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Currently, libbpf leaves `call #0` instruction for __weak unresolved kfuncs, which might lead to a confusing verifier log situations, where invalid `call #0` will be treated as successfully validated. We can do better. Libbpf already has an established mechanism of poisoning instructions that failed some form of resolution (e.g., CO-RE relocation and BPF map set to not be auto-created). Libbpf doesn't fail them outright to allow users to guard them through other means, and as long as BPF verifier can prove that such poisoned instructions cannot be ever reached, this doesn't consistute an invalid BPF program. If user didn't guard such code, libbpf will extract few pieces of information to tie such poisoned instructions back to additional information about what entitity wasn't resolved (e.g., BPF map name, or CO-RE relocation information). __weak unresolved kfuncs fit this model well, so this patch extends libbpf with poisioning and log fixup logic for kfunc calls. Note, this poisoning is done only for kfunc *calls*, not kfunc address resolution (ldimm64 instructions). The former cannot be ever valid, if reached, so it's safe to poison them. The latter is a valid mechanism to check if __weak kfunc ksym was resolved, and do necessary guarding and work arounds based on this result, supported in most recent kernels. As such, libbpf keeps such ldimm64 instructions as loading zero, never poisoning them. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418002148.3255690-4-andrii@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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