bpf: add a new bpf argument type ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL

Add a new bpf argument type ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL which could be
used when we want to allow NULL pointer for map parameter. The bpf helper
need to take care and check if the map is NULL when use this type.

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>

Author: liuhangbin

include/linux/bpf.h

@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
 	ARG_CONST_ALLOC_SIZE_OR_ZERO,	/* number of allocated bytes requested */
 	ARG_PTR_TO_BTF_ID_SOCK_COMMON,	/* pointer to in-kernel sock_common or bpf-mirrored bpf_sock */
 	ARG_PTR_TO_PERCPU_BTF_ID,	/* pointer to in-kernel percpu type */
+	ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL,	/* const argument used as pointer to bpf_map or NULL */
 	__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX,
 };
 

kernel/bpf/verifier.c

@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ static bool arg_type_may_be_null(enum bpf_arg_type type)
 	       type == ARG_PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL ||
 	       type == ARG_PTR_TO_CTX_OR_NULL ||
 	       type == ARG_PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL ||
-	       type == ARG_PTR_TO_ALLOC_MEM_OR_NULL;
+	       type == ARG_PTR_TO_ALLOC_MEM_OR_NULL ||
+	       type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL;
 }
 
 /* Determine whether the function releases some resources allocated by another
@@ -4444,6 +4445,7 @@ static const struct bpf_reg_types *compatible_reg_types[__BPF_ARG_TYPE_MAX] = {
 	[ARG_CONST_SIZE_OR_ZERO]	= &scalar_types,
 	[ARG_CONST_ALLOC_SIZE_OR_ZERO]	= &scalar_types,
 	[ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR]		= &const_map_ptr_types,
+	[ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL]	= &const_map_ptr_types,
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_CTX]		= &context_types,
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_CTX_OR_NULL]	= &context_types,
 	[ARG_PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON]	= &sock_types,
@@ -4589,9 +4591,9 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 arg,
 		meta->ref_obj_id = reg->ref_obj_id;
 	}
 
-	if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR) {
-		/* bpf_map_xxx(map_ptr) call: remember that map_ptr */
-		meta->map_ptr = reg->map_ptr;
+	if (arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR ||
+	    arg_type == ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR_OR_NULL) {
+		meta->map_ptr = register_is_null(reg) ? NULL : reg->map_ptr;
 	} else if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY) {
 		/* bpf_map_xxx(..., map_ptr, ..., key) call:
 		 * check that [key, key + map->key_size) are within