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bpf: Return an error pointer for skb metadata when CONFIG_NET=n
authorJakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Mon, 1 Sep 2025 13:27:43 +0000 (15:27 +0200)
committerMartin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Thu, 4 Sep 2025 20:42:29 +0000 (13:42 -0700)
commit54728bd535fb3899ad51489dc1e05eb5bb53cb95
tree3e6b9bc51c7885da533790dbc30fec656553f089
parent7f7a958a6a2c9f0e2e82eaffdb5965238c735591
bpf: Return an error pointer for skb metadata when CONFIG_NET=n

Kernel Test Robot reported a compiler warning - a null pointer may be
passed to memmove in __bpf_dynptr_{read,write} when building without
networking support.

The warning is correct from a static analysis standpoint, but not actually
reachable. Without CONFIG_NET, creating dynptrs to skb metadata is
impossible since the constructor kfunc is missing.

Silence the false-postive diagnostic message by returning an error pointer
from bpf_skb_meta_pointer stub when CONFIG_NET=n.

Fixes: 6877cd392bae ("bpf: Enable read/write access to skb metadata through a dynptr")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508212031.ir9b3B6Q-lkp@intel.com/
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250901-dynptr-skb-meta-no-net-v2-1-ce607fcb6091@cloudflare.com
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