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      bpf: return long from bpf_map_ops funcs · d7ba4cc9
      JP Kobryn authored
      
      This patch changes the return types of bpf_map_ops functions to long, where
      previously int was returned. Using long allows for bpf programs to maintain
      the sign bit in the absence of sign extension during situations where
      inlined bpf helper funcs make calls to the bpf_map_ops funcs and a negative
      error is returned.
      
      The definitions of the helper funcs are generated from comments in the bpf
      uapi header at `include/uapi/linux/bpf.h`. The return type of these
      helpers was previously changed from int to long in commit bdb7b79b. For
      any case where one of the map helpers call the bpf_map_ops funcs that are
      still returning 32-bit int, a compiler might not include sign extension
      instructions to properly convert the 32-bit negative value a 64-bit
      negative value.
      
      For example:
      bpf assembly excerpt of an inlined helper calling a kernel function and
      checking for a specific error:
      
      ; err = bpf_map_update_elem(&mymap, &key, &val, BPF_NOEXIST);
        ...
        46:	call   0xffffffffe103291c	; htab_map_update_elem
      ; if (err && err != -EEXIST) {
        4b:	cmp    $0xffffffffffffffef,%rax ; cmp -EEXIST,%rax
      
      kernel function assembly excerpt of return value from
      `htab_map_update_elem` returning 32-bit int:
      
      movl $0xffffffef, %r9d
      ...
      movl %r9d, %eax
      
      ...results in the comparison:
      cmp $0xffffffffffffffef, $0x00000000ffffffef
      
      Fixes: bdb7b79b ("bpf: Switch most helper return values from 32-bit int to 64-bit long")
      Tested-by: default avatarEduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJP Kobryn <inwardvessel@gmail.com>
      Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230322194754.185781-3-inwardvessel@gmail.com
      
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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      bpf: return long from bpf_map_ops funcs
      JP Kobryn authored
      
      This patch changes the return types of bpf_map_ops functions to long, where
      previously int was returned. Using long allows for bpf programs to maintain
      the sign bit in the absence of sign extension during situations where
      inlined bpf helper funcs make calls to the bpf_map_ops funcs and a negative
      error is returned.
      
      The definitions of the helper funcs are generated from comments in the bpf
      uapi header at `include/uapi/linux/bpf.h`. The return type of these
      helpers was previously changed from int to long in commit bdb7b79b. For
      any case where one of the map helpers call the bpf_map_ops funcs that are
      still returning 32-bit int, a compiler might not include sign extension
      instructions to properly convert the 32-bit negative value a 64-bit
      negative value.
      
      For example:
      bpf assembly excerpt of an inlined helper calling a kernel function and
      checking for a specific error:
      
      ; err = bpf_map_update_elem(&mymap, &key, &val, BPF_NOEXIST);
        ...
        46:	call   0xffffffffe103291c	; htab_map_update_elem
      ; if (err && err != -EEXIST) {
        4b:	cmp    $0xffffffffffffffef,%rax ; cmp -EEXIST,%rax
      
      kernel function assembly excerpt of return value from
      `htab_map_update_elem` returning 32-bit int:
      
      movl $0xffffffef, %r9d
      ...
      movl %r9d, %eax
      
      ...results in the comparison:
      cmp $0xffffffffffffffef, $0x00000000ffffffef
      
      Fixes: bdb7b79b ("bpf: Switch most helper return values from 32-bit int to 64-bit long")
      Tested-by: default avatarEduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJP Kobryn <inwardvessel@gmail.com>
      Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230322194754.185781-3-inwardvessel@gmail.com
      
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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