In preparation for publication as an IETF RFC, the WG chairs asked me
to convert the document to use IETF packet format for field layout, so
this patch attempts to make it consistent with other IETF documents.
Some fields that are not byte aligned were previously inconsistent
in how values were defined. Some were defined as the value of the
byte containing the field (like 0x20 for a field holding the high
four bits of the byte), and others were defined as the value of the
field itself (like 0x2). This PR makes them be consistent in using
just the values of the field itself, which is IETF convention.
As a result, some of the defines that used BPF_* would no longer
match the value in the spec, and so this patch also drops the BPF_*
prefix to avoid confusion with the defines that are the full-byte
equivalent values. For consistency, BPF_* is then dropped from
other fields too. BPF_<foo> is thus the Linux implementation-specific
define for <foo> as it appears in the BPF ISA specification.
The syntax BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU only worked for full-byte
values so the convention {ADD, X, ALU} is proposed for referring
to field values instead.
Also replace the redundant "LSB bits" with "least significant bits".
A preview of what the resulting Internet Draft would look like can
be seen at:
https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dthaler/ebp
f-docs-1/format/draft-ietf-bpf-isa.html
Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 531 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 290 insertions(+), 241 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
index f3269d6dd..a0c8fe2f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ a type's signedness (`S`) and bit width (`N`), respectively.
.. table:: Meaning of signedness notation.
==== =========
- `S` Meaning
+ S Meaning
==== =========
- `u` unsigned
- `s` signed
+ u unsigned
+ s signed
==== =========
.. table:: Meaning of bit-width notation.
===== =========
- `N` Bit width
+ N Bit width
===== =========
- `8` 8 bits
- `16` 16 bits
- `32` 32 bits
- `64` 64 bits
- `128` 128 bits
+ 8 8 bits
+ 16 16 bits
+ 32 32 bits
+ 64 64 bits
+ 128 128 bits
===== =========
For example, `u32` is a type whose valid values are all the 32-bit unsigned
@@ -48,31 +48,31 @@ numbers.
Functions
---------
-* `htobe16`: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htobe16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 16-bit number in big-endian
format.
-* `htobe32`: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htobe32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 32-bit number in big-endian
format.
-* `htobe64`: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htobe64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 64-bit number in big-endian
format.
-* `htole16`: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htole16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 16-bit number in little-endian
format.
-* `htole32`: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htole32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 32-bit number in little-endian
format.
-* `htole64`: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in host-endian format and
+* htole64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in host-endian format and
returns the equivalent number as an unsigned 64-bit number in little-endian
format.
-* `bswap16`: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in either big- or little-endian
+* bswap16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in either big- or little-endian
format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but
opposite endianness.
-* `bswap32`: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in either big- or little-endian
+* bswap32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in either big- or little-endian
format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but
opposite endianness.
-* `bswap64`: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in either big- or little-endian
+* bswap64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in either big- or little-endian
format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but
opposite endianness.
@@ -135,34 +135,63 @@ Instruction encoding
BPF has two instruction encodings:
* the basic instruction encoding, which uses 64 bits to encode an instruction
-* the wide instruction encoding, which appends a second 64-bit immediate (i.e.,
- constant) value after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
+* the wide instruction encoding, which appends a second 64 bits
+ after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
-The fields conforming an encoded basic instruction are stored in the
-following order::
+Basic instruction encoding
+--------------------------
- opcode:8 src_reg:4 dst_reg:4 offset:16 imm:32 // In little-endian BPF.
- opcode:8 dst_reg:4 src_reg:4 offset:16 imm:32 // In big-endian BPF.
+A basic instruction is encoded as follows::
-**imm**
- signed integer immediate value
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | opcode | regs | offset |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | imm |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
-**offset**
- signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic
+**opcode**
+ operation to perform, encoded as follows::
-**src_reg**
- the source register number (0-10), except where otherwise specified
- (`64-bit immediate instructions`_ reuse this field for other purposes)
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |specific |class|
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
-**dst_reg**
- destination register number (0-10)
+ **specific**
+ The format of these bits varies by instruction class
-**opcode**
- operation to perform
+ **class**
+ The instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_)
+
+**regs**
+ The source and destination register numbers, encoded as follows
+ on a little-endian host::
+
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |src_reg|dst_reg|
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+ and as follows on a big-endian host::
+
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |dst_reg|src_reg|
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+ **src_reg**
+ the source register number (0-10), except where otherwise specified
+ (`64-bit immediate instructions`_ reuse this field for other purposes)
+
+ **dst_reg**
+ destination register number (0-10)
+
+**offset**
+ signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic
+
+**imm**
+ signed integer immediate value
-Note that the contents of multi-byte fields ('imm' and 'offset') are
-stored using big-endian byte ordering in big-endian BPF and
-little-endian byte ordering in little-endian BPF.
