[PATCH bpf-next 13/13] selftests/bpf: Test tailcall with fentry.multi

From: Leon Hwang

Date: Sun Aug 09 2026 - 11:06:14 EST


Positively verify that a tail call from a BPF subprog works when the
subprog is traced by fentry.multi.

Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c
index c5c9d6c359bb..1bef6b290f3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include "tailcall_callback.skel.h"
#include "tailcall_bpf2bpf2.skel.h"
#include "tailcall_bpf2bpf_fexit.skel.h"
+#include "tracing_multi_bpf.skel.h"

/* test_tailcall_1 checks basic functionality by patching multiple locations
* in a single program for a single tail call slot with nop->jmp, jmp->nop
@@ -1953,6 +1954,65 @@ static void test_tailcall_bpf2bpf_fexit_links(void)
tailcall_bpf2bpf2__destroy(skel_tc);
}

+/*
+ * Verify that a tail call from a BPF subprog works when the subprog is
+ * traced by fentry.multi.
+ */
+static void test_tailcall_bpf2bpf_fentry_multi(void)
+{
+ struct tracing_multi_bpf *skel_tracing = NULL;
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_tracing_multi_opts, opts);
+ const char *funcs[] = { "subprog_tail" };
+ struct tailcall_bpf2bpf2 *skel_tc;
+ struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+ int fds[ARRAY_SIZE(funcs)];
+ char buff[128] = {};
+ int err, key = 0;
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, topts,
+ .data_in = buff,
+ .data_size_in = sizeof(buff),
+ .repeat = 1,
+ );
+
+#ifndef __x86_64__
+ test__skip();
+ return;
+#endif
+
+ skel_tc = tailcall_bpf2bpf2__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel_tc, "tailcall_bpf2bpf2__open_and_load"))
+ return;
+
+ skel_tracing = tracing_multi_bpf__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel_tracing, "tracing_multi_bpf__open_and_load"))
+ goto out;
+
+ fds[0] = bpf_program__fd(skel_tc->progs.classifier_0);
+ err = bpf_map_update_elem(bpf_map__fd(skel_tc->maps.jmp_table), &key, &fds[0], BPF_ANY);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "bpf_map_update_elem"))
+ goto out;
+
+ opts.fds = fds;
+ opts.funcs = funcs;
+ opts.cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(fds);
+ link = bpf_program__attach_tracing_multi(skel_tracing->progs.test_fentry, NULL, &opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "bpf_program__attach_tracing_multi"))
+ goto out;
+
+ err = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(bpf_program__fd(skel_tc->progs.entry), &topts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "bpf_prog_test_run_opts"))
+ goto out;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(topts.retval, 1, "retval");
+ ASSERT_EQ(skel_tc->bss->count, 33, "count");
+ ASSERT_EQ(skel_tracing->bss->test_result_fentry, 33, "fentry.multi count");
+
+out:
+ bpf_link__destroy(link);
+ tracing_multi_bpf__destroy(skel_tracing);
+ tailcall_bpf2bpf2__destroy(skel_tc);
+}
+
void test_tailcalls(void)
{
if (test__start_subtest("tailcall_1"))
@@ -2022,4 +2082,6 @@ void test_tailcalls(void)
test_tailcall_callback();
if (test__start_subtest("tailcall_bpf2bpf_fexit_links"))
test_tailcall_bpf2bpf_fexit_links();
+ if (test__start_subtest("tailcall_bpf2bpf_fentry_multi"))
+ test_tailcall_bpf2bpf_fentry_multi();
}
--
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