Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] LoongArch: Enable BPF exception fixup for specific ADE subcode

[Chenghao Duan]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 01:20:12PM +0800, Hengqi Chen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM Chenghao Duan <duanchenghao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This patch allows the LoongArch BPF JIT to handle recoverable memory
> > access errors generated by BPF_PROBE_MEM* instructions.
> >
> > When a BPF program performs memory access operations, the instructions
> > it executes may trigger ADEM exceptions. The kernel’s built-in BPF
> > exception table mechanism (EX_TYPE_BPF) will generate corresponding
> > exception fixup entries in the JIT compilation phase; however, the
> > architecture-specific trap handling function needs to proactively call
> > the common fixup routine to achieve exception recovery.
> >
> > do_ade(): fix EX_TYPE_BPF memory access exceptions for BPF programs,
> > ensure safe execution.
> >
> 
> Which bpf prog triggers this code path ? Why didn't we trigger it before ?

module_attach and subprogs_extable trigger ADE exception via illegal address
access in BPF programs, leading to kernel panic without this patch.

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Chenghao Duan <duanchenghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/loongarch/kernel/traps.c | 7 ++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/traps.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/traps.c
> > index da5926fead4a..9ca8aacc82b8 100644
> > --- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/traps.c
> > +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/traps.c
> > @@ -534,8 +534,13 @@ asmlinkage void noinstr do_fpe(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long fcsr)
> >
> >  asmlinkage void noinstr do_ade(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >  {
> > -       irqentry_state_t state = irqentry_enter(regs);
> > +       irqentry_state_t state;
> > +       unsigned int esubcode = FIELD_GET(CSR_ESTAT_ESUBCODE, regs->csr_estat);
> > +
> > +       if ((esubcode == 1) && fixup_exception(regs))
> > +               return;
> >
> > +       state = irqentry_enter(regs);
> >         die_if_kernel("Kernel ade access", regs);
> >         force_sig_fault(SIGBUS, BUS_ADRERR, (void __user *)regs->csr_badvaddr);
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >