Re: [PATCH bpf v5 1/2] bpf: ensure main program has an extable

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Tue Jun 13 2023 - 18:20:26 EST


On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 5:44 PM Krister Johansen
<kjlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When subprograms are in use, the main program is not jit'd after the
> subprograms because jit_subprogs sets a value for prog->bpf_func upon
> success. Subsequent calls to the JIT are bypassed when this value is
> non-NULL. This leads to a situation where the main program and its
> func[0] counterpart are both in the bpf kallsyms tree, but only func[0]
> has an extable. Extables are only created during JIT. Now there are
> two nearly identical program ksym entries in the tree, but only one has
> an extable. Depending upon how the entries are placed, there's a chance
> that a fault will call search_extable on the aux with the NULL entry.
>
> Since jit_subprogs already copies state from func[0] to the main
> program, include the extable pointer in this state duplication.
> Additionally, ensure that the copy of the main program in func[0] is not
> added to the bpf_prog_kallsyms table. Instead, let the main program get
> added later in bpf_prog_load(). This ensures there is only a single
> copy of the main program in the kallsyms table, and that its tag matches
> the tag observed by tooling like bpftool.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 1c2a088a6626 ("bpf: x64: add JIT support for multi-function programs")
> Signed-off-by: Krister Johansen <kjlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied. Thanks