On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 07:37:59PM -0800, Dave Thaler wrote: > 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> Acked-by: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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 > >
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