Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf: arm64: Fix panic due to missing BTI at indirect jump targets

[Xu Kuohai]

On 12/25/2025 7:04 PM, Anton Protopopov wrote:

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> > > diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
> > > index da6a00dd313f..a3a89d4b4dae 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/bpf.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
> > > @@ -3875,13 +3875,32 @@ void bpf_insn_array_release(struct bpf_map *map);
> > >    void bpf_insn_array_adjust(struct bpf_map *map, u32 off, u32 len);
> > >    void bpf_insn_array_adjust_after_remove(struct bpf_map *map, u32 off, u32 len);
> > > +enum bpf_insn_array_type {
> > > +	BPF_INSN_ARRAY_VOID,
> >
> > What is the purpose for BPF_INSN_ARRAY_VOID? Do we really need it?
>
> There seems to be no need for a name for the default case,
> but BPF_INSN_ARRAY_JUMP_TABLE should be != 0, so can be just
>
> enum bpf_insn_array_type {
> 	BPF_INSN_ARRAY_JUMP_TABLE = 1,
> };

Having only BPF_INSN_ARRAY_JUMP_TABLE feels incomplete, since there
would be no enum value to indicate an instruction array without a
specific purpose, like the insn_arrays created in selftests [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251105090410.1250500-5-a.s.protopopov@xxxxxxxxx/

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