[PATCH bpf-next 0/3] bpf, arm64: Support stack arguments
Puranjay Mohan
puranjay at kernel.org
Mon Apr 20 08:35:58 PDT 2026
This set add support of stack arguments to the arm64 JIT based on the
preparatory work and x86 support in [1]. Arm64 allows passing 8
arguments in registers x0-x7 and remaining ones on stack. Currently, BPF
supports passing 5 arguments all of which map to x0-x4.
BPF passes arguments in R1-R5 which map to x0-x4 on arm64, BPF reg R0 is
mapped to arm64 reg x7, but as arm64 needs this register to pass
arguments now, the first patch changes the mapping of BPF reg R0 to x8
which allows passing arguments in x0-x7 (8 arguments). 9+ arguments are
passed on the stack.
Note: This set needs to be applied on top of [1]
All selftest pass:
./test_progs -t stack_arg,stack_arg_fail,stack_arg_kfunc,verifier_stack_arg
#431/1 stack_arg/global_many_args:OK
#431/2 stack_arg/async_cb_many_args:OK
#431/3 stack_arg/bpf2bpf:OK
#431/4 stack_arg/kfunc:OK
#431 stack_arg:OK
#432/1 stack_arg_fail/test_stack_arg_big:OK
#432/2 stack_arg_fail/r11 in ALU instruction:OK
#432/3 stack_arg_fail/r11 store with non-DW size:OK
#432/4 stack_arg_fail/r11 store with unaligned offset:OK
#432/5 stack_arg_fail/r11 store with positive offset:OK
#432/6 stack_arg_fail/r11 load with negative offset:OK
#432/7 stack_arg_fail/r11 load with non-DW size:OK
#432/8 stack_arg_fail/r11 store with zero offset:OK
#432 stack_arg_fail:OK
#631/1 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: subprog with 6 args:OK
#631/2 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: two subprogs with >5 args:OK
#631/3 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: read from uninitialized stack arg slot:OK
#631/4 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: gap at offset -8, only wrote -16:OK
#631/5 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: pruning with different stack arg types:OK
#631/6 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: release_reference invalidates stack arg slot:OK
#631/7 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: pkt pointer in stack arg slot invalidated after pull_data:OK
#631/8 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: null propagation rejects deref on null branch:OK
#631/9 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: missing store on one branch:OK
#631/10 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: share a store for both branches:OK
#631/11 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: write beyond max outgoing depth:OK
#631/12 verifier_stack_arg/stack_arg: sequential calls reuse slots:OK
#631 verifier_stack_arg:OK
Summary: 3/24 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260419163316.731019-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev/
Puranjay Mohan (3):
bpf, arm64: Map BPF_REG_0 to x8 instead of x7
bpf, arm64: Add JIT support for stack arguments
selftests/bpf: Enable stack argument tests for arm64
arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++--
arch/arm64/net/bpf_timed_may_goto.S | 8 +-
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg.c | 3 +-
.../selftests/bpf/progs/stack_arg_kfunc.c | 3 +-
.../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_jit_inline.c | 2 +-
.../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_ldsx.c | 6 +-
.../bpf/progs/verifier_private_stack.c | 10 +-
.../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_stack_arg.c | 15 ++-
8 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
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