+Note that the contents of multi-byte fields ('offset' and 'imm') are
+stored using big-endian byte ordering on big-endian hosts and
+little-endian byte ordering on little-endian hosts.
For example::
@@ -175,66 +204,83 @@ For example::
Note that most instructions do not use all of the fields.
Unused fields shall be cleared to zero.
-As discussed below in `64-bit immediate instructions`_, a 64-bit immediate
-instruction uses two 32-bit immediate values that are constructed as follows.
-The 64 bits following the basic instruction contain a pseudo instruction
-using the same format but with 'opcode', 'dst_reg', 'src_reg', and 'offset' all
-set to zero, and imm containing the high 32 bits of the immediate value.
+Wide instruction encoding
+--------------------------
+
+Some instructions are defined to use the wide instruction encoding,
+which uses two 32-bit immediate values. The 64 bits following
+the basic instruction format contain a pseudo instruction
+with 'opcode', 'dst_reg', 'src_reg', and 'offset' all set to zero.
This is depicted in the following figure::
- basic_instruction
- .------------------------------.
- | |
- opcode:8 regs:8 offset:16 imm:32 unused:32 imm:32
- | |
- '--------------'
- pseudo instruction
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | opcode | regs | offset |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | imm |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | reserved |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | next_imm |
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+**opcode**
+ operation to perform, encoded as explained above
+
+**regs**
+ The source and destination register numbers, encoded as explained above
+
+**offset**
+ signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic
+
+**imm**
+ signed integer immediate value
+
+**reserved**
+ unused, set to zero
-Here, the imm value of the pseudo instruction is called 'next_imm'. The unused
-bytes in the pseudo instruction are reserved and shall be cleared to zero.
+**next_imm**
+ second signed integer immediate value
Instruction classes
-------------------
-The three LSB bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
-
-========= ===== =============================== ===================================
-class value description reference
-========= ===== =============================== ===================================
-BPF_LD 0x00 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_
-BPF_LDX 0x01 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_
-BPF_ST 0x02 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_
-BPF_STX 0x03 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_
-BPF_ALU 0x04 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-BPF_JMP 0x05 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-BPF_JMP32 0x06 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-BPF_ALU64 0x07 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-========= ===== =============================== ===================================
+The three least significant bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
+
+===== ===== =============================== ===================================
+class value description reference
+===== ===== =============================== ===================================
+LD 0x0 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_
+LDX 0x1 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ST 0x2 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_
+STX 0x3 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ALU 0x4 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+JMP 0x5 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+JMP32 0x6 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+ALU64 0x7 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+===== ===== =============================== ===================================
Arithmetic and jump instructions
================================
-For arithmetic and jump instructions (``BPF_ALU``, ``BPF_ALU64``, ``BPF_JMP`` and
-``BPF_JMP32``), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts:
+For arithmetic and jump instructions (``ALU``, ``ALU64``, ``JMP`` and
+``JMP32``), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts::
-============== ====== =================
-4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
-============== ====== =================
-code source instruction class
-============== ====== =================
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ | code |s|class|
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
**code**
the operation code, whose meaning varies by instruction class
-**source**
+**s (source)**
the source operand location, which unless otherwise specified is one of:
====== ===== ==============================================
source value description
====== ===== ==============================================
- BPF_K 0x00 use 32-bit 'imm' value as source operand
- BPF_X 0x08 use 'src_reg' register value as source operand
+ K 0 use 32-bit 'imm' value as source operand
+ X 1 use 'src_reg' register value as source operand
====== ===== ==============================================
**instruction class**
@@ -243,75 +289,75 @@ code source instruction class
Arithmetic instructions
-----------------------
-``BPF_ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``BPF_ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
-otherwise identical operations. ``BPF_ALU64`` instructions belong to the
+``ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
+otherwise identical operations. ``ALU64`` instructions belong to the
base64 conformance group unless noted otherwise.
The 'code' field encodes the operation as below, where 'src' and 'dst' refer
to the values of the source and destination registers, respectively.
-========= ===== ======= ==========================================================
-code value offset description
-========= ===== ======= ==========================================================
-BPF_ADD 0x00 0 dst += src
-BPF_SUB 0x10 0 dst -= src
-BPF_MUL 0x20 0 dst \*= src
-BPF_DIV 0x30 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
-BPF_SDIV 0x30 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s/ src) : 0
-BPF_OR 0x40 0 dst \|= src
-BPF_AND 0x50 0 dst &= src
-BPF_LSH 0x60 0 dst <<= (src & mask)
-BPF_RSH 0x70 0 dst >>= (src & mask)
-BPF_NEG 0x80 0 dst = -dst
-BPF_MOD 0x90 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
-BPF_SMOD 0x90 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s% src) : dst
-BPF_XOR 0xa0 0 dst ^= src
-BPF_MOV 0xb0 0 dst = src
-BPF_MOVSX 0xb0 8/16/32 dst = (s8,s16,s32)src
-BPF_ARSH 0xc0 0 :term:`sign extending<Sign Extend>` dst >>= (src & mask)
-BPF_END 0xd0 0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ below)
-========= ===== ======= ==========================================================
+===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
+name code offset description
+===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
+ADD 0x0 0 dst += src
+SUB 0x1 0 dst -= src
+MUL 0x2 0 dst \*= src
+DIV 0x3 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
+SDIV 0x3 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s/ src) : 0
+OR 0x4 0 dst \|= src
+AND 0x5 0 dst &= src
+LSH 0x6 0 dst <<= (src & mask)
+RSH 0x7 0 dst >>= (src & mask)
+NEG 0x8 0 dst = -dst
+MOD 0x9 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
+SMOD 0x9 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s% src) : dst
+XOR 0xa 0 dst ^= src
+MOV 0xb 0 dst = src
+MOVSX 0xb 8/16/32 dst = (s8,s16,s32)src
+ARSH 0xc 0 :term:`sign extending<Sign Extend>` dst >>= (src & mask)
+END 0xd 0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ below)
+===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
Underflow and overflow are allowed during arithmetic operations, meaning
the 64-bit or 32-bit value will wrap. If BPF program execution would
result in division by zero, the destination register is instead set to zero.
-If execution would result in modulo by zero, for ``BPF_ALU64`` the value of
-the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``BPF_ALU`` the upper
+If execution would result in modulo by zero, for ``ALU64`` the value of
+the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``ALU`` the upper
32 bits of the destination register are zeroed.
-``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU`` means::
+``{ADD, X, ALU}``, where 'code'=``ADD``, 'source'=``X``, and 'class'=``ALU``, means::
dst = (u32) ((u32) dst + (u32) src)
where '(u32)' indicates that the upper 32 bits are zeroed.
-``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64`` means::
+``{ADD, X, ALU64}`` means::
dst = dst + src
-``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU`` means::
+``{XOR, K, ALU}`` means::
dst = (u32) dst ^ (u32) imm
-``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64`` means::
+``{XOR, K, ALU64}`` means::
dst = dst ^ imm
Note that most instructions have instruction offset of 0. Only three instructions
-(``BPF_SDIV``, ``BPF_SMOD``, ``BPF_MOVSX``) have a non-zero offset.
+(``SDIV``, ``SMOD``, ``MOVSX``) have a non-zero offset.
-Division, multiplication, and modulo operations for ``BPF_ALU`` are part
+Division, multiplication, and modulo operations for ``ALU`` are part
of the "divmul32" conformance group, and division, multiplication, and
-modulo operations for ``BPF_ALU64`` are part of the "divmul64" conformance
+modulo operations for ``ALU64`` are part of the "divmul64" conformance
group.
The division and modulo operations support both unsigned and signed flavors.
-For unsigned operations (``BPF_DIV`` and ``BPF_MOD``), for ``BPF_ALU``,
-'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit unsigned value. For ``BPF_ALU64``,
+For unsigned operations (``DIV`` and ``MOD``), for ``ALU``,
+'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit unsigned value. For ``ALU64``,
'imm' is first :term:`sign extended<Sign Extend>` from 32 to 64 bits, and then
interpreted as a 64-bit unsigned value.
