[PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] selftests/bpf: add verification for BPF_PROG_QUERY attr size boundaries

From: Yuyang Huang

Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 03:58:45 EST


Add a new selftest to verify that the BPF syscall (specifically
BPF_PROG_QUERY) correctly handles different user-declared attribute sizes.

Specifically, verify that:
- For cgroup queries, a query with a size that covers 'prog_cnt' but is
smaller than 'revision' (OLD_QUERY_SIZE) succeeds, but does not write
to 'revision' (verifying backward compatibility).
- A query with full size (FULL_QUERY_SIZE) succeeds and writes both
'prog_cnt' and 'revision'.

Fixes: 120933984460 ("bpf: Implement mprog API on top of existing cgroup progs")
Cc: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <yuyanghuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_attr_size.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_attr_size.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_attr_size.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_attr_size.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32159dc64da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_attr_size.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 Google LLC */
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include <cgroup_helpers.h>
+#include "cgroup_skb_direct_packet_access.skel.h"
+
+#define OLD_QUERY_SIZE offsetofend(union bpf_attr, query.prog_cnt)
+#define FULL_QUERY_SIZE offsetofend(union bpf_attr, query.revision)
+
+static void test_query_size_boundaries(void)
+{
+ struct cgroup_skb_direct_packet_access *skel;
+ struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+ union bpf_attr attr;
+ int cg_fd = -1;
+ int err;
+
+ skel = cgroup_skb_direct_packet_access__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_load"))
+ return;
+
+ cg_fd = test__join_cgroup("/attr_size_cg");
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(cg_fd, 0, "join_cgroup"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ link = bpf_program__attach_cgroup(skel->progs.direct_packet_access,
+ cg_fd);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "cg_attach"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+ attr.query.target_fd = cg_fd;
+ attr.query.attach_type = BPF_CGROUP_INET_INGRESS;
+ attr.query.revision = 0xdeadbeefdeadbeefULL;
+
+ err = syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_QUERY, &attr, OLD_QUERY_SIZE);
+ if (ASSERT_OK(err, "query_old_size")) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(attr.query.prog_cnt, 1, "prog_cnt_written_old");
+ ASSERT_EQ(attr.query.revision, 0xdeadbeefdeadbeefULL,
+ "revision_not_written_old");
+ }
+
+ memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+ attr.query.target_fd = cg_fd;
+ attr.query.attach_type = BPF_CGROUP_INET_INGRESS;
+
+ err = syscall(__NR_bpf, BPF_PROG_QUERY, &attr, FULL_QUERY_SIZE);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "query_full_size"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(attr.query.prog_cnt, 1, "prog_cnt_written");
+ ASSERT_GT(attr.query.revision, 0, "revision_written");
+
+cleanup:
+ if (link)
+ bpf_link__destroy(link);
+ if (cg_fd >= 0)
+ close(cg_fd);
+ cgroup_skb_direct_packet_access__destroy(skel);
+}
+
+void test_bpf_attr_size(void)
+{
+ if (test__start_subtest("query_size_boundaries"))
+ test_query_size_boundaries();
+}
--
2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog