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Commit e2b3c4ff authored by Andrii Nakryiko's avatar Andrii Nakryiko Committed by Alexei Starovoitov
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bpf: add __arg_trusted global func arg tag



Add support for passing PTR_TO_BTF_ID registers to global subprogs.
Currently only PTR_TRUSTED flavor of PTR_TO_BTF_ID is supported.
Non-NULL semantics is assumed, so caller will be forced to prove
PTR_TO_BTF_ID can't be NULL.

Note, we disallow global subprogs to destroy passed in PTR_TO_BTF_ID
arguments, even the trusted one. We achieve that by not setting
ref_obj_id when validating subprog code. This basically enforces (in
Rust terms) borrowing semantics vs move semantics. Borrowing semantics
seems to be a better fit for isolated global subprog validation
approach.

Implementation-wise, we utilize existing logic for matching
user-provided BTF type to kernel-side BTF type, used by BPF CO-RE logic
and following same matching rules. We enforce a unique match for types.

Acked-by: default avatarEduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130000648.2144827-2-andrii@kernel.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
parent 24219056
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