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    bpf: permits narrower load from bpf program context fields · 31fd8581
    Yonghong Song authored
    
    
    Currently, verifier will reject a program if it contains an
    narrower load from the bpf context structure. For example,
            __u8 h = __sk_buff->hash, or
            __u16 p = __sk_buff->protocol
            __u32 sample_period = bpf_perf_event_data->sample_period
    which are narrower loads of 4-byte or 8-byte field.
    
    This patch solves the issue by:
      . Introduce a new parameter ctx_field_size to carry the
        field size of narrower load from prog type
        specific *__is_valid_access validator back to verifier.
      . The non-zero ctx_field_size for a memory access indicates
        (1). underlying prog type specific convert_ctx_accesses
             supporting non-whole-field access
        (2). the current insn is a narrower or whole field access.
      . In verifier, for such loads where load memory size is
        less than ctx_field_size, verifier transforms it
        to a full field load followed by proper masking.
      . Currently, __sk_buff and bpf_perf_event_data->sample_period
        are supporting narrowing loads.
      . Narrower stores are still not allowed as typical ctx stores
        are just normal stores.
    
    Because of this change, some tests in verifier will fail and
    these tests are removed. As a bonus, rename some out of bound
    __sk_buff->cb access to proper field name and remove two
    redundant "skb cb oob" tests.
    
    Acked-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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