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Wed Jan 14 23:30:03 AEDT 2026


bpf_frame_size points to the caller's frame. But func_frame_offset equals
(bpf_dummy_frame_size + bpf_frame_size), which points into the caller's frame
itself. Loading from that address returns the caller's back chain (pointing
to the grandparent frame), not a pointer to the caller's frame.

This appears to cause the subsequent load at [_R4 - 8] to read the grandparent's
tail_call_info rather than the caller's. Would loading from [_R1 + bpf_frame_size]
give the correct pointer to the caller's frame?

For comparison, the subprogram prologue in bpf_jit_build_prologue() uses
[_R1 + 0] to get the back chain pointing to its caller, which seems like
the right pattern.

> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Setting the tail_call_info in trampoline's frame
> +		 * depending on if previous frame had value or reference.
> +		 */
> +		EMIT(PPC_RAW_CMPLWI(_R3, MAX_TAIL_CALL_CNT));
> +		PPC_COND_BRANCH(COND_GT, CTX_NIA(ctx) + 8);
> +		EMIT(PPC_RAW_ADDI(_R3, _R4, bpf_jit_stack_tailcallinfo_offset(ctx)));

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