Yonghong Song
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BPF verifier supports direct memory access for BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING type of bpf programs, e.g., a->b. If "a" is a pointer pointing to kernel memory, bpf verifier will allow user to write code in C like a->b and the verifier will translate it to a kernel load properly. If "a" is a pointer to user memory, it is expected that bpf developer should be bpf_probe_read_user() helper to get the value a->b. Without utilizing BTF __user tagging information, current verifier will assume that a->b is a kernel memory access and this may generate incorrect result. Now BTF contains __user information, it can check whether the pointer points to a user memory or not. If it is, the verifier can reject the program and force users to use bpf_probe_read_user() helper explicitly. In the future, we can easily extend btf_add_space for other address space tagging, for example, rcu/percpu etc. Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127154606.654961-1-yhs@fb.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.