net: optimize Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) processing

Gcc is currenlty not in the ability to optimize the switch statement in
sk_run_filter() because of dense case labels. This patch replace the
OR'd labels with ordered sequenced case labels. The sk_chk_filter()
function is modified to patch/replace the original OPCODES in a
ordered but equivalent form. gcc is now in the ability to transform the
switch statement in sk_run_filter into a jump table of complexity O(1).

Until this patch gcc generates a sequence of conditional branches (O(n) of 567
byte .text segment size (arch x86_64):

7ff: 8b 06                 mov    (%rsi),%eax
801: 66 83 f8 35           cmp    $0x35,%ax
805: 0f 84 d0 02 00 00     je     adb <sk_run_filter+0x31d>
80b: 0f 87 07 01 00 00     ja     918 <sk_run_filter+0x15a>
811: 66 83 f8 15           cmp    $0x15,%ax
815: 0f 84 c5 02 00 00     je     ae0 <sk_run_filter+0x322>
81b: 77 73                 ja     890 <sk_run_filter+0xd2>
81d: 66 83 f8 04           cmp    $0x4,%ax
821: 0f 84 17 02 00 00     je     a3e <sk_run_filter+0x280>
827: 77 29                 ja     852 <sk_run_filter+0x94>
829: 66 83 f8 01           cmp    $0x1,%ax
[...]

With the modification the compiler translate the switch statement into
the following jump table fragment:

7ff: 66 83 3e 2c           cmpw   $0x2c,(%rsi)
803: 0f 87 1f 02 00 00     ja     a28 <sk_run_filter+0x26a>
809: 0f b7 06              movzwl (%rsi),%eax
80c: ff 24 c5 00 00 00 00  jmpq   *0x0(,%rax,8)
813: 44 89 e3              mov    %r12d,%ebx
816: e9 43 03 00 00        jmpq   b5e <sk_run_filter+0x3a0>
81b: 41 89 dc              mov    %ebx,%r12d
81e: e9 3b 03 00 00        jmpq   b5e <sk_run_filter+0x3a0>

Furthermore, I reordered the instructions to reduce cache line misses by
order the most common instruction to the start.

Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 151f5d7..69b43db 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -91,6 +91,54 @@ struct sock_fprog {	/* Required for SO_ATTACH_FILTER. */
 #define         BPF_TAX         0x00
 #define         BPF_TXA         0x80
 
+enum {
+	BPF_S_RET_K = 0,
+	BPF_S_RET_A,
+	BPF_S_ALU_ADD_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_ADD_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_SUB_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_SUB_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_MUL_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_MUL_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_DIV_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_AND_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_AND_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_OR_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_OR_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_LSH_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_LSH_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_RSH_K,
+	BPF_S_ALU_RSH_X,
+	BPF_S_ALU_NEG,
+	BPF_S_LD_W_ABS,
+	BPF_S_LD_H_ABS,
+	BPF_S_LD_B_ABS,
+	BPF_S_LD_W_LEN,
+	BPF_S_LD_W_IND,
+	BPF_S_LD_H_IND,
+	BPF_S_LD_B_IND,
+	BPF_S_LD_IMM,
+	BPF_S_LDX_W_LEN,
+	BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH,
+	BPF_S_LDX_IMM,
+	BPF_S_MISC_TAX,
+	BPF_S_MISC_TXA,
+	BPF_S_ALU_DIV_K,
+	BPF_S_LD_MEM,
+	BPF_S_LDX_MEM,
+	BPF_S_ST,
+	BPF_S_STX,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JA,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JEQ_K,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JEQ_X,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JGE_K,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JGE_X,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JGT_K,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JGT_X,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JSET_K,
+	BPF_S_JMP_JSET_X,
+};
+
 #ifndef BPF_MAXINSNS
 #define BPF_MAXINSNS 4096
 #endif