linux/arch
Naveen N. Rao ce0761419f powerpc/bpf: Implement support for tail calls
Tail calls allow JIT'ed eBPF programs to call into other JIT'ed eBPF
programs. This can be achieved either by:
(1) retaining the stack setup by the first eBPF program and having all
subsequent eBPF programs re-using it, or,
(2) by unwinding/tearing down the stack and having each eBPF program
deal with its own stack as it sees fit.

To ensure that this does not create loops, there is a limit to how many
tail calls can be done (currently 32). This requires the JIT'ed code to
maintain a count of the number of tail calls done so far.

Approach (1) is simple, but requires every eBPF program to have (almost)
the same prologue/epilogue, regardless of whether they need it. This is
inefficient for small eBPF programs which may not sometimes need a
prologue at all. As such, to minimize impact of tail call
implementation, we use approach (2) here which needs each eBPF program
in the chain to use its own prologue/epilogue. This is not ideal when
many tail calls are involved and when all the eBPF programs in the chain
have similar prologue/epilogue. However, the impact is restricted to
programs that do tail calls. Individual eBPF programs are not affected.

We maintain the tail call count in a fixed location on the stack and
updated tail call count values are passed in through this. The very
first eBPF program in a chain sets this up to 0 (the first 2
instructions). Subsequent tail calls skip the first two eBPF JIT
instructions to maintain the count. For programs that don't do tail
calls themselves, the first two instructions are NOPs.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2016-10-04 20:33:19 +11:00
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alpha RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
arc ARC: export __udivdi3 for modules 2016-08-19 14:09:33 -07:00
arm Staging/IIO driver fixes for 4.8-rc5 2016-09-03 11:33:33 -07:00
arm64 - arm64 fix: debug exception unmasking on the CPU resume path 2016-09-03 12:31:37 -07:00
avr32 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
blackfin net: smc91x: fix SMC accesses 2016-08-28 23:44:55 -04:00
c6x dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
cris dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
frv RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
h8300 h8300: Add missing include file to asm/io.h 2016-08-13 08:53:56 -07:00
hexagon dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
ia64 Implements HARDENED_USERCOPY verification of copy_to_user/copy_from_user 2016-08-08 14:48:14 -07:00
m32r mm: do not pass mm_struct into handle_mm_fault 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
m68k m68knommu: fix user a5 register being overwritten 2016-08-08 12:38:47 +10:00
metag metag: Drop show_mem() from mem_init() 2016-08-09 13:41:30 +01:00
microblaze dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
mips * ARM fixes: 2016-08-27 15:51:50 -07:00
mn10300 RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
nios2 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
openrisc dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
parisc mm/usercopy: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2016-08-30 10:10:21 -07:00
powerpc powerpc/bpf: Implement support for tail calls 2016-10-04 20:33:19 +11:00
s390 mm/usercopy: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2016-08-30 10:10:21 -07:00
score treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
sh These changes improve device tree support (including builtin DTB), add 2016-08-06 09:00:05 -04:00
sparc Implements HARDENED_USERCOPY verification of copy_to_user/copy_from_user 2016-08-08 14:48:14 -07:00
tile mm/usercopy: get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2016-08-30 10:10:21 -07:00
um um: Don't discard .text.exit section 2016-08-23 23:16:16 +02:00
unicore32 unicore32: mm: Add missing parameter to arch_vma_access_permitted 2016-08-13 08:53:18 -07:00
x86 Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-09-04 08:45:41 -07:00
xtensa dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
.gitignore
Kconfig Implements HARDENED_USERCOPY verification of copy_to_user/copy_from_user 2016-08-08 14:48:14 -07:00