Commit feb63072 authored by Naveen N. Rao's avatar Naveen N. Rao Committed by Michael Ellerman
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powerpc64/bpf: Optimize instruction sequence used for function calls



When calling BPF helpers, we load the function address to call into a
register. This can result in upto 5 instructions. Optimize this by
instead using the kernel toc in r2 and adjusting offset to the BPF
helper. This works since all BPF helpers are part of kernel text, and
all BPF programs/functions utilize the kernel TOC.

Further more:
- load the actual function entry address in elf v1, rather than loading
  it through the function descriptor address.
- load the Local Entry Point (LEP) in elf v2 skipping TOC setup.
- consolidate code across elf abi v1 and v2 by using r12 on both.

Reported-by: default avatarAnton Blanchard <anton@ozlabs.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNaveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1233c7544e60dcb021c52b1f840b0f21a87b33ed.1644834730.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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