[PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: cover the exception callback using its own BPF stack

From: Donggeun Yoo

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 03:10:49 EST


The existing exception tests do not reach a callback that materializes
BPF_REG_FP into a register. They either throw from the main program,
where BPF_REG_FP already holds the value the callback needs, or use a
callback whose only stack accesses are frame pointer relative, which the
arm64 JIT rewrites to be stack pointer relative.

Add a test that throws from a subprogram using its own BPF stack, with a
callback that hands the address of a local variable to
bpf_probe_read_kernel(). The helper and the callback have to name the
same slot for the value read back to be the one the helper stored.

Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c
index 3588d6f97fd4..639866ce09a9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/exceptions.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static void test_exceptions_success(void)
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_ext, 0);
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_ext_mod_cb_runtime, 35);
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_throw_subprog, 1);
+ RUN_SUCCESS(exception_throw_subprog_stack_cb, 0x1234);
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_assert_nz_gfunc, 1);
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_assert_zero_gfunc, 1);
RUN_SUCCESS(exception_assert_neg_gfunc, 1);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c
index c8d716fbd419..cac4e082139a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/exceptions.c
@@ -212,6 +212,35 @@ int exception_throw_subprog(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
return 0;
}

+__u64 exception_cb_stack_src = 0x1234;
+
+/* The address handed to the helper has to be this callback's own stack
+ * slot, not one from a frame that is already gone.
+ */
+__noinline int exception_cb_stack(u64 cookie)
+{
+ volatile __u64 val = 0xdead;
+
+ bpf_probe_read_kernel((void *)&val, sizeof(val), &exception_cb_stack_src);
+ return val;
+}
+
+/* Throws from a subprogram that has a stack of its own. */
+__noinline static int throwing_subprog_stack(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+ volatile __u64 pad[4] = {};
+
+ bpf_throw(pad[0]);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("tc")
+__exception_cb(exception_cb_stack)
+int exception_throw_subprog_stack_cb(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+ return throwing_subprog_stack(ctx);
+}
+
__noinline int assert_nz_gfunc(u64 c)
{
volatile u64 cookie = c;
--
2.53.0