bpf: powerpc64: optimize JIT passes for bpf function calls
Once the JITed images for each function in a multi-function program are generated after the first three JIT passes, we only need to fix the target address for the branch instruction corresponding to each bpf-to-bpf function call. This introduces the following optimizations for reducing the work done by the JIT compiler when handling multi-function programs: [1] Instead of doing two extra passes to fix the bpf function calls, do just one as that would be sufficient. [2] During the extra pass, only overwrite the instruction sequences for the bpf-to-bpf function calls as everything else would still remain exactly the same. This also reduces the number of writes to the JITed image. [3] Do not regenerate the prologue and the epilogue during the extra pass as that would be redundant. Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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