netdev - [PATCH net-next 6/6] bpf: don't emit mov A,A on return

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:05:27 +0100
From:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/6] bpf: don't emit mov A,A on return

While debugging with bpf_jit_disasm I noticed emissions of 'mov %eax,%eax',
and found that this comes from BPF_RET | BPF_A translations from classic
BPF. Emitting this is unnecessary as BPF_REG_A is mapped into BPF_REG_0
already, therefore only emit a mov when immediates are used as return value.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
---
 net/core/filter.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 8a0b8c3..a3aba15 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -530,12 +530,14 @@ do_pass:
 			*insn = BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_A, BPF_REG_TMP);
 			break;
 
-		/* RET_K, RET_A are remaped into 2 insns. */
+		/* RET_K is remaped into 2 insns. RET_A case doesn't need an
+		 * extra mov as BPF_REG_0 is already mapped into BPF_REG_A.
+		 */
 		case BPF_RET | BPF_A:
 		case BPF_RET | BPF_K:
-			*insn++ = BPF_MOV32_RAW(BPF_RVAL(fp->code) == BPF_K ?
-						BPF_K : BPF_X, BPF_REG_0,
-						BPF_REG_A, fp->k);
+			if (BPF_RVAL(fp->code) == BPF_K)
+				*insn++ = BPF_MOV32_RAW(BPF_K, BPF_REG_0,
+							0, fp->k);
 			*insn = BPF_EXIT_INSN();
 			break;
 
-- 
1.9.3