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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:
- Fix error output of boot instance creation failure
Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out
the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is
because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by
strsep(). Print the saved name instead.
While at it, print the error code of the failure.
- Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams
Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events.
But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event
that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free
the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and
still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use
the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate
histogram and crash the kernel.
Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram
data.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test
The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check
if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were
to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error
returned.
- Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size
If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update
the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to
read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring
buffer sub-buffer size.
- Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory
In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the
eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which
calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed
has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of
the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not
yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because
list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false.
Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and
makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized
upon creation.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code
The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does
not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a
failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed.
- Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure
On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state.
It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if
the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with
a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its
data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still
using it.
In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL
before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will
not free the parent's descriptor.
- Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and
post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final
attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a
failed replacement leaves it at -1.
But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and
exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it.
- Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error
Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it
triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it
exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING.
* tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails
tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify
eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()
tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change
tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()
tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers
tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/bpf/standardization')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/standardization/index.rst | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 790 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..41514137c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.. contents:: +.. sectnum:: + +=================================================== +BPF ABI Recommended Conventions and Guidelines v1.0 +=================================================== + +This is version 1.0 of an informational document containing recommended +conventions and guidelines for producing portable BPF program binaries. + +Registers and calling convention +================================ + +BPF has 10 general purpose registers and a read-only frame pointer register, +all of which are 64-bits wide. + +The BPF calling convention is defined as: + +* R0: return value from function calls, and exit value for BPF programs +* R1 - R5: arguments for function calls +* R6 - R9: callee saved registers that function calls will preserve +* R10: read-only frame pointer to access stack + +R0 - R5 are scratch registers and BPF programs needs to spill/fill them if +necessary across calls. + +The BPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing an +``EXIT``. diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a50c3baf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause) + +=================== +BPF Standardization +=================== + +This directory contains documents that are being iterated on as part of the BPF +standardization effort with the IETF. See the `IETF BPF Working Group`_ page +for the working group charter, documents, and more. