[PATCH v4] bpf, riscv: fix extable handling for arena load_acquire

From: Feng Jiang

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 02:43:28 EST


emit_atomic_ld_st() returns 1 to have build_body() skip the zext after
a sub-word load_acquire. The caller does "ret = ret ?:
add_exception_handler(...)", which skips add_exception_handler() on any
non-zero ret, so the extable entry is missing and a faulting
PROBE_ATOMIC load_acquire oopses.

REG_DONT_CLEAR_MARKER leaves rd stale on fault, and the verifier still
thinks the load overwrote it, so a program can leak it through a map.

Check ret >= 0 before calling add_exception_handler(), and pass rd for
LOAD_ACQ so the fault zeroes rd like a PROBE_MEM load. Return ret
unchanged for the zext skip.

Fixes: fb7cefabae81 ("riscv, bpf: Add support arena atomics for RV64")
Suggested-by: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Feng Jiang <jiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- No code changes (pure v3 re-send).
- Restore Suggested-by for Pu Lehui (from v2, missed in v3).
- Restore Reviewed-by from Pu Lehui (v2)
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260720-bpf-riscv-fix-extable-v3-1-e9a603882309@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v3:
- Pass rd to add_exception_handler() for LOAD_ACQ so the destination is
zeroed on fault instead of REG_DONT_CLEAR_MARKER (Björn Töpel).
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260716-bpf-riscv-fix-extable-v2-1-421f75812533@xxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Drop extra variable as suggested by Pu Lehui.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260716-bpf-riscv-fix-extable-v1-1-af023cc17af4@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
index f9d5347ba966..e1519ab4356c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,12 @@ int bpf_jit_emit_insn(const struct bpf_insn *insn, struct rv_jit_context *ctx,
else
ret = emit_atomic_rmw(rd, rs, insn, ctx);

- ret = ret ?: add_exception_handler(insn, REG_DONT_CLEAR_MARKER, ctx);
+ /* ret can be 1 (skip-zext); extable entry still needs to be added */
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ ret = add_exception_handler(insn,
+ insn->imm == BPF_LOAD_ACQ ? rd : REG_DONT_CLEAR_MARKER,
+ ctx) ?: ret;
+
if (ret)
return ret;
break;

---
base-commit: a13c140cc289c0b7b3770bce5b3ad42ab35074aa
change-id: 20260716-bpf-riscv-fix-extable-399947ca778d

Best regards,
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Feng Jiang <jiangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>