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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>, Kairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] objtool: Fix ORC unwinding in non-JIT BPF generated code
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:11:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190614081116.GU3436@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190614073536.d3xkhwhq3fuivwt5@ast-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com>

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:35:38AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 09:08:52AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 08:20:30PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 01:57:11PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > 
> > > > and to patches 8 and 9.
> > > 
> > > Well, it's your code, but ... can I ask why?  AT&T syntax is the
> > > standard for Linux, which is in fact the OS we are developing for.
> > 
> > I agree, all assembly in Linux is AT&T, adding Intel notation only
> > serves to cause confusion.
> 
> It's not assembly. It's C code that generates binary and here
> we're talking about comments.

And comments are useless if they don't clarify. Intel syntax confuses.

> I'm sure you're not proposing to do:
> /* mov src, dst */
> #define EMIT_mov(DST, SRC)                                                               \
> right?

Which is why Josh reversed both of them. The current Intel order is just
terribly confusing. And I don't see any of the other JITs having
confusing comments like this.

> bpf_jit_comp.c stays as-is. Enough of it.

I think you're forgetting this is also arch/x86 code, and no, it needs
changes because its broken wrt unwinding.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-14  8:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-13 13:20 [PATCH 0/9] x86/bpf: unwinder fixes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 1/9] perf/x86: Always store regs->ip in perf_callchain_kernel() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 2/9] objtool: Fix ORC unwinding in non-JIT BPF generated code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 20:57   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:20     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:37       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:51         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  7:08       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14  7:35         ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  8:11           ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-06-14 15:13             ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 16:11               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86/bpf: Move epilogue generation to a dedicated function Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 18:57   ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 19:12     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86/bpf: Simplify prologue generation Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86/bpf: Support SIB byte generation Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86/bpf: Fix JIT frame pointer usage Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 21:58   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:22     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:39       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:52         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 10:50     ` David Laight
2019-06-14 13:44       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 13:58         ` David Laight
2019-06-14 17:07           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-17 15:07             ` David Laight
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86/unwind/orc: Fall back to using frame pointers for generated code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 22:00   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:30     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  1:42       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  1:58         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  2:28           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  4:50             ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  6:00               ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14  7:41                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14 13:31                   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 15:29                   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 13:34                 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14 15:31                   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-06-14 15:56                     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86/bpf: Convert asm comments to AT&T syntax Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 18:52   ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 19:11     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-14  7:42     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-06-14 15:13       ` Song Liu
2019-06-13 13:21 ` [PATCH 9/9] x86/bpf: Convert MOV function/macro argument ordering " Josh Poimboeuf
2019-06-13 19:00 ` [PATCH 0/9] x86/bpf: unwinder fixes Song Liu
2019-06-13 20:41 ` Peter Zijlstra

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