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Message-ID: <20260123073532.238985-3-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:35:22 +0800
From: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
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Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v11 02/12] bpf: use the least significant byte for the nr_args in trampoline

For now, ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] is used to store the nr_args in the trampoline.
However, 1 byte is enough to store such information. Therefore, we use
only the least significant byte of ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] to store the nr_args,
and reserve the rest for other usages.

Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@...natelecom.cn>
---
v11:
- fix the rebase conflict

v10:
- some adjustment to the subject and commit log to make the description
  more precise.

v8:
- fix the missed get_func_arg_cnt
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c    | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 41bbed6418b5..b3f912ad18ba 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -23747,19 +23747,21 @@ static int do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 
 				/* skip 'void *__data' in btf_trace_##name() and save to reg0 */
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, nr_args - 1);
+				cnt = 1;
 			} else {
 				/* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, -8);
+				insn_buf[1] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_AND, BPF_REG_0, 0xFF);
+				cnt = 2;
 			}
-			insn_buf[1] = BPF_JMP32_REG(BPF_JGE, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, 6);
-			insn_buf[2] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_LSH, BPF_REG_2, 3);
-			insn_buf[3] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_1);
-			insn_buf[4] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2, 0);
-			insn_buf[5] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_0, 0);
-			insn_buf[6] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0);
-			insn_buf[7] = BPF_JMP_A(1);
-			insn_buf[8] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, -EINVAL);
-			cnt = 9;
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_JMP32_REG(BPF_JGE, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, 6);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_LSH, BPF_REG_2, 3);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_1);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2, 0);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_0, 0);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_JMP_A(1);
+			insn_buf[cnt++] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, -EINVAL);
 
 			new_prog = bpf_patch_insn_data(env, i + delta, insn_buf, cnt);
 			if (!new_prog)
@@ -23779,12 +23781,13 @@ static int do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 			    eatype == BPF_MODIFY_RETURN) {
 				/* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, -8);
-				insn_buf[1] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_LSH, BPF_REG_0, 3);
-				insn_buf[2] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1);
-				insn_buf[3] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_0, 0);
-				insn_buf[4] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_3, 0);
-				insn_buf[5] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0);
-				cnt = 6;
+				insn_buf[1] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_AND, BPF_REG_0, 0xFF);
+				insn_buf[2] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_LSH, BPF_REG_0, 3);
+				insn_buf[3] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1);
+				insn_buf[4] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_3, BPF_REG_0, 0);
+				insn_buf[5] = BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_3, 0);
+				insn_buf[6] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0);
+				cnt = 7;
 			} else {
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 				cnt = 1;
@@ -23808,12 +23811,15 @@ static int do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 
 				/* skip 'void *__data' in btf_trace_##name() and save to reg0 */
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, nr_args - 1);
+				cnt = 1;
 			} else {
 				/* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
 				insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, -8);
+				insn_buf[1] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_AND, BPF_REG_0, 0xFF);
+				cnt = 2;
 			}
 
-			new_prog = bpf_patch_insn_data(env, i + delta, insn_buf, 1);
+			new_prog = bpf_patch_insn_data(env, i + delta, insn_buf, cnt);
 			if (!new_prog)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 0e9635bcd783..d466a1503da3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_branch_snapshot_proto = {
 BPF_CALL_3(get_func_arg, void *, ctx, u32, n, u64 *, value)
 {
 	/* This helper call is inlined by verifier. */
-	u64 nr_args = ((u64 *)ctx)[-1];
+	u64 nr_args = ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] & 0xFF;
 
 	if ((u64) n >= nr_args)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_func_arg_proto = {
 BPF_CALL_2(get_func_ret, void *, ctx, u64 *, value)
 {
 	/* This helper call is inlined by verifier. */
-	u64 nr_args = ((u64 *)ctx)[-1];
+	u64 nr_args = ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] & 0xFF;
 
 	*value = ((u64 *)ctx)[nr_args];
 	return 0;
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_func_ret_proto = {
 BPF_CALL_1(get_func_arg_cnt, void *, ctx)
 {
 	/* This helper call is inlined by verifier. */
-	return ((u64 *)ctx)[-1];
+	return ((u64 *)ctx)[-1] & 0xFF;
 }
 
 static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_get_func_arg_cnt_proto = {
-- 
2.52.0


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