From: Dave Thaler <dthaler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Update the documentation regarding shift operations to explain the use of a mask, since otherwise shifting by a value out of range (like negative) is undefined. Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst index 492980ece1a..6644842cd3e 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst @@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ BPF_MUL 0x20 dst \*= src BPF_DIV 0x30 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0 BPF_OR 0x40 dst \|= src BPF_AND 0x50 dst &= src -BPF_LSH 0x60 dst <<= src -BPF_RSH 0x70 dst >>= src +BPF_LSH 0x60 dst <<= (src & mask) +BPF_RSH 0x70 dst >>= (src & mask) BPF_NEG 0x80 dst = ~src BPF_MOD 0x90 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst BPF_XOR 0xa0 dst ^= src BPF_MOV 0xb0 dst = src -BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending shift right +BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending dst >>= (src & mask) BPF_END 0xd0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ below) ======== ===== ========================================================== @@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ for ``BPF_ALU64``, 'imm' is first sign extended to 64 bits and the result interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit value. There are no instructions for signed division or modulo. +Shift operations use a mask of 0x3F (63) for 64-bit operations and 0x1F (31) +for 32-bit operations. + Byte swap instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.33.4
