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Amery Hung c82b998777 bpf: Split kfunc map argument into __const_map and __map
Kfuncs used a single '__map' suffix (KF_ARG_PTR_TO_MAP) for two different
things: a verifier-known map matched by map_uid against a bound
timer/wq/task_work object (bpf_wq_init, bpf_task_work_schedule*), and an
opaque 'struct bpf_map *' used only at runtime (bpf_arena_*), which may be a
map fd or a PTR_TO_BTF_ID struct bpf_map (e.g. a bpf_map iterator's ctx->map).

That combined path only accepted the btf map form due to type confusion. The
'if (!reg->map_ptr)' check reads reg->map_ptr, which aliases reg->btf in the
bpf_reg_state union. A PTR_TO_BTF_ID register always has a non-NULL reg->btf,
so the guard silently passed and validation fell through to
process_kf_arg_ptr_to_btf_id(). It also recorded PTR_TO_BTF_ID info in
meta->map, which would be meaningless.

Split the annotation to avoid such type confusion and to align with
helper:

- '__const_map' -> KF_ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR: verifier-known map, handled by
  process_map_ptr_arg() like helper ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR.

- '__map' -> KF_ARG_PTR_TO_BTF_ID: opaque struct bpf_map, validated by
  process_kf_arg_ptr_to_btf_id(). A map fd still matches via
  reg2btf_ids[CONST_PTR_TO_MAP], so bpf_arena_alloc_pages(&map) keeps
  working.

Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260801074633.1595644-4-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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