Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 08/13] bpf: Add instructions for atomic_[cmp]xchg

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On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 05:27:48PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 05:57:33PM +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> >  
> >  /* atomic op type fields (stored in immediate) */
> > -#define BPF_FETCH	0x01	/* fetch previous value into src reg */
> > +#define BPF_XCHG	(0xe0 | BPF_FETCH)	/* atomic exchange */
> > +#define BPF_CMPXCHG	(0xf0 | BPF_FETCH)	/* atomic compare-and-write */
> > +#define BPF_FETCH	0x01	/* fetch previous value into src reg or r0*/
> 
> I think such comment is more confusing than helpful.
> I'd just say that the fetch bit is not valid on its own.
> It's used to build other instructions like cmpxchg and atomic_fetch_add.

OK sounds good.

> > +		} else if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_ATOMIC &&
> > +			   insn->imm == (BPF_CMPXCHG)) {
> 
> redundant ().

Ack, thanks

> > +			verbose(cbs->private_data, "(%02x) r0 = atomic%s_cmpxchg(*(%s *)(r%d %+d), r0, r%d)\n",
> > +				insn->code,
> > +				BPF_SIZE(insn->code) == BPF_DW ? "64" : "",
> > +				bpf_ldst_string[BPF_SIZE(insn->code) >> 3],
> > +				insn->dst_reg, insn->off,
> > +				insn->src_reg);
> > +		} else if (BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_ATOMIC &&
> > +			   insn->imm == (BPF_XCHG)) {
> 
> redundant ().

Ack, thanks



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