Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf, arm64: Fix redundant MOV and clarify stack arg comments

From: Puranjay Mohan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 09:17:47 -0700

emit_stack_arg_store_imm() materializes the immediate into tmp and
then moves tmp to the target register (x5-x7).  Emit the immediate
directly into the target register to avoid the redundant MOV.

While here, qualify the bare "FP" in the stack-layout ASCII art as
"A64_FP" so it is not confused with BPF_FP, and note that incoming
stack arguments sit above the FP/LR pair pushed by the callee
prologue.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index e3bbeaa94590..b4abc3138f37 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ static int build_prologue(struct jit_ctx *ctx, bool ebpf_from_cbpf)
 	 *                          low
 	 *
 	 * Stack args 6-8 are passed in x5-x7, args 9+ at [SP].
-	 * Incoming args 9+ are at [FP + 16], [FP + 24], ...
+	 * Incoming args 9+ are at [A64_FP + 16], [A64_FP + 24], ...
+	 * (above the saved FP/LR pair pushed in the callee prologue).
 	 */
 
 	emit_kcfi(is_main_prog ? cfi_bpf_hash : cfi_bpf_subprog_hash, ctx);
@@ -1235,11 +1236,12 @@ static void emit_stack_arg_store_imm(s32 imm, s16 bpf_off, const u8 tmp, struct
 {
 	int idx = -bpf_off / sizeof(u64) - 1;
 
-	emit_a64_mov_i(1, tmp, imm, ctx);
-	if (idx < NR_STACK_ARG_REGS)
-		emit(A64_MOV(1, stack_arg_reg[idx], tmp), ctx);
-	else
+	if (idx < NR_STACK_ARG_REGS) {
+		emit_a64_mov_i(1, stack_arg_reg[idx], imm, ctx);
+	} else {
+		emit_a64_mov_i(1, tmp, imm, ctx);
 		emit(A64_STR64I(tmp, A64_SP, (idx - NR_STACK_ARG_REGS) * sizeof(u64)), ctx);
+	}
 }
 
 /* JITs an eBPF instruction.
-- 
2.53.0-Meta