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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
index 1af51143ff9f..3704836fe6df 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -19,23 +19,37 @@ The eBPF calling convention is defined as:
R0 - R5 are scratch registers and eBPF programs needs to spill/fill them if
necessary across calls.
+Instruction encoding
+====================
+
+eBPF uses 64-bit instructions with the following encoding:
+
+ ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+ 32 bits (MSB) 16 bits 4 bits 4 bits 8 bits (LSB)
+ ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+ immediate offset source register destination register opcode
+ ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+
+Note that most instructions do not use all of the fields.
+Unused fields shall be cleared to zero.
+
Instruction classes
-===================
+-------------------
The three LSB bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
- ========= =====
- class value
- ========= =====
- BPF_LD 0x00
- BPF_LDX 0x01
- BPF_ST 0x02
- BPF_STX 0x03
- BPF_ALU 0x04
- BPF_JMP 0x05
- BPF_JMP32 0x06
- BPF_ALU64 0x07
- ========= =====
+ ========= ===== ===============================
+ class value description
+ ========= ===== ===============================
+ BPF_LD 0x00 non-standard load operations
+ BPF_LDX 0x01 load into register operations
+ BPF_ST 0x02 store from immediate operations
+ BPF_STX 0x03 store from register operations
+ BPF_ALU 0x04 32-bit arithmetic operations
+ BPF_JMP 0x05 64-bit jump operations
+ BPF_JMP32 0x06 32-bit jump operations
+ BPF_ALU64 0x07 64-bit arithmetic operations
+ ========= ===== ===============================
Arithmetic and jump instructions
================================
@@ -60,66 +74,78 @@ The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
The four MSB bits store the operation code.
-For class BPF_ALU or BPF_ALU64:
- ======== ===== =========================
+Arithmetic instructions
+-----------------------
+
+BPF_ALU uses 32-bit wide operands while BPF_ALU64 uses 64-bit wide operands for
+otherwise identical operations.
+The code field encodes the operation as below:
+
+ ======== ===== ==========================
code value description
- ======== ===== =========================
- BPF_ADD 0x00
- BPF_SUB 0x10
- BPF_MUL 0x20
- BPF_DIV 0x30
- BPF_OR 0x40
- BPF_AND 0x50
- BPF_LSH 0x60
- BPF_RSH 0x70
- BPF_NEG 0x80
- BPF_MOD 0x90
- BPF_XOR 0xa0
- BPF_MOV 0xb0 mov reg to reg
+ ======== ===== ==========================
+ BPF_ADD 0x00 dst += src
+ BPF_SUB 0x10 dst -= src
+ BPF_MUL 0x20 dst \*= src
+ BPF_DIV 0x30 dst /= src
+ BPF_OR 0x40 dst \|= src
+ BPF_AND 0x50 dst &= src
+ BPF_LSH 0x60 dst <<= src
+ BPF_RSH 0x70 dst >>= src
+ BPF_NEG 0x80 dst = ~src
+ BPF_MOD 0x90 dst %= src
+ BPF_XOR 0xa0 dst ^= src
+ BPF_MOV 0xb0 dst = src
BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending shift right
BPF_END 0xd0 endianness conversion
- ======== ===== =========================
+ ======== ===== ==========================
-For class BPF_JMP or BPF_JMP32:
+BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU means::
- ======== ===== =========================
- code value description
- ======== ===== =========================
- BPF_JA 0x00 BPF_JMP only
- BPF_JEQ 0x10
- BPF_JGT 0x20
- BPF_JGE 0x30
- BPF_JSET 0x40
- BPF_JNE 0x50 jump '!='
- BPF_JSGT 0x60 signed '>'
- BPF_JSGE 0x70 signed '>='
- BPF_CALL 0x80 function call
- BPF_EXIT 0x90 function return
- BPF_JLT 0xa0 unsigned '<'
- BPF_JLE 0xb0 unsigned '<='
- BPF_JSLT 0xc0 signed '<'
- BPF_JSLE 0xd0 signed '<='
- ======== ===== =========================
+ dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
-So BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU means::
+BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64 means::
- dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
+ dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
-Similarly, BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU means::
+BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU means::
src_reg = (u32) src_reg ^ (u32) imm32
-eBPF is using BPF_MOV | BPF_X | BPF_ALU to represent A = B moves. BPF_ALU64
-is used to mean exactly the same operations as BPF_ALU, but with 64-bit wide
-operands instead. So BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64 means 64-bit addition, i.e.::
+BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64 means::
- dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
+ src_reg = src_reg ^ imm32
+
+
+Jump instructions
+-----------------
-BPF_JMP | BPF_EXIT means function exit only. The eBPF program needs to store
-the return value into register R0 before doing a BPF_EXIT. Class 6 is used as
-BPF_JMP32 to mean exactly the same operations as BPF_JMP, but with 32-bit wide
-operands for the comparisons instead.
+BPF_JMP32 uses 32-bit wide operands while BPF_JMP uses 64-bit wide operands for
+otherwise identical operations.
+The code field encodes the operation as below:
+
+ ======== ===== ========================= ============
+ code value description notes
+ ======== ===== ========================= ============
+ BPF_JA 0x00 PC += off BPF_JMP only
+ BPF_JEQ 0x10 PC += off if dst == src
+ BPF_JGT 0x20 PC += off if dst > src unsigned
+ BPF_JGE 0x30 PC += off if dst >= src unsigned
+ BPF_JSET 0x40 PC += off if dst & src
+ BPF_JNE 0x50 PC += off if dst != src
+ BPF_JSGT 0x60 PC += off if dst > src signed
+ BPF_JSGE 0x70 PC += off if dst >= src signed
+ BPF_CALL 0x80 function call
+ BPF_EXIT 0x90 function / program return BPF_JMP only
+ BPF_JLT 0xa0 PC += off if dst < src unsigned
+ BPF_JLE 0xb0 PC += off if dst <= src unsigned
+ BPF_JSLT 0xc0 PC += off if dst < src signed
+ BPF_JSLE 0xd0 PC += off if dst <= src signed
+ ======== ===== ========================= ============
+
+The eBPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a
+BPF_EXIT.
Load and store instructions
@@ -147,15 +173,15 @@ The size modifier is one of:
The mode modifier is one of:
- ============= ===== =====================
+ ============= ===== ====================================
mode modifier value description
- ============= ===== =====================
+ ============= ===== ====================================
BPF_IMM 0x00 used for 64-bit mov
- BPF_ABS 0x20
- BPF_IND 0x40
- BPF_MEM 0x60
+ BPF_ABS 0x20 legacy BPF packet access
+ BPF_IND 0x40 legacy BPF packet access
+ BPF_MEM 0x60 all normal load and store operations
BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations
- ============= ===== =====================
+ ============= ===== ====================================
BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX means::