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + instruction-set + abi + +.. Links: +.. _IETF BPF Working Group: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/bpf/about/ diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39c746117 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst @@ -0,0 +1,790 @@ +.. contents:: +.. sectnum:: + +====================================== +BPF Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) +====================================== + +eBPF, also commonly +referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel +that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an +operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction +set architecture (ISA). + +As a historical note, BPF originally stood for Berkeley Packet Filter, +but now that it can do so much more than packet filtering, the acronym +no longer makes sense. BPF is now considered a standalone term that +does not stand for anything. The original BPF is sometimes referred to +as cBPF (classic BPF) to distinguish it from the now widely deployed +eBPF (extended BPF). + +Documentation conventions +========================= + +The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", +"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and +"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in +BCP 14 `<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>`_ +`<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>`_ +when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. + +For brevity and consistency, this document refers to families +of types using a shorthand syntax and refers to several expository, +mnemonic functions when describing the semantics of instructions. +The range of valid values for those types and the semantics of those +functions are defined in the following subsections. + +Types +----- +This document refers to integer types with the notation `SN` to specify +a type's signedness (`S`) and bit width (`N`), respectively. + +.. table:: Meaning of signedness notation + + ==== ========= + S Meaning + ==== ========= + u unsigned + s signed + ==== ========= + +.. table:: Meaning of bit-width notation + + ===== ========= + N Bit width + ===== ========= + 8 8 bits + 16 16 bits + 32 32 bits + 64 64 bits + 128 128 bits + ===== ========= + +For example, `u32` is a type whose valid values are all the 32-bit unsigned +numbers and `s16` is a type whose valid values are all the 16-bit signed +numbers. + +Functions +--------- + +The following byteswap functions are direction-agnostic. That is, +the same function is used for conversion in either direction discussed +below. + +* be16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and big-endian + (`IEN137 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/ien/ien137.txt>`_) byte order. +* be32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and big-endian byte order. +* be64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and big-endian byte order. +* bswap16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number in either big- or little-endian + format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but + opposite endianness. +* bswap32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number in either big- or little-endian + format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but + opposite endianness. +* bswap64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number in either big- or little-endian + format and returns the equivalent number with the same bit width but + opposite endianness. +* le16: Takes an unsigned 16-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and little-endian byte order. +* le32: Takes an unsigned 32-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and little-endian byte order. +* le64: Takes an unsigned 64-bit number and converts it between + host byte order and little-endian byte order. + +Definitions +----------- + +.. glossary:: + + Sign Extend + To `sign extend an` ``X`` `-bit number, A, to a` ``Y`` `-bit number, B ,` means to + + #. Copy all ``X`` bits from `A` to the lower ``X`` bits of `B`. + #. Set the value of the remaining ``Y`` - ``X`` bits of `B` to the value of + the most-significant bit of `A`. + +.. admonition:: Example + + Sign extend an 8-bit number ``A`` to a 16-bit number ``B`` on a big-endian platform: + :: + + A: 10000110 + B: 11111111 10000110 + +Conformance groups +------------------ + +An implementation does not need to support all instructions specified in this +document (e.g., deprecated instructions). Instead, a number of conformance +groups are specified. An implementation MUST support the base32 conformance +group and MAY support additional conformance groups, where supporting a +conformance group means it MUST support all instructions in that conformance +group. + +The use of named conformance groups enables interoperability between a runtime +that executes instructions, and tools such as compilers that generate +instructions for the runtime. Thus, capability discovery in terms of +conformance groups might be done manually by users or automatically by tools. + +Each conformance group has a short ASCII label (e.g., "base32") that +corresponds to a set of instructions that are mandatory. That is, each +instruction has one or more conformance groups of which it is a member. + +This document defines the following conformance groups: + +* base32: includes all instructions defined in this + specification unless otherwise noted. +* base64: includes base32, plus instructions explicitly noted + as being in the base64 conformance group. +* atomic32: includes 32-bit atomic operation instructions (see `Atomic operations`_). +* atomic64: includes atomic32, plus 64-bit atomic operation instructions. +* divmul32: includes 32-bit division, multiplication, and modulo instructions. +* divmul64: includes divmul32, plus 64-bit division, multiplication, + and modulo instructions. +* packet: deprecated packet access instructions. + +Instruction encoding +==================== + +BPF 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 bits + after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits. + +Basic instruction encoding +-------------------------- + +A basic instruction is encoded as follows:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | opcode | regs | offset | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | imm | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +**opcode** + operation to perform, encoded as follows:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + |specific |class| + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + **specific** + The format of these bits varies by instruction class + + **class** + The instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_) + +**regs** + The source and destination register numbers, encoded as follows + on a little-endian host:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + |src_reg|dst_reg| + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + and as follows on a big-endian host:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + |dst_reg|src_reg| + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + + **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), unless otherwise specified + (future instructions might reuse this field for other purposes) + +**offset** + signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic, except where + otherwise specified (some arithmetic instructions reuse this field + for other purposes) + +**imm** + signed integer immediate value + +Note that the contents of multi-byte fields ('offset' and 'imm') are +stored using big-endian byte ordering on big-endian hosts and +little-endian byte ordering on little-endian hosts. + +For example:: + + opcode offset imm assembly + src_reg dst_reg + 07 0 1 00 00 44 33 22 11 r1 += 0x11223344 // little + dst_reg src_reg + 07 1 0 00 00 11 22 33 44 r1 += 0x11223344 // big + +Note that most instructions do not use all of the fields. +Unused fields SHALL be cleared to zero. + +Wide instruction encoding +-------------------------- + +Some instructions are defined to use the wide instruction encoding, +which uses two 32-bit immediate values. The 64 bits following +the basic instruction format contain a pseudo instruction +with 'opcode', 'dst_reg', 'src_reg', and 'offset' all set to zero. + +This is depicted in the following figure:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | opcode | regs | offset | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | imm | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | reserved | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | next_imm | + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +**opcode** + operation to perform, encoded as explained above + +**regs** + The source and destination register numbers (unless otherwise + specified), encoded as explained above + +**offset** + signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic, unless + otherwise specified + +**imm** + signed integer immediate value + +**reserved** + unused, set to zero + +**next_imm** + second signed integer immediate value + +Instruction classes +------------------- + +The three least significant bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class: + +.. table:: Instruction class + + ===== ===== =============================== =================================== + class value description reference + ===== ===== =============================== =================================== + LD 0x0 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_ + LDX 0x1 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_ + ST 0x2 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_ + STX 0x3 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_ + ALU 0x4 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_ + JMP 0x5 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_ + JMP32 0x6 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_ + ALU64 0x7 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_ + ===== ===== =============================== =================================== + +Arithmetic and jump instructions +================================ + +For arithmetic and jump instructions (``ALU``, ``ALU64``, ``JMP`` and +``JMP32``), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + | code |s|class| + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +**code** + the operation code, whose meaning varies by instruction class + +**s (source)** + the source operand location, which unless otherwise specified is one of: + + .. table:: Source operand location + + ====== ===== ============================================== + source value description + ====== ===== ============================================== + K 0 use 32-bit 'imm' value as source operand + X 1 use 'src_reg' register value as source operand + ====== ===== ============================================== + +**instruction class** + the instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_) + +Arithmetic instructions +----------------------- + +``ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for +otherwise identical operations. ``ALU64`` instructions belong to the +base64 conformance group unless noted otherwise. +The 'code' field encodes the operation as below, where 'src' refers to the +the source operand and 'dst' refers to the value of the destination +register. + +.. table:: Arithmetic instructions + + ===== ===== ======= =================================================================================== + name code offset description + ===== ===== ======= =================================================================================== + ADD 0x0 0 dst += src + SUB 0x1 0 dst -= src + MUL 0x2 0 dst \*= src + DIV 0x3 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0 + SDIV 0x3 1 dst = (src == 0) ? 0 : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? LLONG_MIN : (dst s/ src)) + OR 0x4 0 dst \|= src + AND 0x5 0 dst &= src + LSH 0x6 0 dst <<= (src & mask) + RSH 0x7 0 dst >>= (src & mask) + NEG 0x8 0 dst = -dst + MOD 0x9 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst + SMOD 0x9 1 dst = (src == 0) ? dst : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? 