Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] bpf/btf: tracing: Move finding func-proto API and getting func-param API to BTF

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Mon Jul 17 2023 - 19:51:49 EST


On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:46 PM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >
> > > + * Return NULL if not found, or return -EINVAL if parameter is invalid.
> > > + */
> > > +const struct btf_type *btf_find_func_proto(struct btf *btf, const char *func_name)
> > > +{
> > > + const struct btf_type *t;
> > > + s32 id;
> > > +
> > > + if (!btf || !func_name)
> > > + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

Please remove these checks.
We don't do defensive programming in the BPF subsystem.
Don't pass NULL pointers to such functions.