Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] riscv, bpf: Remap BPF_REG_0 and RV_REG_TCC

From: bot+bpf-ci

Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 05:42:29 EST


> diff --git a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> index e7378be171a9..fc1c8c5480b6 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
> @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
> /* fentry and TCC init insns will be skipped on tailcall */
> #define RV_TAILCALL_OFFSET ((RV_FENTRY_NINSNS + 1) * 4)
>
> -#define RV_REG_TCC RV_REG_A6
> +#define RV_REG_TCC RV_REG_T5
> #define RV_REG_ARENA RV_REG_S7 /* For storing arena_vm_start */
>
> static const int regmap[] = {
> - [BPF_REG_0] = RV_REG_A5,
> + [BPF_REG_0] = RV_REG_T6,
> [BPF_REG_1] = RV_REG_A0,
> [BPF_REG_2] = RV_REG_A1,
> [BPF_REG_3] = RV_REG_A2,

This isn't a bug, but does moving BPF_REG_0 to t6 affect code density?
arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit.h:is_creg() only accepts fp, s1, and a0-a5 for
RVC-compressible forms. With CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C, every emitter that gates
on is_creg() now falls back to 4-byte instructions whenever BPF R0 is the
destination or base register. Since R0 holds return values and helper
results, could this measurably grow JIT image size for R0-heavy code?

The changelog explains why a5 and a6 needed to be freed, but it doesn't
mention why t6 and t5 were chosen. Could a sentence be added about the
register selection rationale, particularly since t4 appears unused by
the JIT?

> @@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ static const int pt_regmap[] = {
> [RV_REG_A2] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, a2),
> [RV_REG_A3] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, a3),
> [RV_REG_A4] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, a4),
> - [RV_REG_A5] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, a5),
> [RV_REG_S1] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, s1),
> [RV_REG_S2] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, s2),
> [RV_REG_S3] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, s3),
> [RV_REG_S4] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, s4),
> [RV_REG_S5] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, s5),
> [RV_REG_T0] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, t0),
> + [RV_REG_T6] = offsetof(struct pt_regs, t6),
> };

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