-For signed operations (``BPF_SDIV`` and ``BPF_SMOD``), for ``BPF_ALU``,
-'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit signed value. For ``BPF_ALU64``, 'imm'
+For signed operations (``SDIV`` and ``SMOD``), for ``ALU``,
+'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit signed value. For ``ALU64``, 'imm'
is first :term:`sign extended<Sign Extend>` from 32 to 64 bits, and then
interpreted as a 64-bit signed value.
@@ -323,15 +369,15 @@ etc. This specification requires that signed modulo use truncated division
a % n = a - n * trunc(a / n)
-The ``BPF_MOVSX`` instruction does a move operation with sign extension.
-``BPF_ALU | BPF_MOVSX`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit and 16-bit operands into 32
+The ``MOVSX`` instruction does a move operation with sign extension.
+``{MOVSX, X, ALU}`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit and 16-bit operands into 32
bit operands, and zeroes the remaining upper 32 bits.
-``BPF_ALU64 | BPF_MOVSX`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit
+``{MOVSX, X, ALU64}`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit
operands into 64 bit operands. Unlike other arithmetic instructions,
-``BPF_MOVSX`` is only defined for register source operands (``BPF_X``).
+``MOVSX`` is only defined for register source operands (``X``).
-The ``BPF_NEG`` instruction is only defined when the source bit is clear
-(``BPF_K``).
+The ``NEG`` instruction is only defined when the source bit is clear
+(``K``).
Shift operations use a mask of 0x3F (63) for 64-bit operations and 0x1F (31)
for 32-bit operations.
@@ -339,24 +385,24 @@ for 32-bit operations.
Byte swap instructions
----------------------
-The byte swap instructions use instruction classes of ``BPF_ALU`` and ``BPF_ALU64``
-and a 4-bit 'code' field of ``BPF_END``.
+The byte swap instructions use instruction classes of ``ALU`` and ``ALU64``
+and a 4-bit 'code' field of ``END``.
The byte swap instructions operate on the destination register
only and do not use a separate source register or immediate value.
-For ``BPF_ALU``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used to
+For ``ALU``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used to
select what byte order the operation converts from or to. For
-``BPF_ALU64``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is reserved
+``ALU64``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is reserved
and must be set to 0.
-========= ========= ===== =================================================
-class source value description
-========= ========= ===== =================================================
-BPF_ALU BPF_TO_LE 0x00 convert between host byte order and little endian
-BPF_ALU BPF_TO_BE 0x08 convert between host byte order and big endian
-BPF_ALU64 Reserved 0x00 do byte swap unconditionally
-========= ========= ===== =================================================
+===== ======== ===== =================================================
+class source value description
+===== ======== ===== =================================================
+ALU TO_LE 0 convert between host byte order and little endian
+ALU TO_BE 1 convert between host byte order and big endian
+ALU64 Reserved 0 do byte swap unconditionally
+===== ======== ===== =================================================
The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths
are supported: 16, 32 and 64. Width 64 operations belong to the base64
@@ -365,19 +411,19 @@ conformance group.
Examples:
-``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
+``{END, TO_LE, ALU}`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
dst = htole16(dst)
dst = htole32(dst)
dst = htole64(dst)
-``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_BE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
+``{END, TO_BE, ALU}`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
dst = htobe16(dst)
dst = htobe32(dst)
dst = htobe64(dst)
-``BPF_ALU64 | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
+``{END, TO_LE, ALU64}`` with imm = 16/32/64 means::
dst = bswap16(dst)
dst = bswap32(dst)
@@ -386,59 +432,59 @@ Examples:
Jump instructions
-----------------
-``BPF_JMP32`` uses 32-bit wide operands and indicates the base32
-conformance group, while ``BPF_JMP`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
+``JMP32`` uses 32-bit wide operands and indicates the base32
+conformance group, while ``JMP`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
otherwise identical operations, and indicates the base64 conformance
group unless otherwise specified.
