[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/bpf: ensure module addresses are supported

[Naveen N Rao]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 10:26:21PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Currently, bpf jit code on powerpc assumes all the bpf functions and
> helpers to be kernel text. This is false for kfunc case, as function
> addresses are mostly module addresses in that case. Ensure module
> addresses are supported to enable kfunc support.
> 
> This effectively reverts commit feb6307289d8 ("powerpc64/bpf: Optimize
> instruction sequence used for function calls") and commit 43d636f8b4fd
> ("powerpc64/bpf elfv1: Do not load TOC before calling functions") that
> assumed only kernel text for bpf functions/helpers.
> 
> Also, commit b10cb163c4b3 ("powerpc64/bpf elfv2: Setup kernel TOC in
> r2 on entry") that paved the way for the commits mentioned above is
> reverted.

Instead of that, can we detect kfunc and use separate set of 
instructions just for those?

Unless unavoidable, I would prefer to retain the existing optimal
sequence using TOC for calls to bpf kernel helpers, since those are a 
lot more common than kfunc.

- Naveen