From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
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Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for xdp link_create
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:36:03 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261024153608.58569-3-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261024153608.58569-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>
With the syscall common attrs support for link_create, add syscall common
attrs support for xdp link_create in order to report the invalid target
ifindex error and the underlying driver's error.
Instead of passing bpf log or extack to bpf_xdp_link_attach(), pass an
errmsg pointer to receive the kstrdup() error msg, because
1) passing bpf log will introduce bpf_verifier.h dependency for
net/core/dev.c, which is not acceptable for maintainability.
2) passing extack will access underlying driver string out of dev_put()
guard, which will crash kernel when the device is unloaded
concurrently.
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 ++-
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 8 +++++++-
net/core/dev.c | 6 +++++-
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c0ae442c4344..e07b740604c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4440,7 +4440,8 @@ struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb_list(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *d
struct sk_buff *dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct netdev_queue *txq, int *ret);
-int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog);
+int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog,
+ char **errmsg);
u8 dev_xdp_prog_count(struct net_device *dev);
int netif_xdp_propagate(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *bpf);
int dev_xdp_propagate(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *bpf);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index db870e795d04..675bff4d7aab 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -5868,6 +5868,7 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_a
struct bpf_verifier_log *log;
struct bpf_log_attr attr_log;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
+ char *errmsg = NULL;
int ret;
if (CHECK_ATTR(BPF_LINK_CREATE))
@@ -5944,7 +5945,7 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_a
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_NET
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP:
- ret = bpf_xdp_link_attach(attr, prog);
+ ret = bpf_xdp_link_attach(attr, prog, &errmsg);
break;
case BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS:
if (attr->link_create.attach_type == BPF_TCX_INGRESS ||
@@ -5980,6 +5981,11 @@ static int link_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_a
if (ret < 0) {
int err;
+ if (errmsg) {
+ bpf_log(log, "%s\n", errmsg);
+ kfree(errmsg);
+ }
+
err = bpf_log_attr_finalize(&attr_log, log);
ret = err ? err : ret;
if (prog)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1a09e7869118..da71c0d2120c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10882,7 +10882,8 @@ static const struct bpf_link_ops bpf_xdp_link_lops = {
.update_prog = bpf_xdp_link_update,
};
-int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
+int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog,
+ char **errmsg)
{
struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
struct bpf_link_primer link_primer;
@@ -10895,6 +10896,7 @@ int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
dev = dev_get_by_index(net, attr->link_create.target_ifindex);
if (!dev) {
rtnl_unlock();
+ *errmsg = kstrdup("Invalid target_ifindex.", GFP_KERNEL);
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -10923,6 +10925,8 @@ int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
if (err) {
link->dev = NULL;
bpf_link_cleanup(&link_primer);
+ if (extack._msg)
+ *errmsg = kstrdup(extack._msg, GFP_KERNEL);
trace_bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed(extack._msg);
goto out_put_dev;
}
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-24 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-24 15:36 [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/6] " Leon Hwang
2026-10-24 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for link_create Leon Hwang
2026-10-24 15:36 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-10-25 1:19 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for xdp link_create Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-24 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 3/6] bpf: Retire tracepoint bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed Leon Hwang
2026-10-24 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 4/6] libbpf: Factor out __sys_bpf_fd helper Leon Hwang
2026-10-24 16:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-24 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 5/6] libbpf: Add log_opts support for bpf_link_create Leon Hwang
2026-10-24 16:13 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-24 15:36 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify link_create logs Leon Hwang
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