bpf: Teach verifier that certain helpers accept NULL pointer.
authorAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Tue, 4 Apr 2023 04:50:25 +0000 (21:50 -0700)
committerAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tue, 4 Apr 2023 23:57:16 +0000 (16:57 -0700)
commit91571a515d1bcdc280bb46423bb697ea7eb42ff3
tree636320a1ffcdd78b5091e70cca1f5f1353472aef
parent63260df1396578226ac3134cf7f764690002e70e
bpf: Teach verifier that certain helpers accept NULL pointer.

bpf_[sk|inode|task|cgrp]_storage_[get|delete]() and bpf_get_socket_cookie() helpers
perform run-time check that sk|inode|task|cgrp pointer != NULL.
Teach verifier about this fact and allow bpf programs to pass
PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_MAYBE_NULL into such helpers.
It will be used in the subsequent patch that will do
bpf_sk_storage_get(.., skb->sk, ...);
Even when 'skb' pointer is trusted the 'sk' pointer may be NULL.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230404045029.82870-5-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com
kernel/bpf/bpf_cgrp_storage.c
kernel/bpf/bpf_inode_storage.c
kernel/bpf/bpf_task_storage.c
net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c
net/core/filter.c