Skip to content
Commit 16b3129e authored by Alexei Starovoitov's avatar Alexei Starovoitov
Browse files

Merge branch 'bpf-verifier-log-improvements'



Andrii Nakryiko says:

====================
BPF verifier log improvements

This patch set moves a big chunk of verifier log related code from gigantic
verifier.c file into more focused kernel/bpf/log.c. This is not essential to
the rest of functionality in this patch set, so I can undo it, but it felt
like it's good to start chipping away from 20K+ verifier.c whenever we can.

The main purpose of the patch set, though, is in improving verifier log
further.

Patches #3-#4 start printing out register state even if that register is
spilled into stack slot. Previously we'd get only spilled register type, but
no additional information, like SCALAR_VALUE's ranges. Super limiting during
debugging. For cases of register spills smaller than 8 bytes, we also print
out STACK_MISC/STACK_ZERO/STACK_INVALID markers. This, among other things,
will make it easier to write tests for these mixed spill/misc cases.

Patch #5 prints map name for PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE/PTR_TO_MAP_KEY/CONST_PTR_TO_MAP
registers. In big production BPF programs, it's important to map assembly to
actual map, and it's often non-trivial. Having map name helps.

Patch #6 just removes visual noise in form of ubiquitous imm=0 and off=0. They
are default values, omit them.

Patch #7 is probably the most controversial, but it reworks how verifier log
prints numbers. For small valued integers we use decimals, but for large ones
we switch to hexadecimal. From personal experience this is a much more useful
convention. We can tune what consitutes "small value", for now it's 16-bit
range.

Patch #8 prints frame number for PTR_TO_CTX registers, if that frame is
different from the "current" one. This removes ambiguity and confusion,
especially in complicated cases with multiple subprogs passing around
pointers.

v2->v3:
  - adjust reg_bounds tester to parse hex form of reg state as well;
  - print reg->range as unsigned (Alexei);
v1->v2:
  - use verbose_snum() for range and offset in register state (Eduard);
  - fixed typos and added acks from Eduard and Stanislav.
====================

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231118034623.3320920-1-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
parents ff8867af 46862ee8
0% or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment