tree 41bab4348d2c9d1a9a07548d2bbb3e44c6dcd444
parent 943b043aeecce9accb6d367af47791c633e95e4d
author Maxim Mikityanskiy <maxim@isovalent.com> 1706377952 +0200
committer Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> 1706908934 -0800

bpf: Track spilled unbounded scalars

Support the pattern where an unbounded scalar is spilled to the stack,
then boundary checks are performed on the src register, after which the
stack frame slot is refilled into a register.

Before this commit, the verifier didn't treat the src register and the
stack slot as related if the src register was an unbounded scalar. The
register state wasn't copied, the id wasn't preserved, and the stack
slot was marked as STACK_MISC. Subsequent boundary checks on the src
register wouldn't result in updating the boundaries of the spilled
variable on the stack.

After this commit, the verifier will preserve the bond between src and
dst even if src is unbounded, which permits to do boundary checks on src
and refill dst later, still remembering its boundaries. Such a pattern
is sometimes generated by clang when compiling complex long functions.

One test is adjusted to reflect that now unbounded scalars are tracked.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maxim@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240127175237.526726-2-maxtram95@gmail.com