applet_tables: save space by removing applet name offsets

The array applet_nameofs consumes two bytes per applet.  It encodes

   nofork/noexec flags
   suid flags
   the offset of the applet name in the applet_name string

Change the applet_table build tool to store the flags in two separate
arrays (applet_flags and applet_suid).  Replace applet_nameofs[] with a
smaller version that only stores a limited number of offsets.

This requires changes to the macros APPLET_IS_NOFORK, APPLET_IS_NOEXEC
and APPLET_SUID.

   According to Valgrind the original find_applet_by_name required
   353 cycles per call, averaged over all names.  Adjusting the number
   of known offsets allows space to be traded off against execution time:

      KNOWN_OFFSETS     cycles     bytes (wrt KNOWN_OFFSETS = 0)

           0             9057        -
           2             4604       32
           4             2407       75
           8             1342       98
          16              908      130
          32              884      194

   This patch uses KNOWN_OFFSETS = 8.

v2:
   Remove some dead code from the applet_table tool;
   Treat the applet in the middle of the table as a special case.

v3:
   Use the middle applet to adjust the start of the linear search as
   well as the last applet found.

v4:
   Use an augmented linear search in find_applet_by_name.
   Drop the special treatment of the middle name from get_applet_name:
   most of the advantage now derives from the last stored value.

v5:
   Don't store index in applet_nameofs, it can be calculated.

v6:
   Tweaks by Denys

function                                             old     new   delta
find_applet_by_name                                   25     125    +100
applet_suid                                            -      92     +92
run_applet_no_and_exit                               452     460      +8
run_applet_and_exit                                  695     697      +2
applet_name_compare                                   31       -     -31
applet_nameofs                                       734      14    -720
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 3/1 up/down: 202/-751)         Total: -549 bytes
   text       data        bss        dec        hex    filename
 925464        906      17160     943530      e65aa    busybox_old
 924915        906      17160     942981      e6385    busybox_unstripped

Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Ron Yorston
2016-03-30 00:42:05 +02:00
committed by Denys Vlasenko
parent 9844d7e830
commit 610c4c385b
4 changed files with 122 additions and 60 deletions

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@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ struct bb_applet {
enum { NUM_APPLETS = ARRAY_SIZE(applets) };
static int offset[NUM_APPLETS];
static int cmp_name(const void *a, const void *b)
{
const struct bb_applet *aa = a;
@ -60,22 +58,37 @@ static int str_isalnum_(const char *s)
return 1;
}
// Before linear search, narrow it down by looking at N "equidistant" names:
// KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS cycles code_size
// 0 9057
// 2 4604 +32
// 4 2407 +75
// 8 1342 +98
// 16 908 +130
// 32 884 +194
// With 8, applet_nameofs[] table has 7 elements.
#define KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS 8
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
int ofs;
int i, j;
int ofs, offset[KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS], index[KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS];
// unsigned MAX_APPLET_NAME_LEN = 1;
qsort(applets, NUM_APPLETS, sizeof(applets[0]), cmp_name);
for (i = 0; i < KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS; i++)
index[i] = i * NUM_APPLETS / KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS;
ofs = 0;
for (i = 0; i < NUM_APPLETS; i++) {
offset[i] = ofs;
for (j = 0; j < KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS; j++)
if (i == index[j])
offset[j] = ofs;
ofs += strlen(applets[i].name) + 1;
}
/* We reuse 4 high-order bits of offset array for other purposes,
* so if they are indeed needed, refuse to proceed */
if (ofs > 0xfff)
/* If the list of names is too long refuse to proceed */
if (ofs > 0xffff)
return 1;
if (!argv[1])
return 1;
@ -94,7 +107,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
printf("#define SINGLE_APPLET_STR \"%s\"\n", applets[0].name);
printf("#define SINGLE_APPLET_MAIN %s_main\n", applets[0].main);
}
printf("\n");
if (KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS > 0 && NUM_APPLETS > 2*KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS) {
printf("#define KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS %u\n\n", KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS);
printf("const uint16_t applet_nameofs[] ALIGN2 = {\n");
for (i = 1; i < KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS; i++)
printf("%d,\n", offset[i]);
printf("};\n\n");
}
else {
printf("#define KNOWN_APPNAME_OFFSETS 0\n\n");
}
//printf("#ifndef SKIP_definitions\n");
printf("const char applet_names[] ALIGN1 = \"\"\n");
@ -119,20 +142,39 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
printf("};\n");
printf("#endif\n\n");
printf("const uint16_t applet_nameofs[] ALIGN2 = {\n");
for (i = 0; i < NUM_APPLETS; i++) {
printf("0x%04x,\n",
offset[i]
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_PREFER_APPLETS
+ (applets[i].nofork << 12)
+ (applets[i].noexec << 13)
#endif
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SUID
+ (applets[i].need_suid << 14) /* 2 bits */
#endif
);
printf("const uint8_t applet_flags[] ALIGN1 = {\n");
i = 0;
while (i < NUM_APPLETS) {
int v = applets[i].nofork + (applets[i].noexec << 1);
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= (applets[i].nofork + (applets[i].noexec << 1)) << 2;
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= (applets[i].nofork + (applets[i].noexec << 1)) << 4;
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= (applets[i].nofork + (applets[i].noexec << 1)) << 6;
printf("0x%02x,\n", v);
i++;
}
printf("};\n\n");
#endif
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_SUID
printf("const uint8_t applet_suid[] ALIGN1 = {\n");
i = 0;
while (i < NUM_APPLETS) {
int v = applets[i].need_suid; /* 2 bits */
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= applets[i].need_suid << 2;
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= applets[i].need_suid << 4;
if (++i < NUM_APPLETS)
v |= applets[i].need_suid << 6;
printf("0x%02x,\n", v);
i++;
}
printf("};\n\n");
#endif
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_INSTALLER
printf("const uint8_t applet_install_loc[] ALIGN1 = {\n");