Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 0/4] bpf: Introduce may_goto and cond_break

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On Thu, 2024-02-29 at 19:37 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> v2 -> v3: Major change
> - drop bpf_can_loop() kfunc and introduce may_goto instruction instead
>   kfunc is a function call while may_goto doesn't consume any registers
>   and LLVM can produce much better code due to less register pressure.
> - instead of counting from zero to BPF_MAX_LOOPS start from it instead
>   and break out of the loop when count reaches zero
> - use may_goto instruction in cond_break macro
> - recognize that 'exact' state comparison doesn't need to be truly exact.
>   regsafe() should ignore precision and liveness marks, but range_within
>   logic is safe to use while evaluating open coded iterators.

Sorry for the delay, I will look through this patch-set over the weekend.





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