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Message-ID: <20170424155507.miyqef7ld4hbmsej@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:55:07 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
x86@...nel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/29] x86: bpf_jit, use ENTRY+ENDPROC
* Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz> wrote:
> On 04/24/2017, 05:08 PM, David Miller wrote:
> > If you align the entry points, then the code sequence as a whole is
> > are no longer densely packed.
>
> Sure.
>
> > Or do I misunderstand how your macros work?
>
> Perhaps. So the suggested macros for the code are:
> #define BPF_FUNC_START_LOCAL(name) \
> SYM_START(name, SYM_V_LOCAL, SYM_A_NONE)
> #define BPF_FUNC_START(name) \
> SYM_START(name, SYM_V_GLOBAL, SYM_A_NONE)
>
> and they differ from the standard ones:
> #define SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(name) \
> SYM_START(name, SYM_V_LOCAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
> #define SYM_FUNC_START(name) \
> SYM_START(name, SYM_V_GLOBAL, SYM_A_ALIGN)
>
>
> The difference is SYM_A_NONE vs. SYM_A_ALIGN, which means:
> #define SYM_A_ALIGN ALIGN
> #define SYM_A_NONE /* nothing */
>
> Does it look OK now?
No, the patch changes alignment which is undesirable, it needs to preserve the
existing (non-)alignment of the symbols!
Thanks,
Ingo
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