[PATCH bpf-next 2/3] riscv, bpf: Add support for BPF exceptions
Pu Lehui
pulehui at huawei.com
Sun Jun 28 19:53:26 PDT 2026
On 2026/6/28 15:34, Varun R Mallya wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 10:11:57AM +0800, Pu Lehui wrote:
>>
>> We don't need to duplicate code. Please merge it.
>
> Making this change in the next version!
>
>>> +
>>> + if (!aux->exception_cb && aux->exception_boundary) {
>>> + /*
>>> + * Boundary program: allocate the frame and save the
>>> + * full callee-saved set, capturing the caller's values.
>>> + */
>>> + emit_addi(RV_REG_SP, RV_REG_SP, -stack_adjust, ctx);
>>> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(rv_exception_csave_regs); i++) {
>>> + emit_sd(RV_REG_SP, store_offset,
>>> + rv_exception_csave_regs[i], ctx);
>>> + store_offset -= 8;
>>> + }
>>> + emit_addi(RV_REG_FP, RV_REG_SP, stack_adjust, ctx);
>>> + } else {
>>> + /*
>>> + * Exception callback, reuse the boundary program's
>>> + * frame, whose frame pointer is passed in a2. Setting
>>
>> something confused—why is it A2? I feel like I missed something.
>
> bpf_throw() invokes the exception callback as
> bpf_exception_cb(cookie, sp, bp, 0, 0) , whose 3rd argument (which,
> according to RISC-V's calling convention resides in A2) is the boundary
> prog's frame pointer. Since this else branch handles
> the callback, it expects A2 to have the frame pointer. The arm
> implementation does something very similar with emit(A64_MOV(1, A64_FP, A64_R(2)), ctx)
> where A64_R(2) is the third arg.
ok, so it would be better to clear in the comments that it is the third
parameter.
>
>>> + * SP = FP - stack_adjust lines the epilogue's loads up
>>> + * with the registers the boundary saved.
>>> + */
>>> + emit_mv(RV_REG_FP, RV_REG_A2, ctx);
>>> + emit_addi(RV_REG_SP, RV_REG_FP, -stack_adjust, ctx);
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + goto tail_setup;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> if (seen_reg(RV_REG_RA, ctx))
>>> stack_adjust += 8;
>>> stack_adjust += 8; /* RV_REG_FP */
>>> @@ -2082,6 +2173,7 @@ void bpf_jit_build_prologue(struct rv_jit_context *ctx, bool is_subprog)
>>> emit_addi(RV_REG_FP, RV_REG_SP, stack_adjust, ctx);
>>> +tail_setup:
>>> if (bpf_stack_adjust)
>>> emit_addi(RV_REG_S5, RV_REG_SP, bpf_stack_adjust, ctx);
>>> @@ -2157,3 +2249,13 @@ bool bpf_jit_supports_fsession(void)
>>> {
>>> return true;
>>> }
>>> +
>>> +bool bpf_jit_supports_exceptions(void)
>>> +{
>>> + /*
>>> + * bpf_throw() unwinds by walking the frame-pointer chain from inside
>>> + * the kernel back into the BPF frames (see arch_bpf_stack_walk()), so
>>> + * exceptions require the frame-pointer unwinder to be enabled.
>>> + */
>>> + return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER);
>>
>> riscv select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS, so this will always true
>
> I checked that the kernel compiled even when I turned
> CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER explicitly off, so not gating this
> would be a mistake, right ? ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS makes
> CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER user selectable and makes it default to
> true, but it's not always true. What does force it is PERF_EVENTS=y but if
> that too is turned off, then CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER can also be turned
> off.
alright, lgtm
>
> Thanks for the review!!
> - Varun
>>> +}
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