[PATCH v2 2/2] LoongArch: BPF: Fix off-by-one error in tail call

From: Tiezhu Yang

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 03:05:40 EST


The current code updates the tail call counter (TCC) using a pre-increment
approach, it stores the incremented value back to memory before performing
any boundary or target validation checks.

This causes two major issues:
1. When a tail call fails because the target program is NULL, the TCC is
incorrectly incremented and saved in memory anyway.
2. This dummy increment implicitly consumes one slot of the allowed tail
call budget. As a result, the subsequent loop reaches the maximum limit
prematurely, leading to a test failure where the actual loop count is
32 instead of the expected 33.

Fix this by deferring the counter update. Change the branch condition to
BPF_JSGE (greater or equal) so that we check the boundary first. The TCC
is only incremented and stored back to memory after the boundary check
and the NULL-target check both pass.

Before:
$ sudo ./test_progs -t tailcalls/tailcall_3
...
test_tailcall_count:FAIL:tailcall count unexpected tailcall count: actual 32 != expected 33
...
#465/3 tailcalls/tailcall_3:FAIL
#465 tailcalls:FAIL

After:

$ sudo ./test_progs -t tailcalls/tailcall_3
#465/3 tailcalls/tailcall_3:OK
#465 tailcalls:OK
Summary: 1/1 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED

Fixes: c0fcc955ff82 ("LoongArch: BPF: Fix the tailcall hierarchy")
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c b/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
index 77261fc7867a..4c009a49d13f 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/net/bpf_jit.c
@@ -325,12 +325,12 @@ static int emit_bpf_tail_call(struct jit_ctx *ctx, int insn)
*/
emit_insn(ctx, ldd, REG_TCC, LOONGARCH_GPR_SP, tcc_ptr_off);
emit_insn(ctx, ldd, t3, REG_TCC, 0);
- emit_insn(ctx, addid, t3, t3, 1);
- emit_insn(ctx, std, t3, REG_TCC, 0);
emit_insn(ctx, addid, t2, LOONGARCH_GPR_ZERO, MAX_TAIL_CALL_CNT);
- if (emit_tailcall_jmp(ctx, BPF_JSGT, t3, t2, jmp_offset) < 0)
+ if (emit_tailcall_jmp(ctx, BPF_JSGE, t3, t2, jmp_offset) < 0)
goto toofar;

+ emit_insn(ctx, addid, t3, t3, 1);
+
/*
* prog = array->ptrs[index];
* if (!prog)
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ static int emit_bpf_tail_call(struct jit_ctx *ctx, int insn)
if (emit_tailcall_jmp(ctx, BPF_JEQ, t2, LOONGARCH_GPR_ZERO, jmp_offset) < 0)
goto toofar;

+ emit_insn(ctx, std, t3, REG_TCC, 0);
+
/* goto *(prog->bpf_func + 4); */
off = offsetof(struct bpf_prog, bpf_func);
emit_insn(ctx, ldd, t3, t2, off);
--
2.42.0