net: filter: Just In Time compiler for x86-64
In order to speedup packet filtering, here is an implementation of a
JIT compiler for x86_64
It is disabled by default, and must be enabled by the admin.
echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
It uses module_alloc() and module_free() to get memory in the 2GB text
kernel range since we call helpers functions from the generated code.
EAX : BPF A accumulator
EBX : BPF X accumulator
RDI : pointer to skb (first argument given to JIT function)
RBP : frame pointer (even if CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=n)
r9d : skb->len - skb->data_len (headlen)
r8 : skb->data
To get a trace of generated code, use :
echo 2 >/proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
Example of generated code :
# tcpdump -p -n -s 0 -i eth1 host 192.168.20.0/24
flen=18 proglen=147 pass=3 image=ffffffffa00b5000
JIT code: ffffffffa00b5000: 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 60 48 89 5d f8 44 8b 4f 60
JIT code: ffffffffa00b5010: 44 2b 4f 64 4c 8b 87 b8 00 00 00 be 0c 00 00 00
JIT code: ffffffffa00b5020