[PATCH v2 bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: add exception handling selftests for tp_bpf program
Andrii Nakryiko
andrii.nakryiko at gmail.com
Fri Nov 5 11:54:27 PDT 2021
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:11 AM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Exception handling is triggered in BPF tracing programs when
> a NULL pointer is dereferenced; the exception handler zeroes the
> target register and execution of the BPF program progresses.
>
> To test exception handling then, we need to trigger a NULL pointer
> dereference for a field which should never be zero; if it is, the
> only explanation is the exception handler ran. task->task_works
> is the NULL pointer chosen (for a new task from fork() no work
> is associated), and the task_works->func field should not be zero
> if task_works is non-NULL. Test verifies task_works and
> task_works->func are 0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire at oracle.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exhandler.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exhandler_kern.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exhandler.c
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exhandler_kern.c
>
The test looks good, thank you!
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii at kernel.org>
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