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Commit b2d8ef19 authored by Dave Marchevsky's avatar Dave Marchevsky Committed by Alexei Starovoitov
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bpf: Cleanup check_refcount_ok



Discussion around a recently-submitted patch provided historical
context for check_refcount_ok [0]. Specifically, the function and its
helpers - may_be_acquire_function and arg_type_may_be_refcounted -
predate the OBJ_RELEASE type flag and the addition of many more helpers
with acquire/release semantics.

The purpose of check_refcount_ok is to ensure:
  1) Helper doesn't have multiple uses of return reg's ref_obj_id
  2) Helper with release semantics only has one arg needing to be
  released, since that's tracked using meta->ref_obj_id

With current verifier, it's safe to remove check_refcount_ok and its
helpers. Since addition of OBJ_RELEASE type flag, case 2) has been
handled by the arg_type_is_release check in check_func_arg. To ensure
case 1) won't result in verifier silently prioritizing one use of
ref_obj_id, this patch adds a helper_multiple_ref_obj_use check which
fails loudly if a helper passes > 1 test for use of ref_obj_id.

  [0]: lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220713234529.4154673-1-davemarchevsky@fb.com

Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJoanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarKumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220808171559.3251090-1-davemarchevsky@fb.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
parent 6e116280
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