Commit a92adde8 authored by Dave Thaler's avatar Dave Thaler Committed by Alexei Starovoitov

bpf, docs: Use consistent names for the same field

Use consistent names for the same field, e.g., 'dst' vs 'dst_reg'.
Previously a mix of terms were used for the same thing in various cases.
Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Thaler <dthaler@microsoft.com>
Acked-by: default avatarDavid Vernet <void@manifault.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230127224555.916-1-dthaler1968@googlemail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
parent 26759bee
......@@ -30,20 +30,56 @@ Instruction encoding
eBPF 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 value
(imm64) after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
* 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 basic instruction encoding looks as follows:
The basic instruction encoding is as follows, where MSB and LSB mean the most significant
bits and least significant bits, respectively:
============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
============= ======= ======= ======= ============
32 bits (MSB) 16 bits 4 bits 4 bits 8 bits (LSB)
============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
immediate offset source register destination register opcode
============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
============= ======= ======= ======= ============
imm offset src_reg dst_reg opcode
============= ======= ======= ======= ============
**imm**
signed integer immediate value
**offset**
signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic
**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)
**opcode**
operation to perform
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 a 64-bit immediate value that is 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.
================= ==================
64 bits (MSB) 64 bits (LSB)
================= ==================
basic instruction pseudo instruction
================= ==================
Thus the 64-bit immediate value is constructed as follows:
imm64 = (next_imm << 32) | imm
where 'next_imm' refers to the imm value of the pseudo instruction
following the basic instruction.
Instruction classes
-------------------
......@@ -71,27 +107,32 @@ For arithmetic and jump instructions (``BPF_ALU``, ``BPF_ALU64``, ``BPF_JMP`` an
============== ====== =================
4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
============== ====== =================
operation code source instruction class
code source instruction class
============== ====== =================
The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
**code**
the operation code, whose meaning varies by instruction class
====== ===== ========================================
source value description
====== ===== ========================================
BPF_K 0x00 use 32-bit immediate as source operand
BPF_X 0x08 use 'src_reg' register as source operand
====== ===== ========================================
**source**
the source operand location, which unless otherwise specified is one of:
The four MSB bits store the operation code.
====== ===== ==============================================
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
====== ===== ==============================================
**instruction class**
the instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_)
Arithmetic instructions
-----------------------
``BPF_ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``BPF_ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
otherwise identical operations.
The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
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
......@@ -121,19 +162,19 @@ the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``BPF_ALU`` the upper
``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU`` means::
dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
dst = (u32) ((u32) dst + (u32) src)
``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64`` means::
dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
dst = dst + src
``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU`` means::
dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg ^ (u32) imm32
dst = (u32) dst ^ (u32) imm32
``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64`` means::
dst_reg = dst_reg ^ imm32
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
......@@ -167,11 +208,11 @@ Examples:
``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16 means::
dst_reg = htole16(dst_reg)
dst = htole16(dst)
``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_BE | BPF_END`` with imm = 64 means::
dst_reg = htobe64(dst_reg)
dst = htobe64(dst)
Jump instructions
-----------------
......@@ -246,15 +287,15 @@ instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX`` means::
*(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
*(size *) (dst + offset) = src
``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST`` means::
*(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
*(size *) (dst + offset) = imm32
``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
dst = *(size *) (src + offset)
Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW``.
......@@ -288,11 +329,11 @@ BPF_XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF_ADD means::
*(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
*(u32 *)(dst + offset) += src
``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF ADD means::
*(u64 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
*(u64 *)(dst + offset) += src
In addition to the simple atomic operations, there also is a modifier and
two complex atomic operations:
......@@ -307,16 +348,16 @@ BPF_CMPXCHG 0xf0 | BPF_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
is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src_reg`` with the value that
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_reg`` with the value
addressed by ``dst_reg + off``.
The ``BPF_XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src`` with the value
addressed by ``dst + offset``.
The ``BPF_CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
``dst_reg + off`` with ``R0``. If they match, the value addressed by
``dst_reg + off`` is replaced with ``src_reg``. In either case, the
value that was at ``dst_reg + off`` before the operation is zero-extended
``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
and loaded back to ``R0``.
64-bit immediate instructions
......@@ -329,7 +370,7 @@ There is currently only one such instruction.
``BPF_LD | BPF_DW | BPF_IMM`` means::
dst_reg = imm64
dst = imm64
Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
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