As discussed in mailing list discussion at https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/bpf/5LnnKm093cGpOmDI9TnLQLBXyys/ this patch updates the "Legacy BPF Packet access instructions" section to clarify which instructions are deprecated (vs which were never defined and so are not deprecated). Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst index af43227b6..cf08337bf 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst @@ -635,7 +635,9 @@ Legacy BPF Packet access instructions ------------------------------------- BPF previously introduced special instructions for access to packet data that were -carried over from classic BPF. However, these instructions are +carried over from classic BPF. These instructions used an instruction +class of BPF_LD, a size modifier of BPF_W, BPF_H, or BPF_B, and a +mode modifier of BPF_ABS or BPF_IND. However, these instructions are deprecated and should no longer be used. All legacy packet access instructions belong to the "legacy" conformance group instead of the "basic" conformance group. -- 2.40.1
