Re: [tip:x86/urgent] bpf: Fix ORC unwinding in non-JIT BPF code

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Mon Jul 08 2019 - 19:16:42 EST


On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 4:02 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > modprobe test_bpf
> > > selftests/bpf/test_progs
> > > both print runtime.
> > > Some of test_progs have high run-to-run variations though.
> >
> > Thanks, I'll give it a shot.
>
> I modprobed test_bpf with JIT disabled.
>
> Before: 2.493018s
> After: 2.523572s
>
> So it looks like it's either no change, or slightly slower.

total time is hard to compare.
Could you compare few tests?
like two that are called "tcpdump *"

I think small regression is ok.
Folks that care about performance should be using JIT.