netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/4] bpf, doc: add RISC-V JIT to BPF documentation

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Message-Id: <20190205124125.5553-4-bjorn.topel@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue,  5 Feb 2019 13:41:24 +0100
From:   bjorn.topel@...il.com
To:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        ast@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>,
        palmer@...ive.com, hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/4] bpf, doc: add RISC-V JIT to BPF documentation

From: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>

Update Documentation/networking/filter.txt and
Documentation/sysctl/net.txt to mention RISC-V.

Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/filter.txt | 16 +++++++++-------
 Documentation/sysctl/net.txt        |  1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
index 01603bc2eff1..b5e060edfc38 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
@@ -464,10 +464,11 @@ breakpoints: 0 1
 JIT compiler
 ------------
 
-The Linux kernel has a built-in BPF JIT compiler for x86_64, SPARC, PowerPC,
-ARM, ARM64, MIPS and s390 and can be enabled through CONFIG_BPF_JIT. The JIT
-compiler is transparently invoked for each attached filter from user space
-or for internal kernel users if it has been previously enabled by root:
+The Linux kernel has a built-in BPF JIT compiler for x86_64, SPARC,
+PowerPC, ARM, ARM64, MIPS, RISC-V and s390 and can be enabled through
+CONFIG_BPF_JIT. The JIT compiler is transparently invoked for each
+attached filter from user space or for internal kernel users if it has
+been previously enabled by root:
 
   echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
 
@@ -603,9 +604,10 @@ got from bpf_prog_create(), and 'ctx' the given context (e.g.
 skb pointer). All constraints and restrictions from bpf_check_classic() apply
 before a conversion to the new layout is being done behind the scenes!
 
-Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most 32-bit
-architectures, whereas x86-64, aarch64, s390x, powerpc64, sparc64, arm32 perform
-JIT compilation from eBPF instruction set.
+Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most
+32-bit architectures, whereas x86-64, aarch64, s390x, powerpc64,
+sparc64, arm32, riscv (RV64G) perform JIT compilation from eBPF
+instruction set.
 
 Some core changes of the new internal format:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
index bc0680706870..2ae91d3873bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/net.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ two flavors of JITs, the newer eBPF JIT currently supported on:
   - sparc64
   - mips64
   - s390x
+  - riscv
 
 And the older cBPF JIT supported on the following archs:
   - mips
-- 
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