From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
jpoimboe@kernel.org, jbaron@akamai.com, ardb@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, erhard_f@mailbox.org,
mhiramat@kernel.org, sandipan.das@amd.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1.1 3/3] x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 11:07:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230206110714.49fd7261@rorschach.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvOdmE4bHdOr4TCm0EKrqKjMWk52NAkEOOd9JgsbUFaknOrw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:14:49 -0800
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 7:34 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 10:07:53AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:06:49 +0100
> > > Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Just to confirm, as it's not clear if this is the static call site or one
> > > > > of the functions that is being called.
> > > >
> > > > Ah, you've not looked at enough asm then? ;-) Yes this is the static
> > > > call site, see the __SCT_ target (instruction at 0x35d).
> > >
> > > Yeah, could you specify it a bit more in the change log such that those
> > > looking back at this don't have to have that requirement of staring at
> > > enough asm ;-)
> >
> > How's this then?
Better :-)
Anyway... Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> >
> > ---
> > Subject: x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls
> > From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> > Date: Fri Jan 20 16:40:33 CET 2023
> >
> > Clang likes to create conditional tail calls like:
> >
> > 0000000000000350 <amd_pmu_add_event>:
> > 350: 0f 1f 44 00 00 nopl 0x0(%rax,%rax,1) 351: R_X86_64_NONE __fentry__-0x4
> > 355: 48 83 bf 20 01 00 00 00 cmpq $0x0,0x120(%rdi)
> > 35d: 0f 85 00 00 00 00 jne 363 <amd_pmu_add_event+0x13> 35f: R_X86_64_PLT32 __SCT__amd_pmu_branch_add-0x4
> > 363: e9 00 00 00 00 jmp 368 <amd_pmu_add_event+0x18> 364: R_X86_64_PLT32 __x86_return_thunk-0x4
>
> If it helps reduce the line width in the commit message to focus on
> just the instructions, lately I've been using
> `--no-addresses --no-show-raw-insn` flags to llvm-objdump.
Actually, I like the full output. Even if we do reduce it, it will
still be over 80.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-06 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-23 20:59 [PATCH 0/3] static_call/x86: Handle clang's conditional tail calls Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-23 20:59 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/alternative: Introduce int3_emulate_jcc() Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-31 14:22 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-23 20:59 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/alternative: Teach text_poke_bp() to patch Jcc.d32 instructions Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-31 14:22 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-23 20:59 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86/static_call: Add support for Jcc tail-calls Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-23 22:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2023-01-24 13:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-24 15:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2023-01-26 15:34 ` [PATCH v1.1 " Peter Zijlstra
2023-01-26 18:14 ` Nick Desaulniers
2023-02-06 16:07 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2023-01-31 14:22 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-02-08 22:36 ` [PATCH 0/3] static_call/x86: Handle clang's conditional tail calls Nathan Chancellor
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