Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: sched_ext: Mark ops argument container pointer fields as trusted

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Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 02:23:01 EST


> bpf: sched_ext: Mark ops argument container pointer fields as trusted
>
> Walking an unannotated pointer field of a trusted struct yields a bare
> PTR_TO_BTF_ID in non-sleepable programs, which kfuncs and helpers accept,
> but PTR_UNTRUSTED in sleepable programs, which they reject. This gets in the
> way of making ops.init_task() sleepable, which schedulers want for
> allocations. For example, passing args->cgroup into bpf_cgrp_storage_get()
> then fails verification and the only recourse is round-tripping through the
> cgroup ID with bpf_cgroup_from_id().
>
> The pointer fields in the sched_ext ops argument containers are all pinned
> by the callers for the duration of the ops calls and are never NULL. Add
> them to the verifier's trusted-fields whitelist so that they are PTR_TRUSTED
> in both sleepable and non-sleepable programs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

This looks like a bug fix for verification failures in sleepable programs.
Should this include:

Fixes: 8195136669661 ("sched_ext: Add cgroup support")


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