Re: [PATCH bpf-next 2/3] bpf: mark bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx and bpf_rdonly_cast as KF_NOCSR

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On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 2:59 PM Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2024-08-15 at 14:25 -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 4:44 PM Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > do_misc_fixups() relaces bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx() and bpf_rdonly_cast()
> > > by a single instruction "r0 = r1". This clearly follows nocsr contract.
> > > Mark these two functions as KF_NOCSR, in order to use them in
> > > selftests checking KF_NOCSR behaviour for kfuncs.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/bpf/helpers.c  | 4 ++--
> > >  kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 3 ++-
> > >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > Isn't it now "bpf fastcall" and not "nocsr"? Shouldn't the flag and
> > verifier code reflect this updated terminology?
>
> Here is a pull request for LLVM that lands the feature under
> the new bpf_fastcall name: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/101228
> I hope that it would be approved today or tomorrow (more like tomorrow).
>
> Kernel side uses NOCSR in all places.
> I can add a first patch to the series, renaming all NOCSR to bpf_fastcall,
> now that it looks like llvm upstream won't object the name.

Yep, I'd do that. Let's keep terminology consistent throughout.

I assume you'll also eventually follow up with bpf_helpers_defs.h
(there is a script that generates it) change to add that bpf_fastcall
attribute for select helpers, right?

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