RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/3] libeth: xdp: Disable generic kCFI pass for libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk()
From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 03:31:34 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> Of Nathan Chancellor
> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2025 10:53 PM
> To: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>; Lobakin, Aleksander
> <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>; Nathan Chancellor
> <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>; Nick Desaulniers
> <nick.desaulniers+lkml@xxxxxxxxx>; Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sami Tolvanen
> <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>; Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Michal Kubiak
> <michal.kubiak@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> llvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/3] libeth: xdp: Disable generic
> kCFI pass for libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk()
>
> When building drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xsk.c for ARCH=arm with
> CONFIG_CFI=y using a version of LLVM prior to 22.0.0, there is a
> BUILD_BUG_ON failure:
>
> $ cat arch/arm/configs/repro.config
> CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y
> CONFIG_CFI=y
> CONFIG_IDPF=y
> CONFIG_XDP_SOCKETS=y
>
> $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=arm LLVM=1 clean defconfig repro.config
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xsk.o
> In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/xsk.c:4:
> include/net/libeth/xsk.h:205:2: error: call to
> '__compiletime_assert_728' declared with 'error' attribute:
> BUILD_BUG_ON failed: !__builtin_constant_p(tmo == libeth_xsktmo)
> 205 | BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(tmo ==
> libeth_xsktmo));
> | ^
> ...
>
> libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk() indirectly calls libeth_xsk_xmit_fill_buf()
> but these functions are marked as __always_inline so that the compiler
> can turn these indirect calls into direct ones and see that the tmo
> parameter to __libeth_xsk_xmit_fill_buf_md() is ultimately
> libeth_xsktmo from idpf_xsk_xmit().
>
> Unfortunately, the generic kCFI pass in LLVM expands the kCFI bundles
> from the indirect calls in libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk() in such a way
> that later optimizations cannot turn these calls into direct ones,
> making the BUILD_BUG_ON fail because it cannot be proved at compile
> time that tmo is libeth_xsktmo.
>
> Disable the generic kCFI pass for libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk() to ensure
> these indirect calls can always be turned into direct calls to avoid
> this error.
>
> Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2124
> Fixes: 9705d6552f58 ("idpf: implement Rx path for AF_XDP")
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/libeth/xdp.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/libeth/xdp.h b/include/net/libeth/xdp.h index
> bc3507edd589..898723ab62e8 100644
> --- a/include/net/libeth/xdp.h
> +++ b/include/net/libeth/xdp.h
> @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ struct libeth_xdp_tx_desc {
> * can't fail, but can send less frames if there's no enough free
> descriptors
> * available. The actual free space is returned by @prep from the
> driver.
> */
> -static __always_inline u32
> +static __always_inline __nocfi_generic u32
> libeth_xdp_tx_xmit_bulk(const struct libeth_xdp_tx_frame *bulk, void
> *xdpsq,
> u32 n, bool unroll, u64 priv,
> u32 (*prep)(void *xdpsq, struct libeth_xdpsq
> *sq),
>
> --
> 2.51.1
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>