Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 01/13] bpf: x86: Factor out emission of ModR/M for *(reg + off)

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 12:36:57 EST


On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 2:52 AM Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:50:00PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 4:14 AM Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 05:15:52PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 05:57:26PM +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> > > > > +/* Emit the ModR/M byte for addressing *(r1 + off) and r2 */
> > > > > +static void emit_modrm_dstoff(u8 **pprog, u32 r1, u32 r2, int off)
> > > >
> > > > same concern as in the another patch. If you could avoid intel's puzzling names
> > > > like above it will make reviewing the patch easier.
> > >
> > > In this case there is actually a call like
> > >
> > > emit_modrm_dstoff(&prog, src_reg, dst_reg)
> >
> > emit_insn_prefix() ?
>
> Ah sorry, I thought you were talking about the _arg_ names.

I meant both. Arg names and helper name. Sorry for the confusion.