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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 11:19:05 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] bpf, docs: Generate nicer tables for instruction encodings
Use RST tables that are nicely readable both in plain ascii as well as
in html to render the instruction encodings, and add a few subheadings
to better structure the text.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst | 158 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
index 3967842e00234..4e3041cf04325 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -19,19 +19,10 @@ The eBPF calling convention is defined as:
R0 - R5 are scratch registers and eBPF programs needs to spill/fill them if
necessary across calls.
-eBPF opcode encoding
-====================
-
-For arithmetic and jump instructions the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into
-three parts::
-
- +----------------+--------+--------------------+
- | 4 bits | 1 bit | 3 bits |
- | operation code | source | instruction class |
- +----------------+--------+--------------------+
- (MSB) (LSB)
+Instruction classes
+===================
-Three LSB bits store instruction class which is one of:
+The three LSB bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
========= =====
class value
@@ -46,17 +37,34 @@ Three LSB bits store instruction class which is one of:
BPF_ALU64 0x07
========= =====
-When BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_ALU or BPF_JMP, 4th bit encodes source operand ...
+Arithmetic and jump instructions
+================================
+
+For arithmetic and jump instructions (BPF_ALU, BPF_ALU64, BPF_JMP and
+BPF_JMP32), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts:
-::
+ ============== ====== =================
+ 4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
+ ============== ====== =================
+ operation code source instruction class
+ ============== ====== =================
- BPF_K 0x00 /* use 32-bit immediate as source operand */
- BPF_X 0x08 /* use 'src_reg' register as source operand */
+The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
-... and four MSB bits store operation code.
+ ====== ===== ========================================
+ source value description
+ ====== ===== ========================================
+ BPF_K 0x00 use 32-bit immediate as source operand
+ BPF_X 0x08 use 'src_reg' register as source operand
+ ====== ===== ========================================
-If BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_ALU or BPF_ALU64 BPF_OP(code) is one of::
+The four MSB bits store the operation code.
+For class BPF_ALU or BPF_ALU64:
+
+ ======== ===== =========================
+ code value description
+ ======== ===== =========================
BPF_ADD 0x00
BPF_SUB 0x10
BPF_MUL 0x20
@@ -68,26 +76,31 @@ If BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_ALU or BPF_ALU64 BPF_OP(code) is one of::
BPF_NEG 0x80
BPF_MOD 0x90
BPF_XOR 0xa0
- BPF_MOV 0xb0 /* mov reg to reg */
- BPF_ARSH 0xc0 /* sign extending shift right */
- BPF_END 0xd0 /* endianness conversion */
+ BPF_MOV 0xb0 mov reg to reg
+ BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending shift right
+ BPF_END 0xd0 endianness conversion
+ ======== ===== =========================
-If BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_JMP or BPF_JMP32 BPF_OP(code) is one of::
+For class BPF_JMP or BPF_JMP32:
- BPF_JA 0x00 /* BPF_JMP only */
+ ======== ===== =========================
+ code value description
+ ======== ===== =========================
+ BPF_JA 0x00 BPF_JMP only
BPF_JEQ 0x10
BPF_JGT 0x20
BPF_JGE 0x30
BPF_JSET 0x40
- BPF_JNE 0x50 /* jump != */
- BPF_JSGT 0x60 /* signed '>' */
- BPF_JSGE 0x70 /* signed '>=' */
- BPF_CALL 0x80 /* function call */
- BPF_EXIT 0x90 /* function return */
- BPF_JLT 0xa0 /* unsigned '<' */
- BPF_JLE 0xb0 /* unsigned '<=' */
- BPF_JSLT 0xc0 /* signed '<' */
- BPF_JSLE 0xd0 /* signed '<=' */
+ BPF_JNE 0x50 jump '!='
+ BPF_JSGT 0x60 signed '>'
+ BPF_JSGE 0x70 signed '>='
+ BPF_CALL 0x80 function call
+ BPF_EXIT 0x90 function return
+ BPF_JLT 0xa0 unsigned '<'
+ BPF_JLE 0xb0 unsigned '<='
+ BPF_JSLT 0xc0 signed '<'
+ BPF_JSLE 0xd0 signed '<='
+ ======== ===== =========================
So BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU means::
@@ -108,37 +121,58 @@ the return value into register R0 before doing a BPF_EXIT. Class 6 is used as
BPF_JMP32 to mean exactly the same operations as BPF_JMP, but with 32-bit wide
operands for the comparisons instead.
-For load and store instructions the 8-bit 'code' field is divided as::
- +--------+--------+-------------------+
- | 3 bits | 2 bits | 3 bits |
- | mode | size | instruction class |
- +--------+--------+-------------------+
- (MSB) (LSB)
+Load and store instructions
+===========================
+
+For load and store instructions (BPF_LD, BPF_LDX, BPF_ST and BPF_STX), the
+8-bit 'opcode' field is divided as:
+
+ ============ ====== =================
+ 3 bits (MSB) 2 bits 3 bits (LSB)
+ ============ ====== =================
+ mode size instruction class
+ ============ ====== =================
+
+The size modifier is one of:
-Size modifier is one of ...
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ size modifier value description
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ BPF_W 0x00 word (4 bytes)
+ BPF_H 0x08 half word (2 bytes)
+ BPF_B 0x10 byte
+ BPF_DW 0x18 double word (8 bytes)
+ ============= ===== =====================
-::
+The mode modifier is one of:
- BPF_W 0x00 /* word */
- BPF_H 0x08 /* half word */
- BPF_B 0x10 /* byte */
- BPF_DW 0x18 /* double word */
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ mode modifier value description
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ BPF_IMM 0x00 used for 64-bit mov
+ BPF_ABS 0x20
+ BPF_IND 0x40
+ BPF_MEM 0x60
+ BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations
+ ============= ===== =====================
-... which encodes size of load/store operation::
+BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX means::
- B - 1 byte
- H - 2 byte
- W - 4 byte
- DW - 8 byte
+ *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
-Mode modifier is one of::
+BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST means::
- BPF_IMM 0x00 /* used for 64-bit mov */
- BPF_ABS 0x20
- BPF_IND 0x40
- BPF_MEM 0x60
- BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 /* atomic operations */
+ *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
+
+BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX means::
+
+ dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
+
+Where size is one of: BPF_B or BPF_H or BPF_W or BPF_DW.
+
+Packet access instructions
+--------------------------
eBPF has two non-generic instructions: (BPF_ABS | <size> | BPF_LD) and
(BPF_IND | <size> | BPF_LD) which are used to access packet data.
@@ -165,15 +199,10 @@ For example::
R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) (((struct sk_buff *) R6)->data + src_reg + imm32))
and R1 - R5 were scratched.
-eBPF has generic load/store operations::
+Atomic operations
+-----------------
- BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX: *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
- BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST: *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
- BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX: dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
-
-Where size is one of: BPF_B or BPF_H or BPF_W or BPF_DW.
-
-It also includes atomic operations, which use the immediate field for extra
+eBPF includes atomic operations, which use the immediate field for extra
encoding::
.imm = BPF_ADD, .code = BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX: lock xadd *(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
@@ -217,6 +246,9 @@ You may encounter ``BPF_XADD`` - this is a legacy name for ``BPF_ATOMIC``,
referring to the exclusive-add operation encoded when the immediate field is
zero.
+16-byte instructions
+--------------------
+
eBPF has one 16-byte instruction: ``BPF_LD | BPF_DW | BPF_IMM`` which consists
of two consecutive ``struct bpf_insn`` 8-byte blocks and interpreted as single
instruction that loads 64-bit immediate value into a dst_reg.
--
2.30.2
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