Re: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Add test for struct_ops __ref argument in any position
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 12:39:38 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:10:38 +0530 you wrote:
> Add a selftest to verify that the verifier correctly identifies refcounted
> arguments in struct_ops programs, even when they are not the first
> argument. This ensures that the restriction on tail calls for programs
> with __ref arguments is properly enforced regardless of which argument
> they appear in.
>
> This test verifies the fix for check_struct_ops_btf_id() proposed by
> Keisuke Nishimura [0], which corrected a bug where only the first
> argument was checked for the refcounted flag.
> The test includes:
> - An update to bpf_testmod to add 'test_refcounted_multi', an operator with
> three arguments where the third is tagged with "__ref".
> - A BPF program 'test_refcounted_multi' that attempts a tail call.
> - A test runner that asserts the verifier rejects the program with
> "program with __ref argument cannot tail call".
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [bpf-next] selftests/bpf: Add test for struct_ops __ref argument in any position
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/b43d574c0032
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