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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst index ea2516374d92..7a3d9de5f315 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Hence, whenever a constant scalar argument is accepted by a kfunc which is not a size parameter, and the value of the constant matters for program safety, __k suffix should be used. -2.2.2 __uninit Annotation +2.2.3 __uninit Annotation ------------------------- This annotation is used to indicate that the argument will be treated as @@ -117,6 +117,27 @@ Here, the dynptr will be treated as an uninitialized dynptr. Without this annotation, the verifier will reject the program if the dynptr passed in is not initialized. +2.2.4 __opt Annotation +------------------------- + +This annotation is used to indicate that the buffer associated with an __sz or __szk +argument may be null. If the function is passed a nullptr in place of the buffer, +the verifier will not check that length is appropriate for the buffer. The kfunc is +responsible for checking if this buffer is null before using it. + +An example is given below:: + + __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_dynptr_slice(..., void *buffer__opt, u32 buffer__szk) + { + ... + } + +Here, the buffer may be null. If buffer is not null, it at least of size buffer_szk. +Either way, the returned buffer is either NULL, or of size buffer_szk. Without this +annotation, the verifier will reject the program if a null pointer is passed in with +a nonzero size. + + .. _BPF_kfunc_nodef: 2.3 Using an existing kernel function |