As Alexei points out, struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern has two 4-byte holes. This leads to suboptimal instructions being generated (IPv4, x86): 1372 struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern ctx = { 0xffffffff81b87f30 <+624>: xor %eax,%eax 0xffffffff81b87f32 <+626>: mov $0x6,%ecx 0xffffffff81b87f37 <+631>: lea 0x90(%rsp),%rdi 0xffffffff81b87f3f <+639>: movl $0x110002,0x88(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f4a <+650>: rep stos %rax,%es:(%rdi) 0xffffffff81b87f4d <+653>: mov 0x8(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87f51 <+657>: mov %r13d,0x90(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f59 <+665>: incl %gs:0x7e4970a0(%rip) 0xffffffff81b87f60 <+672>: mov %eax,0x8c(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f67 <+679>: movzwl 0x10(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87f6c <+684>: mov %ax,0xa8(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f74 <+692>: movzwl 0x38(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87f79 <+697>: mov %ax,0xaa(%rsp) Fix this by moving around sport and dport. pahole confirms there are no more holes: struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern { u16 family; /* 0 2 */ u16 protocol; /* 2 2 */ __be16 sport; /* 4 2 */ u16 dport; /* 6 2 */ struct { __be32 saddr; /* 8 4 */ __be32 daddr; /* 12 4 */ } v4; /* 8 8 */ struct { const struct in6_addr * saddr; /* 16 8 */ const struct in6_addr * daddr; /* 24 8 */ } v6; /* 16 16 */ struct sock * selected_sk; /* 32 8 */ bool no_reuseport; /* 40 1 */ /* size: 48, cachelines: 1, members: 8 */ /* padding: 7 */ /* last cacheline: 48 bytes */ }; The assembly also doesn't contain the pesky rep stos anymore: 1372 struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern ctx = { 0xffffffff81b87f60 <+624>: movzwl 0x10(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87f65 <+629>: movq $0x0,0xa8(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f71 <+641>: movq $0x0,0xb0(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f7d <+653>: mov %ax,0x9c(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f85 <+661>: movzwl 0x38(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87f8a <+666>: movq $0x0,0xb8(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f96 <+678>: mov %ax,0x9e(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87f9e <+686>: mov 0x8(%rsp),%eax 0xffffffff81b87fa2 <+690>: movq $0x0,0xc0(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87fae <+702>: movl $0x110002,0x98(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87fb9 <+713>: mov %eax,0xa0(%rsp) 0xffffffff81b87fc0 <+720>: mov %r13d,0xa4(%rsp) 1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAADnVQKE6y9h2fwX6OS837v-Uf+aBXnT_JXiN_bbo2gitZQ3tA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Fixes: e9ddbb7707ff ("bpf: Introduce SK_LOOKUP program type with a dedicated attach point") Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/filter.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h index 995625950cc1..e962dd8117d8 100644 --- a/include/linux/filter.h +++ b/include/linux/filter.h @@ -1287,6 +1287,8 @@ int copy_bpf_fprog_from_user(struct sock_fprog *dst, sockptr_t src, int len); struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern { u16 family; u16 protocol; + __be16 sport; + u16 dport; struct { __be32 saddr; __be32 daddr; @@ -1295,8 +1297,6 @@ struct bpf_sk_lookup_kern { const struct in6_addr *saddr; const struct in6_addr *daddr; } v6; - __be16 sport; - u16 dport; struct sock *selected_sk; bool no_reuseport; }; -- 2.25.1