On 09/12/2024 14:54, Simone Magnani wrote:
> This patch introduces a new probe to check whether the kernel supports
> instruction set extensions v4. The v4 extension comprises several new
> instructions: BPF_{SDIV,SMOD} (signed div and mod), BPF_{LD,LDX,ST,STX,MOV}
> (sign-extended load/store/move), 32-bit BPF_JA (unconditional jump),
> target-independent BPF_ALU64 BSWAP (byte-swapping 16/32/64). These have
> been introduced in the following commits respectively:
>
> * ec0e2da ("bpf: Support new signed div/mod instructions.")
> * 1f9a1ea ("bpf: Support new sign-extension load insns")
> * 8100928 ("bpf: Support new sign-extension mov insns")
> * 4cd58e9 ("bpf: Support new 32bit offset jmp instruction")
> * 0845c3d ("bpf: Support new unconditional bswap instruction")
>
> Support in bpftool for previous ISA extensions were added in commit
> 0fd800b2 ("bpftool: Probe for instruction set extensions"). These probes
> are useful for userspace BPF projects that want to use newer
> instruction set extensions on newer kernels, to reduce the programs'
> sizes or their complexity. LLVM provides the mcpu=v4 option since commit
> "[BPF] support for BPF_ST instruction in codegen"
> (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/8f28e8069c4ba1110daee8bddc4d5049b6d4646e).
>
> Changelog:
>
> - v2:
> - moved BPF_JMP32_A macro after BPF_JMP_A in filter.h for consistency
> with include/linux/filter.h, noted by Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Signed-off-by: Simone Magnani <simone.magnani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/include/linux/filter.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
> index 4dbc4fcdf473..24fecdf8e430 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/feature.c
> @@ -885,6 +885,28 @@ probe_v3_isa_extension(const char *define_prefix, __u32 ifindex)
> "V3_ISA_EXTENSION");
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Probe for the v4 instruction set extension introduced in commit 1f9a1ea821ff
> + * ("bpf: Support new sign-extension load insns").
> + */
> +static void
> +probe_v4_isa_extension(const char *define_prefix, __u32 ifindex)
> +{
> + struct bpf_insn insns[5] = {
> + BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
> + BPF_JMP32_IMM(BPF_JEQ, BPF_REG_0, 1, 1),
Looking again at the probe itself, does the second instruction serve any
practical purpose here? Don't you just need to test the BPF_JMP32_A?
Looks good otherwise, thank you!
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> + BPF_JMP32_A(1),
> + BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 1),
> + BPF_EXIT_INSN()
> + };
