[PATCH bpf v2 0/2] bpf, arm64: fix the exception callback's frame pointer
From: Donggeun Yoo <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-07 05:42:45
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The arm64 JIT does not set BPF_REG_FP in the prologue of an exception
callback, so the callback runs with whatever x25 held when bpf_throw()
was called. A callback that materializes the register, for instance to
pass the address of a local variable to a helper, then works on the
frame of the subprogram that threw.
Patch 1 sets ctx->fp_used on that path, the same fix commit b114fcee766d
("bpf, arm64: Fix fp initialization for exception boundary") made for
the exception boundary. Patch 2 adds a selftest that reaches the case.
Tested on aarch64 under QEMU with vmtest.sh, on the base below. Without
patch 1 the new test panics the kernel, because the address handed to
the helper lands on the helper's own saved return address:
pc : 0x1234
lr : 0x1234
Call trace:
0x1234 (P)
bpf_test_run+0x188/0x3e0
bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x47c/0x998
__sys_bpf+0xbdc/0xdd8
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt
0x1234 is the value the callback reads, so the helper wrote it over its
own return address. With patch 1 applied the whole group passes:
#117/11 exceptions/exception_throw_subprog_stack_cb:OK
#117 exceptions:OK
Summary: 1/118 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0/0 FAILED
Not tested on other architectures.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260904070210.4163193-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com/ (local)
v1 -> v2:
- rebase onto bpf/master; CI could not apply v1
- spell the three new declarations u64 rather than __u64, to match the
rest of progs/exceptions.c
- no change to patch 1
Donggeun Yoo (2):
bpf, arm64: set up the frame pointer for the exception callback
selftests/bpf: cover the exception callback using its own BPF stack
arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 2 ++
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
base-commit: df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157
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