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authorMatt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org>2011-07-20 15:51:00 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-07-21 12:38:32 -0700
commit0ca87f05ba8bdc6791c14878464efc901ad71e99 (patch)
treec37e25b30c22adae633dcacb2236e83086887418 /arch/powerpc/Kconfig
parent3aeb7d2243e55ddcad3c0b402e7b09619a67f5da (diff)
net: filter: BPF 'JIT' compiler for PPC64
An implementation of a code generator for BPF programs to speed up packet filtering on PPC64, inspired by Eric Dumazet's x86-64 version. Filter code is generated as an ABI-compliant function in module_alloc()'d mem with stackframe & prologue/epilogue generated if required (simple filters don't need anything more than an li/blr). The filter's local variables, M[], live in registers. Supports all BPF opcodes, although "complicated" loads from negative packet offsets (e.g. SKF_LL_OFF) are not yet supported. There are a couple of further optimisations left for future work; many-pass assembly with branch-reach reduction and a register allocator to push M[] variables into volatile registers would improve the code quality further. This currently supports big-endian 64-bit PowerPC only (but is fairly simple to port to PPC32 or LE!). Enabled in the same way as x86-64: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable Or, enabled with extra debug output: echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <matt@ozlabs.org> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2729c6663d8..39860fce97d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ config PPC
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
+ select HAVE_BPF_JIT if PPC64
config EARLY_PRINTK
bool