The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
-======== ===== ======= =============================== =============================================
+======== ===== ======= =============================== ===================================================
code value src_reg description notes
-======== ===== ======= =============================== =============================================
-BPF_JA 0x0 0x0 PC += offset BPF_JMP | BPF_K only
-BPF_JA 0x0 0x0 PC += imm BPF_JMP32 | BPF_K only
-BPF_JEQ 0x1 any PC += offset if dst == src
-BPF_JGT 0x2 any PC += offset if dst > src unsigned
-BPF_JGE 0x3 any PC += offset if dst >= src unsigned
-BPF_JSET 0x4 any PC += offset if dst & src
-BPF_JNE 0x5 any PC += offset if dst != src
-BPF_JSGT 0x6 any PC += offset if dst > src signed
-BPF_JSGE 0x7 any PC += offset if dst >= src signed
-BPF_CALL 0x8 0x0 call helper function by address BPF_JMP | BPF_K only, see `Helper functions`_
-BPF_CALL 0x8 0x1 call PC += imm BPF_JMP | BPF_K only, see `Program-local functions`_
-BPF_CALL 0x8 0x2 call helper function by BTF ID BPF_JMP | BPF_K only, see `Helper functions`_
-BPF_EXIT 0x9 0x0 return BPF_JMP | BPF_K only
-BPF_JLT 0xa any PC += offset if dst < src unsigned
-BPF_JLE 0xb any PC += offset if dst <= src unsigned
-BPF_JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed
-BPF_JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed
-======== ===== ======= =============================== =============================================
-
-The BPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a
-``BPF_EXIT``.
+======== ===== ======= =============================== ===================================================
+JA 0x0 0x0 PC += offset {JA, K, JMP} only
+JA 0x0 0x0 PC += imm {JA, K, JMP32} only
+JEQ 0x1 any PC += offset if dst == src
+JGT 0x2 any PC += offset if dst > src unsigned
+JGE 0x3 any PC += offset if dst >= src unsigned
+JSET 0x4 any PC += offset if dst & src
+JNE 0x5 any PC += offset if dst != src
+JSGT 0x6 any PC += offset if dst > src signed
+JSGE 0x7 any PC += offset if dst >= src signed
+CALL 0x8 0x0 call helper function by address {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
+CALL 0x8 0x1 call PC += imm {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Program-local functions`_
+CALL 0x8 0x2 call helper function by BTF ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
+EXIT 0x9 0x0 return {CALL, K, JMP} only
+JLT 0xa any PC += offset if dst < src unsigned
+JLE 0xb any PC += offset if dst <= src unsigned
+JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed
+JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed
+======== ===== ======= =============================== ===================================================
+
+The BPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing an
+``EXIT``.
Example:
-``BPF_JSGE | BPF_X | BPF_JMP32`` (0x7e) means::
+``{JSGE, X, JMP32}`` means::
if (s32)dst s>= (s32)src goto +offset
where 's>=' indicates a signed '>=' comparison.
-``BPF_JA | BPF_K | BPF_JMP32`` (0x06) means::
+``{JA, K, JMP32}`` means::
gotol +imm
where 'imm' means the branch offset comes from insn 'imm' field.
-Note that there are two flavors of ``BPF_JA`` instructions. The
-``BPF_JMP`` class permits a 16-bit jump offset specified by the 'offset'
-field, whereas the ``BPF_JMP32`` class permits a 32-bit jump offset
+Note that there are two flavors of ``JA`` instructions. The
+``JMP`` class permits a 16-bit jump offset specified by the 'offset'
+field, whereas the ``JMP32`` class permits a 32-bit jump offset
specified by the 'imm' field. A > 16-bit conditional jump may be
converted to a < 16-bit conditional jump plus a 32-bit unconditional
jump.
-All ``BPF_CALL`` and ``BPF_JA`` instructions belong to the
+All ``CALL`` and ``JA`` instructions belong to the
base32 conformance group.
Helper functions
@@ -459,80 +505,83 @@ Program-local functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Program-local functions are functions exposed by the same BPF program as the
caller, and are referenced by offset from the call instruction, similar to
-``BPF_JA``. The offset is encoded in the imm field of the call instruction.
-A ``BPF_EXIT`` within the program-local function will return to the caller.
+``JA``. The offset is encoded in the imm field of the call instruction.
+A ``EXIT`` within the program-local function will return to the caller.
