bpf: Inline calls to bpf_loop when callback is known

Calls to `bpf_loop` are replaced with direct loops to avoid
indirection. E.g. the following:

  bpf_loop(10, foo, NULL, 0);

Is replaced by equivalent of the following:

  for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    foo(i, NULL);

This transformation could be applied when:
- callback is known and does not change during program execution;
- flags passed to `bpf_loop` are always zero.

Inlining logic works as follows:

- During execution simulation function `update_loop_inline_state`
  tracks the following information for each `bpf_loop` call
  instruction:
  - is callback known and constant?
  - are flags constant and zero?
- Function `optimize_bpf_loop` increases stack depth for functions
  where `bpf_loop` calls can be inlined and invokes `inline_bpf_loop`
  to apply the inlining. The additional stack space is used to spill
  registers R6, R7 and R8. These registers are used as loop counter,
  loop maximal bound and callback context parameter;

Measurements using `benchs/run_bench_bpf_loop.sh` inside QEMU / KVM on
i7-4710HQ CPU show a drop in latency from 14 ns/op to 2 ns/op.

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220620235344.569325-4-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
index d5d96ceca105..7e8fd49406f6 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
@@ -723,9 +723,6 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_for_each_map_elem_proto = {
 	.arg4_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
 };
 
-/* maximum number of loops */
-#define MAX_LOOPS	BIT(23)
-
 BPF_CALL_4(bpf_loop, u32, nr_loops, void *, callback_fn, void *, callback_ctx,
 	   u64, flags)
 {
@@ -733,9 +730,13 @@ BPF_CALL_4(bpf_loop, u32, nr_loops, void *, callback_fn, void *, callback_ctx,
 	u64 ret;
 	u32 i;
 
+	/* Note: these safety checks are also verified when bpf_loop
+	 * is inlined, be careful to modify this code in sync. See
+	 * function verifier.c:inline_bpf_loop.
+	 */
 	if (flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (nr_loops > MAX_LOOPS)
+	if (nr_loops > BPF_MAX_LOOPS)
 		return -E2BIG;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_loops; i++) {