[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf, riscv: Add BPF stack arguments support for RV64 JIT
Feng Jiang
jiangfeng at kylinos.cn
Thu Aug 13 04:35:33 PDT 2026
On 2026/8/13 16:25, bot+bpf-ci at kernel.org wrote:
>> bpf, riscv: Add BPF stack arguments support for RV64 JIT
>>
>> Add bpf_jit_supports_stack_args() for the RV64 JIT so BPF subprograms
>> and kfuncs can receive more than 5 arguments via the stack
>> (BPF_REG_PARAMS / r11).
>>
>> For BPF-to-BPF calls the caller writes outgoing arguments at the
>> bottom of its frame (SP-relative). The callee reads them with
>> FP-relative loads. Its FP is set to the caller SP in the prologue,
>> so the offsets match.
>>
>> The RISC-V ABI puts arguments 6-8 in A5-A7 and arguments 9+ at
>> SP+0. Before each kfunc call, load arguments 6-8 from the outgoing
>> area into A5-A7 and copy any remaining arguments down so argument 9
>> lands at SP+0.
>>
>> A5 (BPF_REG_0), A6 (TCC) and A7 are safe to clobber here: R0 is not
>> live before a call, TCC is backed up on the stack, and A7 is unused
>> by the JIT.
>>
>> Limit the existing kfunc sign-extension loop to MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS
>> iterations; otherwise idx >= 5 resolves to S1-S5 (BPF_R6-FP) and
>> corrupts callee-saved registers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Feng Jiang <jiangfeng at kylinos.cn>
>
> This looks like a bug fix for stack argument support. The commit message
> describes how the sign-extension loop was limited to prevent corruption
> of callee-saved registers S1-S5 when idx >= 5. This fixes an issue
> introduced by commit 443574b03387 ("riscv, bpf: Fix kfunc parameters
> incompatibility between bpf and riscv abi"), which added the
> sign-extension loop without limiting it to MAX_BPF_FUNC_REG_ARGS.
>
> Should this include:
>
> Fixes: 443574b03387 ("riscv, bpf: Fix kfunc parameters incompatibility between bpf and riscv abi")
>
No Fixes: tag. When 443574b03387 added the loop, the verifier still
unconditionally rejected kfuncs with more than 5 args, so fm->nr_args
was always <= 5 and the loop never touched S1-S5. The corruption is
only reachable once this series enables stack arguments, so bounding
the loop is part of the feature, not a fix for a triggerable bug.
>
> ---
> AI reviewed your patch. Please fix the bug or email reply why it's not a bug.
> See: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/blob/master/ci/claude/README.md
>
> CI run summary: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/3167782391
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With Best Regards,
Feng Jiang
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