[PATCH v2 1/5] powerpc64/bpf: do not increment tailcall count when prog is NULL

Venkat Rao Bagalkote venkat88 at linux.ibm.com
Sat Feb 21 14:40:36 AEDT 2026


On 20/02/26 12:09 pm, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Do not increment tailcall count, if tailcall did not succeed due to
> missing BPF program.
>
> Fixes: ce0761419fae ("powerpc/bpf: Implement support for tail calls")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> * No changes since v1.
>
>
>   arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++--------------
>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> index b1a3945ccc9f..44ce8a8783f9 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> @@ -522,9 +522,30 @@ static int bpf_jit_emit_tail_call(u32 *image, struct codegen_context *ctx, u32 o
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * tail_call_info++; <- Actual value of tcc here
> +	 * Writeback this updated value only if tailcall succeeds.
>   	 */
>   	EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADDI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), 1));
>   
> +	/* prog = array->ptrs[index]; */
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_MULI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), b2p_index, 8));
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), b2p_bpf_array));
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_LD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2),
> +			offsetof(struct bpf_array, ptrs)));
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * if (prog == NULL)
> +	 *   goto out;
> +	 */
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_CMPLDI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), 0));
> +	PPC_BCC_SHORT(COND_EQ, out);
> +
> +	/* goto *(prog->bpf_func + prologue_size); */
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_LD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2),
> +			offsetof(struct bpf_prog, bpf_func)));
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADDI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2),
> +			  FUNCTION_DESCR_SIZE + bpf_tailcall_prologue_size));
> +	EMIT(PPC_RAW_MTCTR(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2)));
> +
>   	/*
>   	 * Before writing updated tail_call_info, distinguish if current frame
>   	 * is storing a reference to tail_call_info or actual tcc value in
> @@ -539,24 +560,6 @@ static int bpf_jit_emit_tail_call(u32 *image, struct codegen_context *ctx, u32 o
>   	/* Writeback updated value to tail_call_info */
>   	EMIT(PPC_RAW_STD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_2), 0));
>   
> -	/* prog = array->ptrs[index]; */
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_MULI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), b2p_index, 8));
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), b2p_bpf_array));
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_LD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), offsetof(struct bpf_array, ptrs)));
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * if (prog == NULL)
> -	 *   goto out;
> -	 */
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_CMPLDI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), 0));
> -	PPC_BCC_SHORT(COND_EQ, out);
> -
> -	/* goto *(prog->bpf_func + prologue_size); */
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_LD(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), offsetof(struct bpf_prog, bpf_func)));
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADDI(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1), bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1),
> -			FUNCTION_DESCR_SIZE + bpf_tailcall_prologue_size));
> -	EMIT(PPC_RAW_MTCTR(bpf_to_ppc(TMP_REG_1)));
> -
>   	/* tear down stack, restore NVRs, ... */
>   	bpf_jit_emit_common_epilogue(image, ctx);
>   

Tested this by patch, Please add below tag.

Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88 at linux.ibm.com>


Regards,

Venkat.




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