Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] arm64/ftrace,bpf: Fix partial regs after bpf_prog_run
From: Jiri Olsa <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-08 09:20:21
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bpf, linux-trace-kernel
Subsystem:
bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [security & lsm] (security audit and enforcement using bpf), bpf [tracing], function hooks (ftrace), the rest, tracing · Maintainers:
Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, KP Singh, Matt Bobrowski, Song Liu, Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu, Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 12:14:32PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 16:52:52 +0000
Will Deacon [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h b/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
index 15627ceea9bc..3ebd8cdac7c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ struct ftrace_regs;
#define ftrace_regs_get_frame_pointer(fregs) \
frame_pointer(&arch_ftrace_regs(fregs)->regs)
+#else
+
+static __always_inline void
+ftrace_partial_regs_update(const struct ftrace_regs *fregs, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ ftrace_regs_set_instruction_pointer(fregs, instruction_pointer(regs));
+ ftrace_regs_set_return_value(fregs, regs_return_value(regs));
+}
+
#endif /* HAVE_ARCH_FTRACE_REGS */
/* This can be overridden by the architectures */
Hmm, maybe that would work. Of course you forgot to add the helper for the
!HAVE_ARCH_FTRACE_REGS case ;-)
seems to work, will send new version with that
thanks,
jirka
---
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h b/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
index 15627ceea9bc..4b053eb4c9d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_regs.h
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ struct ftrace_regs;
#define ftrace_regs_get_frame_pointer(fregs) \
frame_pointer(&arch_ftrace_regs(fregs)->regs)
+static __always_inline void
+ftrace_partial_regs_update(const struct ftrace_regs *fregs, struct pt_regs *regs) { }
+
+#else
+
+static __always_inline void
+ftrace_partial_regs_update(const struct ftrace_regs *fregs, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ ftrace_regs_set_instruction_pointer(fregs, instruction_pointer(regs));
+ ftrace_regs_set_return_value(fregs, regs_return_value(regs));
+}
+
#endif /* HAVE_ARCH_FTRACE_REGS */
/* This can be overridden by the architectures */diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 6e076485bf70..3a17f79b20c2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -2564,6 +2564,7 @@ kprobe_multi_link_prog_run(struct bpf_kprobe_multi_link *link,
old_run_ctx = bpf_set_run_ctx(&run_ctx.session_ctx.run_ctx);
err = bpf_prog_run(link->link.prog, regs);
bpf_reset_run_ctx(old_run_ctx);
+ ftrace_partial_regs_update(fregs, bpf_kprobe_multi_pt_regs_ptr());
rcu_read_unlock();
out: