linux/kernel/bpf
Alexei Starovoitov cbd3570086 bpf: verifier (add ability to receive verification log)
add optional attributes for BPF_PROG_LOAD syscall:
union bpf_attr {
    struct {
	...
	__u32         log_level; /* verbosity level of eBPF verifier */
	__u32         log_size;  /* size of user buffer */
	__aligned_u64 log_buf;   /* user supplied 'char *buffer' */
    };
};

when log_level > 0 the verifier will return its verification log in the user
supplied buffer 'log_buf' which can be used by program author to analyze why
verifier rejected given program.

'Understanding eBPF verifier messages' section of Documentation/networking/filter.txt
provides several examples of these messages, like the program:

  BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
  BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
  BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
  BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
  BPF_CALL_FUNC(BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
  BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JEQ, BPF_REG_0, 0, 1),
  BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, 4, 0),
  BPF_EXIT_INSN(),

will be rejected with the following multi-line message in log_buf:

  0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = 0
  1: (bf) r2 = r10
  2: (07) r2 += -8
  3: (b7) r1 = 0
  4: (85) call 1
  5: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+1
   R0=map_ptr R10=fp
  6: (7a) *(u64 *)(r0 +4) = 0
  misaligned access off 4 size 8

The format of the output can change at any time as verifier evolves.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-09-26 15:05:15 -04:00
..
core.c bpf: expand BPF syscall with program load/unload 2014-09-26 15:05:14 -04:00
Makefile bpf: verifier (add docs) 2014-09-26 15:05:14 -04:00
syscall.c bpf: verifier (add ability to receive verification log) 2014-09-26 15:05:15 -04:00
verifier.c bpf: verifier (add ability to receive verification log) 2014-09-26 15:05:15 -04:00