Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 5 authors, 2026-02-28

Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/5] selftests/bpf: Add selftest support for bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum

From: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org
Date: 2026-02-17 09:17:48
Also in: bpf, intel-wired-lan, linux-kselftest

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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_metadata.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_metadata.h
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_metadata.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdp_metadata.h
[ ... ]
+	struct {
+		__u8 ip_summed;
+		__u32 cksum_meta;
+	};
The ip_summed field is __u8 (1 byte), but bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum()
takes an enum xdp_checksum * argument, which is 4 bytes.

In the BPF program:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_metadata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_metadata.c
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_metadata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_metadata.c
[ ... ]
+	bpf_xdp_metadata_rx_checksum(ctx,
+				     (enum xdp_checksum *)&meta->ip_summed,
+				     &meta->cksum_meta);
The cast here passes a pointer to a 1-byte field where the kfunc will
perform a 4-byte store.  On little-endian this happens to work because
the value lands in the low byte and the remaining 3 bytes go into struct
padding.

On big-endian, the value would be stored in the high byte, so reading
back ip_summed as __u8 would yield 0 for any checksum result.

For comparison, the other metadata fields match their kfunc argument
sizes: rx_hash is __u32 matching u32 *, and rx_hash_type is __u32
matching enum xdp_rss_hash_type *.

Should ip_summed be __u32 (or enum xdp_checksum) to match the kfunc
signature and avoid the cast?


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See: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/blob/master/ci/claude/README.md

CI run summary: https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/runs/22091902298

AI-authorship-score: low
AI-authorship-explanation: Code and commit message follow established kernel selftest patterns consistent with a known contributor, and the type choice reflects human engineering judgment.
issues-found: 1
issue-severity-score: low
issue-severity-explanation: Type size mismatch in selftest code where a __u8 field is cast to enum xdp_checksum * (4 bytes) for a kfunc call, causing incorrect behavior on big-endian architectures.
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