Re: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] bpf: Fix partial copy of non-linear test_run output

[sun jian]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM Paul Chaignon <paul.chaig...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 05:31:02PM +0800, Sun Jian wrote:
> > For non-linear test_run output, bpf_test_finish() derives the linear
> > data copy length from copy_size - frag_size. This only matches the
> > linear data length when copy_size is the full packet size.
> >
> > When userspace provides a short data_out buffer, copy_size is clamped to
> > that buffer size. If copy_size is smaller than frag_size, the computed
> > length becomes negative and bpf_test_finish() returns -ENOSPC before
> > copying the packet prefix or updating data_size_out.
> >
> > Compute the linear data length from the packet layout instead, and clamp
> > the linear copy length to copy_size. This preserves the expected
> > partial-copy semantics: return -ENOSPC, copy the packet prefix that fits
> > in data_out, and report the full packet length through data_size_out.
> >
> > Fixes: 7855e0db150ad ("bpf: test_run: add xdp_shared_info pointer in 
> > bpf_test_finish signature")
> > Signed-off-by: Sun Jian <sun.jian.k...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  net/bpf/test_run.c | 11 ++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/bpf/test_run.c b/net/bpf/test_run.c
> > index 2bc04feadfab..976e8fa31bc9 100644
> > --- a/net/bpf/test_run.c
> > +++ b/net/bpf/test_run.c
> > @@ -453,19 +453,16 @@ static int bpf_test_finish(const union bpf_attr 
> > *kattr,
> >       }
> >
> >       if (data_out) {
> > -             int len = sinfo ? copy_size - frag_size : copy_size;
> > -
> > -             if (len < 0) {
> > -                     err = -ENOSPC;
> > -                     goto out;
> > -             }
> > +             u32 head_len = size - frag_size;
> > +             u32 len = min(copy_size, head_len);
> >
> >               if (copy_to_user(data_out, data, len))
> >                       goto out;
> >
> >               if (sinfo) {
> > -                     int i, offset = len;
> > +                     u32 offset = len;
> >                       u32 data_len;
> > +                     int i;
>
> That doesn't look needed.
>
> >
> >                       for (i = 0; i < sinfo->nr_frags; i++) {
> >                               skb_frag_t *frag = &sinfo->frags[i];
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >

Hi Paul,

Thanks for taking another look.

Agreed, I'll keep the fix patch minimal and leave offset as-is.

For the selftest patch, I'll try to reuse pkt_v4 and the existing TC
program where possible, and keep only the minimal XDP frags program for the
XDP case.

Thanks,
Sun Jian