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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:23:17 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>, dsahern@...nel.org,
        pablo@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Genetlink per cmd policies

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 01:38:17 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > > +static void genl_op_from_full(const struct genl_family *family,
> > > > +			      unsigned int i, struct genl_ops *op)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	memcpy(op, &family->ops[i], sizeof(*op));    
> > > 
> > > What's wrong with struct assignment? :)
> > > 
> > > 	*op = family->ops[i];  
> > 
> > Code size :)
> > 
> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
> >   22657	   3590	     64	  26311	   66c7	memcpy
> >   23103	   3590	     64	  26757	   6885	struct  
> 
> You might want to show that to the compiler people. Did you look at
> the assembly?

Somewhere along the line I lost the ability to decipher compiler code :(

Two snippets follow (both with -Os to prevent inlining)

Assignment:

static void genl_op_from_full(const struct genl_family *family,
                              unsigned int i, struct genl_ops *op)
{
       0:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  5 <genl_op_from_full+0x5>
       5:       41 54                   push   %r12
       7:       49 89 d4                mov    %rdx,%r12
       a:       55                      push   %rbp
       b:       89 f5                   mov    %esi,%ebp
       d:       53                      push   %rbx
       e:       48 89 fb                mov    %rdi,%rbx
        *op = family->ops[i];
      11:       48 6b ed 30             imul   $0x30,%rbp,%rbp
      15:       48 83 c7 40             add    $0x40,%rdi
      19:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  1e <genl_op_from_full+0x1e>
      1e:       48 03 6b 40             add    0x40(%rbx),%rbp
      22:       be 30 00 00 00          mov    $0x30,%esi
      27:       4c 89 e7                mov    %r12,%rdi
      2a:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  2f <genl_op_from_full+0x2f>
      2f:       be 30 00 00 00          mov    $0x30,%esi
      34:       48 89 ef                mov    %rbp,%rdi
      37:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  3c <genl_op_from_full+0x3c>
      3c:       b9 0c 00 00 00          mov    $0xc,%ecx
      41:       4c 89 e7                mov    %r12,%rdi
      44:       48 89 ee                mov    %rbp,%rsi
      47:       f3 a5                   rep movsl %ds:(%rsi),%es:(%rdi)

        if (!op->maxattr)
      49:       49 8d 7c 24 28          lea    0x28(%r12),%rdi
      4e:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  53 <genl_op_from_full+0x53>
      53:       41 83 7c 24 28 00       cmpl   $0x0,0x28(%r12)
      59:       75 11                   jne    6c <genl_op_from_full+0x6c>
                op->maxattr = family->maxattr;
      5b:       48 8d 7b 1c             lea    0x1c(%rbx),%rdi
      5f:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  64 <genl_op_from_full+0x64>
      64:       8b 43 1c                mov    0x1c(%rbx),%eax
      67:       41 89 44 24 28          mov    %eax,0x28(%r12)


Memcpy:

00000000000001a2 <genl_op_from_full>:
{
     1a2:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  1a7 <genl_op_from_full+0x5>
     1a7:       41 54                   push   %r12
     1a9:       49 89 fc                mov    %rdi,%r12
        memcpy(op, &family->ops[i], sizeof(*op));
     1ac:       48 83 c7 40             add    $0x40,%rdi
{
     1b0:       55                      push   %rbp
     1b1:       89 f5                   mov    %esi,%ebp
     1b3:       53                      push   %rbx
     1b4:       48 89 d3                mov    %rdx,%rbx
        memcpy(op, &family->ops[i], sizeof(*op));
     1b7:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  1bc <genl_op_from_full+0x1a>
     1bc:       89 ee                   mov    %ebp,%esi
                if (q_size < size)
                        __read_overflow2();
        }
        if (p_size < size || q_size < size)
                fortify_panic(__func__);
        return __underlying_memcpy(p, q, size);
     1be:       ba 30 00 00 00          mov    $0x30,%edx
     1c3:       48 89 df                mov    %rbx,%rdi
     1c6:       48 6b f6 30             imul   $0x30,%rsi,%rsi
     1ca:       49 03 74 24 40          add    0x40(%r12),%rsi
     1cf:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  1d4 <genl_op_from_full+0x32>
        if (!op->maxattr)
     1d4:       48 8d 7b 28             lea    0x28(%rbx),%rdi
     1d8:       e8 00 00 00 00          callq  1dd <genl_op_from_full+0x3b>
     1dd:       83 7b 28 00             cmpl   $0x0,0x28(%rbx)
     1e1:       75 12                   jne    1f5 <genl_op_from_full+0x53>

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