From: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev>
To: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
andrii@kernel.org, martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com,
song@kernel.org, kpsingh@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
haoluo@google.com, jolsa@kernel.org
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Clean code with bpf_copy_to_user
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 00:03:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9447cc50-03be-4eba-809d-f9e3381654fa@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4925bd4-8169-47c2-9cff-5a4023f07a32@linux.dev>
在 2025/7/3 23:35, Yonghong Song 写道:
>
>
> On 7/3/25 5:43 AM, Tao Chen wrote:
>> No logic change, just use bpf_copy_to_user to clean code.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev>
>> ---
>> kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 17 +++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
>> index e6eea594f1c..ca152d36312 100644
>> --- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
>> @@ -5208,21 +5208,10 @@ static int bpf_task_fd_query_copy(const union
>> bpf_attr *attr,
>> if (put_user(zero, ubuf))
>> return -EFAULT;
>> - } else if (input_len >= len + 1) {
>> - /* ubuf can hold the string with NULL terminator */
>> - if (copy_to_user(ubuf, buf, len + 1))
>> - return -EFAULT;
>> } else {
>> - /* ubuf cannot hold the string with NULL terminator,
>> - * do a partial copy with NULL terminator.
>> - */
>> - char zero = '\0';
>> -
>> - err = -ENOSPC;
>> - if (copy_to_user(ubuf, buf, input_len - 1))
>> - return -EFAULT;
>> - if (put_user(zero, ubuf + input_len - 1))
>> - return -EFAULT;
>> + err = bpf_copy_to_user(ubuf, buf, input_len, len);
>> + if (err)
>> + return err;
>> }
>> }
>
> Actually, there is a return value change with this patch.
> bpf_copy_to_user() return returns -ENOSPC while the original
> implementation may return -EFAULT due to following code.
>
> if (put_user(prog_id, &uattr->task_fd_query.prog_id) ||
> put_user(fd_type, &uattr->task_fd_query.fd_type) ||
> put_user(probe_offset, &uattr->task_fd_query.probe_offset) ||
> put_user(probe_addr, &uattr->task_fd_query.probe_addr))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> return err;
>
You are right, maybe we can just use:
err = bpf_copy_to_user(ubuf, buf, input_len, len);
and no return check
or move these put_user code to the front.
--
Best Regards
Tao Chen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-03 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-03 12:43 Tao Chen
2025-07-03 15:35 ` Yonghong Song
2025-07-03 16:03 ` Tao Chen [this message]
2025-07-03 16:14 ` Yonghong Song
2025-07-03 16:19 ` Tao Chen
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