Load and store instructions
===========================
-For load and store instructions (``BPF_LD``, ``BPF_LDX``, ``BPF_ST``, and ``BPF_STX``), the
-8-bit 'opcode' field is divided as:
-
-============ ====== =================
-3 bits (MSB) 2 bits 3 bits (LSB)
-============ ====== =================
-mode size instruction class
-============ ====== =================
-
-The mode modifier is one of:
-
- ============= ===== ==================================== =============
- mode modifier value description reference
- ============= ===== ==================================== =============
- BPF_IMM 0x00 64-bit immediate instructions `64-bit immediate instructions`_
- BPF_ABS 0x20 legacy BPF packet access (absolute) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
- BPF_IND 0x40 legacy BPF packet access (indirect) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
- BPF_MEM 0x60 regular load and store operations `Regular load and store operations`_
- BPF_MEMSX 0x80 sign-extension load operations `Sign-extension load operations`_
- BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations `Atomic operations`_
- ============= ===== ==================================== =============
-
-The size modifier is one of:
-
- ============= ===== =====================
- size modifier value description
- ============= ===== =====================
- BPF_W 0x00 word (4 bytes)
- BPF_H 0x08 half word (2 bytes)
- BPF_B 0x10 byte
- BPF_DW 0x18 double word (8 bytes)
- ============= ===== =====================
-
-Instructions using ``BPF_DW`` belong to the base64 conformance group.
+For load and store instructions (``LD``, ``LDX``, ``ST``, and ``STX``), the
+8-bit 'opcode' field is divided as::
+
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ |mode |sz |class|
+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+**mode**
+ The mode modifier is one of:
+
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
+ mode modifier value description reference
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
+ IMM 0 64-bit immediate instructions `64-bit immediate instructions`_
+ ABS 1 legacy BPF packet access (absolute) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
+ IND 2 legacy BPF packet access (indirect) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
+ MEM 3 regular load and store operations `Regular load and store operations`_
+ MEMSX 4 sign-extension load operations `Sign-extension load operations`_
+ ATOMIC 6 atomic operations `Atomic operations`_
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
+
+**sz (size)**
+ The size modifier is one of:
+
+ ==== ===== =====================
+ size value description
+ ==== ===== =====================
+ W 0 word (4 bytes)
+ H 1 half word (2 bytes)
+ B 2 byte
+ DW 3 double word (8 bytes)
+ ==== ===== =====================
+
+ Instructions using ``DW`` belong to the base64 conformance group.
+
+**class**
+ The instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_)
Regular load and store operations
---------------------------------
-The ``BPF_MEM`` mode modifier is used to encode regular load and store
+The ``MEM`` mode modifier is used to encode regular load and store
instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
-``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX`` means::
+``{MEM, <size>, STX}`` means::
*(size *) (dst + offset) = src
-``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST`` means::
+``{MEM, <size>, ST}`` means::
*(size *) (dst + offset) = imm
-``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
+``{MEM, <size>, LDX}`` means::
dst = *(unsigned size *) (src + offset)
-Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW`` and
-'unsigned size' is one of u8, u16, u32 or u64.
+Where '<size>' is one of: ``B``, ``H``, ``W``, or ``DW``, and
+'unsigned size' is one of: u8, u16, u32, or u64.
Sign-extension load operations
------------------------------
-The ``BPF_MEMSX`` mode modifier is used to encode :term:`sign-extension<Sign Extend>` load
+The ``MEMSX`` mode modifier is used to encode :term:`sign-extension<Sign Extend>` load
instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
-``BPF_MEMSX | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
+``{MEMSX, <size>, LDX}`` means::
dst = *(signed size *) (src + offset)
-Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H`` or ``BPF_W``, and
-'signed size' is one of s8, s16 or s32.
+Where size is one of: ``B``, ``H``, or ``W``, and
+'signed size' is one of: s8, s16, or s32.
Atomic operations
-----------------
@@ -542,11 +591,11 @@ interrupted or corrupted by other access to the same memory region
by other BPF programs or means outside of this specification.
All atomic operations supported by BPF are encoded as store operations
-that use the ``BPF_ATOMIC`` mode modifier as follows:
+that use the ``ATOMIC`` mode modifier as follows:
-* ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` for 32-bit operations, which are
+* ``{ATOMIC, W, STX}`` for 32-bit operations, which are
part of the "atomic32" conformance group.
-* ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` for 64-bit operations, which are
+* ``{ATOMIC, DW, STX}`` for 64-bit operations, which are
part of the "atomic64" conformance group.
