[PATCH bpf-next v4 3/3] selftests/bpf: xdp: test dev_xdp_install() rejects device-bound program
From: Jiayuan Chen
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 01:10:28 EST
bpf_xdp_link_update() used to skip the checks in dev_xdp_attach(). Add a
test that makes a generic XDP link with a normal program and then tries
to swap in a device-bound program, which must fail.
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bpf/prog_tests/xdp_dev_bound_only.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_dev_bound_only.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_dev_bound_only.c
index 7dd18c6d06c6..4a13f8ec4300 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_dev_bound_only.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_dev_bound_only.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <net/if.h>
+#include <linux/if_link.h>
#include <test_progs.h>
#include <network_helpers.h>
#define LOCAL_NETNS "xdp_dev_bound_only_netns"
+#define LINK_UPDATE_NETNS "xdp_dev_bound_only_lu_netns"
static int load_dummy_prog(char *name, __u32 ifindex, __u32 flags)
{
@@ -59,3 +61,50 @@ void test_xdp_dev_bound_only_offdev(void)
*/
SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns del " LOCAL_NETNS);
}
+
+/* A device-bound program must not run on the XDP software path.
+ * dev_xdp_attach() rejected such programs, but bpf_xdp_link_update() reaches
+ * dev_xdp_install() directly and bypasses it, so the check has to live in
+ * dev_xdp_install(). Create a generic (SKB) XDP link with a normal program,
+ * then try to swap in a device-bound program via BPF_LINK_UPDATE.
+ */
+void test_xdp_dev_bound_only_link_update(void)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_link_create_opts, lopts, .flags = XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE);
+ int base_fd = -1, devbound_fd = -1, link_fd = -1;
+ struct nstoken *tok = NULL;
+ __u32 ifindex;
+ int err;
+
+ SYS(out, "ip netns add " LINK_UPDATE_NETNS);
+ tok = open_netns(LINK_UPDATE_NETNS);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(tok, "open_netns"))
+ goto out;
+
+ SYS(out, "ip link add eth42 type veth");
+ ifindex = if_nametoindex("eth42");
+ if (!ASSERT_NEQ(ifindex, 0, "if_nametoindex"))
+ goto out;
+
+ devbound_fd = load_dummy_prog("devbound", ifindex, BPF_F_XDP_DEV_BOUND_ONLY);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(devbound_fd, 0, "load_dummy_prog devbound"))
+ goto out;
+
+ base_fd = load_dummy_prog("base", 0, 0);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(base_fd, 0, "load_dummy_prog base"))
+ goto out;
+
+ link_fd = bpf_link_create(base_fd, ifindex, BPF_XDP, &lopts);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(link_fd, 0, "bpf_link_create"))
+ goto out;
+
+ err = bpf_link_update(link_fd, devbound_fd, NULL);
+ ASSERT_EQ(err, -EINVAL, "link_update device-bound rejected");
+
+out:
+ close(link_fd);
+ close(base_fd);
+ close(devbound_fd);
+ close_netns(tok);
+ SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns del " LINK_UPDATE_NETNS);
+}
--
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