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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst b/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst index 956b0c86699d..508d009d3bed 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst @@ -12,6 +12,36 @@ Byte swap instructions ``BPF_FROM_LE`` and ``BPF_FROM_BE`` exist as aliases for ``BPF_TO_LE`` and ``BPF_TO_BE`` respectively. +Jump instructions +================= + +``BPF_CALL | BPF_X | BPF_JMP`` (0x8d), where the helper function +integer would be read from a specified register, is not currently supported +by the verifier. Any programs with this instruction will fail to load +until such support is added. + +Maps +==== + +Linux only supports the 'map_val(map)' operation on array maps with a single element. + +Linux uses an fd_array to store maps associated with a BPF program. Thus, +map_by_idx(imm) uses the fd at that index in the array. + +Variables +========= + +The following 64-bit immediate instruction specifies that a variable address, +which corresponds to some integer stored in the 'imm' field, should be loaded: + +========================= ====== === ========================================= =========== ============== +opcode construction opcode src pseudocode imm type dst type +========================= ====== === ========================================= =========== ============== +BPF_IMM | BPF_DW | BPF_LD 0x18 0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data pointer +========================= ====== === ========================================= =========== ============== + +On Linux, this integer is a BTF ID. + Legacy BPF Packet access instructions ===================================== |