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The BPF dispatcher is a multi-way branch code generator, mainly targeted for XDP programs. When an XDP program is executed via the bpf_prog_run_xdp(), it is invoked via an indirect call. The indirect call has a substantial performance impact, when retpolines are enabled. The dispatcher transform indirect calls to direct calls, and therefore avoids the retpoline. The dispatcher is generated using the BPF JIT, and relies on text poking provided by bpf_arch_text_poke(). The dispatcher hijacks a trampoline function it via the __fentry__ nop of the trampoline. One dispatcher instance currently supports up to 64 dispatch points. A user creates a dispatcher with its corresponding trampoline with the DEFINE_BPF_DISPATCHER macro. Change-Id: I159546fdf99878f8fc185a47596ab6078dc24435 Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191213175112.30208-3-bjorn.topel@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.