From: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
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Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/7] selftests/bpf: Build callx tests with GCC that defines __BPF_FEATURE_CALLX
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:04:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028000411.4010967-2-vineet.gupta@linux.dev> (raw)
Commit 7cd1f73b37ea ("selftests/bpf: Fix build of callx tests with GCC")
gated the callx progs on __clang__. GCC had indirect call support which was
recently refurbished along with a __BPF_FEATURE_CALLX macro [1], so gate
on that as well so once this GCC is released, the tests start passing.
Put the arch and compiler conditions in a CAN_USE_CALLX macro in
bpf_misc.h, and use it all the test programs.
While at it, mark the placeholder programs left for unsupported
toolchains and arches with __skip(), so they report SKIP rather than OK.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=ffe3ead4a8ad704b557b0cfa4f823df647c65a0d
Measured on bpf-next with a stock bpf-gcc that defines
__BPF_FEATURE_CALLX, test_progs before and after: 76 subtests run that
previously did not exist in the report, 75 OK and one @unpriv SKIP,
with no failures. The two dummy placeholders retire and
callx_rodata_lskel goes SKIP -> OK.
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>
---
.../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c | 2 +-
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h | 7 +++++++
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c | 4 ++--
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c | 5 ++---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c | 5 ++---
5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
index f6ef67c3141e..acd821fb568f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/callx_rodata_lskel.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void __test_callx_rodata_lskel(void)
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "open"))
return;
- /* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
+ /* toolchain or JIT can't do callx */
if (skel->rodata->skip) {
test__skip();
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
index d7f706c3bc4a..1b264480e128 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@
#define CAN_USE_LOAD_ACQ_STORE_REL
#endif
+/* clang always emits callx, gcc only when it defines __BPF_FEATURE_CALLX */
+#if (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || \
+ (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64)) && \
+ (defined(__clang__) || defined(__BPF_FEATURE_CALLX))
+#define CAN_USE_CALLX
+#endif
+
#if defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86)
#define SPEC_V1
#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
index e3f8335f80f8..8c28f01b7113 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/callx_rodata.c
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <linux/bpf.h>
#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include "bpf_misc.h"
/* set by user space before the programs are loaded, it's in .rodata too */
const volatile int bias = 1;
int op_idx;
-#ifdef __clang__
+#ifdef CAN_USE_CALLX
const volatile bool skip = false;
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ int both_ops(void *ctx)
#else
-/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
const volatile bool skip = true;
SEC("socket")
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
index 7e59188d9fca..a87e2a85f43d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx.c
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
#include "bpf_misc.h"
#include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
-/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
-#if defined(__clang__) && (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64) || \
- (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64))
+#ifdef CAN_USE_CALLX
#define CALLX_INSN(DST, SRC, OFF, IMM) \
BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X, DST, SRC, OFF, IMM)
@@ -1075,6 +1073,7 @@ int callx_c_ops_on_stack(void *ctx)
#else
SEC("socket")
+__skip("callx needs x86/arm64 JIT and compiler support")
__success
int dummy(void *ctx)
{
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
index 6cf58ca9ac5b..29bc2f78315d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_callx_rodata.c
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
#include "bpf_misc.h"
#include "../../../include/linux/filter.h"
-/* gcc doesn't support indirect calls */
-#if defined(__clang__) && (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_x86) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_arm64) || \
- (defined(__TARGET_ARCH_riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64))
+#ifdef CAN_USE_CALLX
/*
* Read-only data with pointers to functions, where the compiler puts tables
@@ -892,6 +890,7 @@ int callx_c_packed_struct(void *ctx)
#else
SEC("socket")
+__skip("callx needs x86/arm64 JIT and compiler support")
__success
int dummy(void *ctx)
{
--
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