Discussion around a recently-submitted patch provided historical
context for check_refcount_ok [0]. Specifically, the function and its
helpers - may_be_acquire_function and arg_type_may_be_refcounted -
predate the OBJ_RELEASE type flag and the addition of many more helpers
with acquire/release semantics.
The purpose of check_refcount_ok is to ensure:
1) Helper doesn't have multiple uses of return reg's ref_obj_id
2) Helper with release semantics only has one arg needing to be
released, since that's tracked using meta->ref_obj_id
With current verifier, it's safe to remove check_refcount_ok and its
helpers. Since addition of OBJ_RELEASE type flag, case 2) has been
handled by the arg_type_is_release check in check_func_arg. To ensure
case 1) won't result in verifier silently prioritizing one use of
ref_obj_id, this patch adds a helper_multiple_ref_obj_use check which
fails loudly if a helper passes > 1 test for use of ref_obj_id.
[0]: lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220713234529.4154673-1-davemarchevsky@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Acked-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220808171559.3251090-1-davemarchevsky@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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