Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 1/2] bpf, x86: inline bpf_get_current_task() for x86_64

From: Andrii Nakryiko

Date: Wed Jan 21 2026 - 01:37:49 EST


On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM Andrii Nakryiko
> <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Looking at the patch again. I think it's fine as-is.
> > > fastcall can be a follow up.
> >
> > Yeah, it's fine as is. But it still seems like
>
> Thanks!
>
> > verifier_inlines_helper_call() is an unnecessary extra hop we can
> > remove (even if it has to stay arch-specific).
>
> I'm not sure that we can, since it's used in two places:
> get_call_summary():
> cs->fastcall = fn->allow_fastcall &&
> (verifier_inlines_helper_call(env, call->imm) ||
> bpf_jit_inlines_helper_call(call->imm));

well then, just ignore me :)