In commit 1611603537 ("bpf: Create argument information for nullable arguments."),
it introduced a "__nullable" tagging at the argument name of a
stub function. Some background on the commit:
it requires to tag the stub function instead of directly tagging
the "ops" of a struct. This is because the btf func_proto of the "ops"
does not have the argument name and the "__nullable" is tagged at
the argument name.
To find the stub function of a "ops", it currently relies on a naming
convention on the stub function "st_ops__ops_name".
e.g. tcp_congestion_ops__ssthresh. However, the new kernel
sub system implementing bpf_struct_ops have missed this and
have been surprised that the "__nullable" and the to-be-landed
"__ref" tagging was not effective.
One option would be to give a warning whenever the stub function does
not follow the naming convention, regardless if it requires arg tagging
or not.
Instead, this patch uses the kallsyms_lookup approach and removes
the requirement on the naming convention. The st_ops->cfi_stubs has
all the stub function kernel addresses. kallsyms_lookup() is used to
lookup the function name. With the function name, BTF can be used to
find the BTF func_proto. The existing "__nullable" arg name searching
logic will then fall through.
One notable change is,
if it failed in kallsyms_lookup or it failed in looking up the stub
function name from the BTF, the bpf_struct_ops registration will fail.
This is different from the previous behavior that it silently ignored
the "st_ops__ops_name" function not found error.
The "tcp_congestion_ops", "sched_ext_ops", and "hid_bpf_ops" can still be
registered successfully after this patch. There is struct_ops_maybe_null
selftest to cover the "__nullable" tagging.
Other minor changes:
1. Removed the "%s__%s" format from the pr_warn because the naming
convention is removed.
2. The existing bpf_struct_ops_supported() is also moved earlier
because prepare_arg_info needs to use it to decide if the
stub function is NULL before calling the prepare_arg_info.
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>
Cc: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250127222719.2544255-1-martin.lau@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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