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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:39:33 -0800
From:	Z Lim <zlim.lnx@...il.com>
To:	Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>
Cc:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/2] arm64: bpf: make BPF prologue and epilogue align
 with ARM64 AAPCS

Yang, I noticed another thing...

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org> wrote:
> Save and restore FP/LR in BPF prog prologue and epilogue, save SP to FP
> in prologue in order to get the correct stack backtrace.
>
> However, ARM64 JIT used FP (x29) as eBPF fp register, FP is subjected to
> change during function call so it may cause the BPF prog stack base address
> change too.
>
> Use x25 to replace FP as BPF stack base register (fp). Since x25 is callee
> saved register, so it will keep intact during function call.

Can you please add save/restore for x25 also? :)

> It is initialized in BPF prog prologue when BPF prog is started to run
> everytime. When BPF prog exits, it could be just tossed.
>
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