RE: [PATCH bpf-next v2 15/15] docs/bpf: Add documentation for new instructions

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 11:09 PM
> To: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>; Andrii Nakryiko
> <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>; Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Fangrui
> Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>; kernel-team@xxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 15/15] docs/bpf: Add documentation for new
> instructions
> 
> Add documentation in instruction-set.rst for new instruction encoding and
> their corresponding operations. Also removed the question related to 'no
> BPF_SDIV' in bpf_design_QA.rst since we have BPF_SDIV insn now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst           |   5 -
>  .../bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst   | 100 ++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
> b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
> index 38372a956d65..eb19c945f4d5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
> @@ -140,11 +140,6 @@ A: Because if we picked one-to-one relationship to
> x64 it would have made  it more complicated to support on arm64 and other
> archs. Also it  needs div-by-zero runtime check.
> 
> -Q: Why there is no BPF_SDIV for signed divide operation?
> -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -A: Because it would be rarely used. llvm errors in such case and -prints a
> suggestion to use unsigned divide instead.
> -
>  Q: Why BPF has implicit prologue and epilogue?
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  A: Because architectures like sparc have register windows and in general diff
> --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
> b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
> index 751e657973f0..367f426d09a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
> @@ -154,24 +154,27 @@ otherwise identical operations.
>  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  description
> -========  =====
> ==========================================================
> -BPF_ADD   0x00   dst += src
> -BPF_SUB   0x10   dst -= src
> -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 & 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 dst >>= (src & mask)
> -BPF_END   0xd0   byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_
> below)
> -========  =====
> ==========================================================
> +========  =====  ============
> ==========================================================
> +code      value  offset value  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 = -src
> +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 = (s8,16,s32)src
> +BPF_ARSH  0xc0   0             sign extending dst >>= (src & mask)
> +BPF_END   0xd0   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 eBPF program execution would @@ -
> 198,11 +201,19 @@ where '(u32)' indicates that the upper 32 bits are
> zeroed.
> 
>    dst = dst ^ imm32
> 
> -Also note that the division and modulo operations are unsigned. Thus, for -
> ``BPF_ALU``, 'imm' is first interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit value, whereas -
> 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.
> +Note that most instructions have instruction offset of 0. But three
> +instructions (BPF_SDIV, BPF_SMOD, BPF_MOVSX) have non-zero offset.
> +
> +The devision and modulo operations support both unsigned and signed
> flavors.
> +For unsigned operation (BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD), for ``BPF_ALU``, 'imm' is
> +first interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit value, whereas for
> +``BPF_ALU64``, 'imm' is first sign extended to 64 bits and the result
> +interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit value.  For signed operation
> +(BPF_SDIV and BPF_SMOD), for both ``BPF_ALU`` and ``BPF_ALU64``, 'imm'
> is interpreted as a signed value.
> +
> +Instruction BPF_MOVSX does move operation with sign extension. For
> +``BPF_ALU`` mode, 8-bit and 16-bit sign extensions to 32-bit are
> +supported. For ``BPF_ALU64``, 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit sign extenstions to
> 64-bit are supported.
> 
>  Shift operations use a mask of 0x3F (63) for 64-bit operations and 0x1F (31)
> for 32-bit operations.
> @@ -210,21 +221,23 @@ for 32-bit operations.
>  Byte swap instructions
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> -The byte swap instructions use an instruction class of ``BPF_ALU`` and a 4-bit
> -'code' field of ``BPF_END``.
> +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 operate on the destination register  only and do
> not use a separate source register or immediate value.
> 
> -The 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used to select what byte -
> order the operation convert from or to:
> +For ``BPF_ALU``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used
> +to select what byte order the operation convert from or to. For
> +``BPF_ALU64``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is not used.
> 
> -=========  =====
> =================================================
> -source     value  description
> -=========  =====
> =================================================
> -BPF_TO_LE  0x00   convert between host byte order and little endian
> -BPF_TO_BE  0x08   convert between host byte order and big endian
> -=========  =====
> =================================================
> +=========  =========  =====
> =================================================
> +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  BPF_TO_LE  0x00   do byte swap unconditionally
> +=========  =========  =====
> +=================================================
> 
>  The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations.  The following
> widths  are supported: 16, 32 and 64.
> @@ -239,6 +252,10 @@ Examples:
> 
>    dst = htobe64(dst)
> 
> +``BPF_ALU64 | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16 means::
> +
> +  dst = bswap16(dst)
> +
>  Jump instructions
>  -----------------
> 
> @@ -249,7 +266,8 @@ The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
>  ========  =====  ===  ===========================================
> =========================================
>  code      value  src  description                                  notes
>  ========  =====  ===  ===========================================
> =========================================
> -BPF_JA    0x0    0x0  PC += offset                                 BPF_JMP only
> +BPF_JA    0x0    0x0  PC += offset                                 BPF_JMP class
> +BPF_JA    0x0    0x0  PC += imm                                    BPF_JMP32 class
>  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
> @@ -278,6 +296,10 @@ Example:
> 
>  where 's>=' indicates a signed '>=' comparison.
> 
> +Note there are two flavors of BPF_JA instrions. BPF_JMP class permits
> +16-bit jump offset while
> +BPF_JMP32 permits 32-bit jump offset. A >16bit conditional jmp can be
> +converted to a <16bit conditional jmp plus a 32-bit unconditional jump.
> +
>  Helper functions
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> @@ -320,6 +342,7 @@ The mode modifier is one of:
>    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`_
>    =============  =====  ====================================
> =============
> 
> @@ -354,6 +377,15 @@ instructions that transfer data between a register
> and memory.
> 
>  Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW``.
> 
> +The ``BPF_MEMSX`` mode modifier is used to encode sign-extension load
> +instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
> +
> +``BPF_MEMSX | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
> +
> +  dst = *(sign-extension size *) (src + offset)
> +
> +Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H`` or ``BPF_W``.
> +
>  Atomic operations
>  -----------------
> 
> --
> 2.34.1
> 

Adding bpf@xxxxxxxx to the To line since this is proposing a chance to the ISA draft.

Dave






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