPF_TRACE_FSESSION)

check both expected_attach_type *and* prog_type, please (and I think
it would be good to check prog type for kprobe_session and
uprobe_session as well, because now it's not guaranteed that program
will be of BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE


>                 return -EACCES;
>
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set bpf_kprobe_multi_kfunc_set = {
> +static const struct btf_kfunc_id_set bpf_session_kfunc_set = {
>         .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> -       .set = &kprobe_multi_kfunc_set_ids,
> -       .filter = bpf_kprobe_multi_filter,
> +       .set = &session_kfunc_set_ids,
> +       .filter = bpf_session_filter,
>  };
>
> -static int __init bpf_kprobe_multi_kfuncs_init(void)
> +static int __init bpf_trace_kfuncs_init(void)
>  {
> -       return register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, &bpf_kprobe_multi_kfunc_set);
> +       int err = 0;
> +
> +       err = err ?: register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, &bpf_session_kfunc_set);
> +       err = err ?: register_btf_kfunc_id_set(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING, &bpf_session_kfunc_set);
> +
> +       return err;
>  }
>
> -late_initcall(bpf_kprobe_multi_kfuncs_init);
> +late_initcall(bpf_trace_kfuncs_init);
>
>  typedef int (*copy_fn_t)(void *dst, const void *src, u32 size, struct task_struct *tsk);
>
> --
> 2.52.0
>

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