netdev - [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] bpf, x64: save one byte per shl/shr/sar when imm is 1

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Date:   Sat, 24 Feb 2018 01:07:58 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     ast@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] bpf, x64: save one byte per shl/shr/sar when imm is 1

When we shift by one, we can use a different encoding where imm
is not explicitly needed, which saves 1 byte per such op.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
---
 arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 4923d92..4bc36bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -640,7 +640,11 @@ static int do_jit(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog, int *addrs, u8 *image,
 			case BPF_RSH: b3 = 0xE8; break;
 			case BPF_ARSH: b3 = 0xF8; break;
 			}
-			EMIT3(0xC1, add_1reg(b3, dst_reg), imm32);
+
+			if (imm32 == 1)
+				EMIT2(0xD1, add_1reg(b3, dst_reg));
+			else
+				EMIT3(0xC1, add_1reg(b3, dst_reg), imm32);
 			break;
 
 		case BPF_ALU | BPF_LSH | BPF_X:
-- 
2.9.5