* 8-bit and 16-bit wide atomic operations are not supported.
@@ -557,18 +606,18 @@ arithmetic operations in the 'imm' field to encode the atomic operation:
======== ===== ===========
imm value description
======== ===== ===========
-BPF_ADD 0x00 atomic add
-BPF_OR 0x40 atomic or
-BPF_AND 0x50 atomic and
-BPF_XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
+ADD 0x00 atomic add
+OR 0x40 atomic or
+AND 0x50 atomic and
+XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
======== ===== ===========
-``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF_ADD means::
+``{ATOMIC, W, STX}`` with 'imm' = ADD means::
*(u32 *)(dst + offset) += src
-``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF_ADD means::
+``{ATOMIC, DW, STX}`` with 'imm' = ADD means::
*(u64 *)(dst + offset) += src
@@ -578,20 +627,20 @@ two complex atomic operations:
=========== ================ ===========================
imm value description
=========== ================ ===========================
-BPF_FETCH 0x01 modifier: return old value
-BPF_XCHG 0xe0 | BPF_FETCH atomic exchange
-BPF_CMPXCHG 0xf0 | BPF_FETCH atomic compare and exchange
+FETCH 0x01 modifier: return old value
+XCHG 0xe0 | FETCH atomic exchange
+CMPXCHG 0xf0 | FETCH atomic compare and exchange
=========== ================ ===========================
-The ``BPF_FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and
-always set for the complex atomic operations. If the ``BPF_FETCH`` flag
+The ``FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and
+always set for the complex atomic operations. If the ``FETCH`` flag
is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src`` with the value that
was in memory before it was modified.
-The ``BPF_XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src`` with the value
+The ``XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src`` with the value
addressed by ``dst + offset``.
-The ``BPF_CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
+The ``CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
``dst + offset`` with ``R0``. If they match, the value addressed by
``dst + offset`` is replaced with ``src``. In either case, the
value that was at ``dst + offset`` before the operation is zero-extended
@@ -600,25 +649,25 @@ and loaded back to ``R0``.
64-bit immediate instructions
-----------------------------
-Instructions with the ``BPF_IMM`` 'mode' modifier use the wide instruction
+Instructions with the ``IMM`` 'mode' modifier use the wide instruction
encoding defined in `Instruction encoding`_, and use the 'src_reg' field of the
basic instruction to hold an opcode subtype.
-The following table defines a set of ``BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD`` instructions
+The following table defines a set of ``{IMM, DW, LD}`` instructions
with opcode subtypes in the 'src_reg' field, using new terms such as "map"
defined further below:
-========================= ====== ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
-opcode construction opcode src_reg pseudocode imm type dst type
-========================= ====== ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x0 dst = (next_imm << 32) | imm integer integer
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x1 dst = map_by_fd(imm) map fd map
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x2 dst = map_val(map_by_fd(imm)) + next_imm map fd data pointer
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data pointer
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x4 dst = code_addr(imm) integer code pointer
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x5 dst = map_by_idx(imm) map index map
-BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x6 dst = map_val(map_by_idx(imm)) + next_imm map index data pointer
-========================= ====== ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+src_reg pseudocode imm type dst type
+======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+0x0 dst = (next_imm << 32) | imm integer integer
+0x1 dst = map_by_fd(imm) map fd map
+0x2 dst = map_val(map_by_fd(imm)) + next_imm map fd data pointer
+0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data pointer
+0x4 dst = code_addr(imm) integer code pointer
+0x5 dst = map_by_idx(imm) map index map
+0x6 dst = map_val(map_by_idx(imm)) + next_imm map index data pointer
+======= ========================================= =========== ==============
where
@@ -657,8 +706,8 @@ Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
BPF previously introduced special instructions for access to packet data that were
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. The 'dst_reg' and 'offset' fields were
-set to zero, and 'src_reg' was set to zero for BPF_ABS. However, these
+class of ``LD``, a size modifier of ``W``, ``H``, or ``B``, and a
+mode modifier of ``ABS`` or ``IND``. The 'dst_reg' and 'offset' fields were
+set to zero, and 'src_reg' was set to zero for ``ABS``. However, these
instructions are deprecated and should no longer be used. All legacy packet
access instructions belong to the "legacy" conformance group.
--
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