From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9A601EB64D7 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:51:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QlqN30Hw6z3bVS for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:51:47 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=139.178.84.217; helo=dfw.source.kernel.org; envelope-from=srs0=8tsz=ci=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org; receiver=lists.ozlabs.org) Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QlqMQ4T7Kz307y for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:51:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E247612B3; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AC9B6C433CA; Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:51:06 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:51:04 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/12] mm/execmem: introduce execmem_data_alloc() Message-ID: <20230620105104.60cb64d8@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: <87h6r4qo1d.ffs@tglx> References: <20230616085038.4121892-1-rppt@kernel.org> <20230616085038.4121892-7-rppt@kernel.org> <87jzw0qu3s.ffs@tglx> <20230618231431.4aj3k5ujye22sqai@moria.home.lan> <87h6r4qo1d.ffs@tglx> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Mark Rutland , x86@kernel.org, Catalin Marinas , linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, Song Liu , sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Nadav Amit , linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller , Huacai Chen , Russell King , "Naveen N. Rao" , linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon , Heiko Carstens , loongarch@lists.linux.dev, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Thomas Bogendoerfer , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Puranjay Mohan , linux-mm@kvack.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Kent Overstreet , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dinh Nguyen , Luis Chamberlain , Palmer Dabbelt , linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Rick Edgecombe , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, "David S. Miller" , Mike Rapoport Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 02:43:58 +0200 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Now you might argue that it _is_ a "hotpath" due to the BPF usage, but > then even more so as any intermediate wrapper which converts from one > data representation to another data representation is not going to > increase performance, right? Just as a side note. BPF can not attach its return calling code to functions that have more than 6 parameters (3 on 32 bit x86), because of the way BPF return path trampoline works. It is a requirement that all parameters live in registers, and none on the stack. -- Steve