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bpf: Refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_contains
authorIhor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:26:26 +0000 (14:26 -0800)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:15:56 +0000 (16:15 -0800)
commitea073d1818e228440275cc90047b4ef0fddd6eb5
tree5adae97b5fce9ff4e9cff588fe3f28182cf0e9ad
parent2e6690d4f7fc41c4fae7d0a4c0bf11f1973e5650
bpf: Refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_contains

btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() is called by fetch_kfunc_meta() in the BPF
verifier to get the kfunc flags stored in the .BTF_ids ELF section.
If it returns NULL instead of a valid pointer, it's interpreted as an
illegal kfunc usage failing the verification.

There are two potential reasons for btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() to
return NULL:

  1. Provided kfunc BTF id is not present in relevant kfunc id sets.
  2. The kfunc is not allowed, as determined by the program type
     specific filter [1].

The filter functions accept a pointer to `struct bpf_prog`, so they
might implicitly depend on earlier stages of verification, when
bpf_prog members are set.

For example, bpf_qdisc_kfunc_filter() in linux/net/sched/bpf_qdisc.c
inspects prog->aux->st_ops [2], which is initialized in:

    check_attach_btf_id() -> check_struct_ops_btf_id()

So far this hasn't been an issue, because fetch_kfunc_meta() is the
only caller of btf_kfunc_id_set_contains().

However in subsequent patches of this series it is necessary to
inspect kfunc flags earlier in BPF verifier, in the add_kfunc_call().

To resolve this, refactor btf_kfunc_id_set_contains() into two
interface functions:
  * btf_kfunc_flags() that simply returns pointer to kfunc_flags
    without applying the filters
  * btf_kfunc_is_allowed() that both checks for kfunc_flags existence
    (which is a requirement for a kfunc to be allowed) and applies the
    prog filters

See [3] for the previous version of this patch.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230519225157.760788-7-aditi.ghag@isovalent.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250409214606.2000194-4-ameryhung@gmail.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251029190113.3323406-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/

Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-2-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
include/linux/btf.h
kernel/bpf/btf.c
kernel/bpf/verifier.c