Re: [PATCH bpf-next v8 06/11] bpf,x86: introduce emit_st_r0_imm64() for trampoline

From: Alexei Starovoitov

Date: Fri Jan 09 2026 - 21:45:58 EST


On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Introduce the helper emit_st_r0_imm64(), which is used to store a imm64 to
> the stack with the help of r0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> index e3b1c4b1d550..a87304161d45 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
> @@ -1300,6 +1300,15 @@ static void emit_st_r12(u8 **pprog, u32 size, u32 dst_reg, int off, int imm)
> emit_st_index(pprog, size, dst_reg, X86_REG_R12, off, imm);
> }
>
> +static void emit_st_r0_imm64(u8 **pprog, u64 value, int off)
> +{
> + /* mov rax, value
> + * mov QWORD PTR [rbp - off], rax
> + */
> + emit_mov_imm64(pprog, BPF_REG_0, value >> 32, (u32) value);
> + emit_stx(pprog, BPF_DW, BPF_REG_FP, BPF_REG_0, -off);
> +}

The name is cryptic.
How about emit_store_stack_imm64(pprog, stack_off, imm64) ?
or emit_mov_stack_imm64.