0: (dst s% src)) + XOR 0xa 0 dst ^= src + MOV 0xb 0 dst = src + MOVSX 0xb 8/16/32 dst = (s8,s16,s32)src + ARSH 0xc 0 :term:`sign extending<Sign Extend>` dst >>= (src & mask) + END 0xd 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 BPF program execution would +result in division by zero, the destination register is instead set to zero. +Otherwise, for ``ALU64``, if execution would result in ``LLONG_MIN`` +divided by -1, the destination register is instead set to ``LLONG_MIN``. For +``ALU``, if execution would result in ``INT_MIN`` divided by -1, the +destination register is instead set to ``INT_MIN``. + +If execution would result in modulo by zero, for ``ALU64`` the value of +the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``ALU`` the upper +32 bits of the destination register are zeroed. Otherwise, for ``ALU64``, +if execution would resuslt in ``LLONG_MIN`` modulo -1, the destination +register is instead set to 0. For ``ALU``, if execution would result in +``INT_MIN`` modulo -1, the destination register is instead set to 0. + +``{ADD, X, ALU}``, where 'code' = ``ADD``, 'source' = ``X``, and 'class' = ``ALU``, means:: + + dst = (u32) ((u32) dst + (u32) src) + +where '(u32)' indicates that the upper 32 bits are zeroed. + +``{ADD, X, ALU64}`` means:: + + dst = dst + src + +``{XOR, K, ALU}`` means:: + + dst = (u32) dst ^ (u32) imm + +``{XOR, K, ALU64}`` means:: + + dst = dst ^ imm + +Note that most arithmetic instructions have 'offset' set to 0. Only three instructions +(``SDIV``, ``SMOD``, ``MOVSX``) have a non-zero 'offset'. + +Division, multiplication, and modulo operations for ``ALU`` are part +of the "divmul32" conformance group, and division, multiplication, and +modulo operations for ``ALU64`` are part of the "divmul64" conformance +group. +The division and modulo operations support both unsigned and signed flavors. + +For unsigned operations (``DIV`` and ``MOD``), for ``ALU``, +'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit unsigned value. For ``ALU64``, +'imm' is first :term:`sign extended<Sign Extend>` from 32 to 64 bits, and then +interpreted as a 64-bit unsigned value. + +For signed operations (``SDIV`` and ``SMOD``), for ``ALU``, +'imm' is interpreted as a 32-bit signed value. For ``ALU64``, 'imm' +is first :term:`sign extended<Sign Extend>` from 32 to 64 bits, and then +interpreted as a 64-bit signed value. + +Note that there are varying definitions of the signed modulo operation +when the dividend or divisor are negative, where implementations often +vary by language such that Python, Ruby, etc. differ from C, Go, Java, +etc. This specification requires that signed modulo MUST use truncated division +(where -13 % 3 == -1) as implemented in C, Go, etc.:: + + a % n = a - n * trunc(a / n) + +The ``MOVSX`` instruction does a move operation with sign extension. +``{MOVSX, X, ALU}`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit and 16-bit operands into +32-bit operands, and zeroes the remaining upper 32 bits. +``{MOVSX, X, ALU64}`` :term:`sign extends<Sign Extend>` 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit +operands into 64-bit operands. Unlike other arithmetic instructions, +``MOVSX`` is only defined for register source operands (``X``). + +``{MOV, K, ALU64}`` means:: + + dst = (s64)imm + +``{MOV, X, ALU}`` means:: + + dst = (u32)src + +``{MOVSX, X, ALU}`` with 'offset' 8 means:: + + dst = (u32)(s32)(s8)src + + +The ``NEG`` instruction is only defined when the source bit is clear +(``K``). + +Shift operations use a mask of 0x3F (63) for 64-bit operations and 0x1F (31) +for 32-bit operations. + +Byte swap instructions +---------------------- + +The byte swap instructions use instruction classes of ``ALU`` and ``ALU64`` +and a 4-bit 'code' field of ``END``. + +The byte swap instructions operate on the destination register +only and do not use a separate source register or immediate value. + +For ``ALU``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used to +select what byte order the operation converts from or to. For +``ALU64``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is reserved +and MUST be set to 0. + +.. table:: Byte swap instructions + + ===== ======== ===== ================================================= + class source value description + ===== ======== ===== ================================================= + ALU LE 0 convert between host byte order and little endian + ALU BE 1 convert between host byte order and big endian + ALU64 Reserved 0 do byte swap unconditionally + ===== ======== ===== ================================================= + +The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths +are supported: 16, 32 and 64. Width 64 operations belong to the base64 +conformance group and other swap operations belong to the base32 +conformance group. + +Examples: + +``{END, LE, ALU}`` with 'imm' = 16/32/64 means:: + + dst = le16(dst) + dst = le32(dst) + dst = le64(dst) + +``{END, BE, ALU}`` with 'imm' = 16/32/64 means:: + + dst = be16(dst) + dst = be32(dst) + dst = be64(dst) + +``{END, TO, ALU64}`` with 'imm' = 16/32/64 means:: + + dst = bswap16(dst) + dst = bswap32(dst) + dst = bswap64(dst) + +Jump instructions +----------------- + +``JMP32`` uses 32-bit wide operands and indicates the base32 +conformance group, while ``JMP`` uses 64-bit wide operands for +otherwise identical operations, and indicates the base64 conformance +group unless otherwise specified. +The 'code' field encodes the operation as below: + +.. table:: Jump instructions + + ======== ===== ======= ================================= =================================================== + code value src_reg description notes + ======== ===== ======= ================================= =================================================== + JA 0x0 0x0 PC += offset {JA, K, JMP} only + JA 0x0 0x0 PC += imm {JA, K, JMP32} only + JEQ 0x1 any PC += offset if dst == src + JGT 0x2 any PC += offset if dst > src unsigned + JGE 0x3 any PC += offset if dst >= src unsigned + JSET 0x4 any PC += offset if dst & src + JNE 0x5 any PC += offset if dst != src + JSGT 0x6 any PC += offset if dst > src signed + JSGE 0x7 any PC += offset if dst >= src signed + CALL 0x8 0x0 call helper function by static ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_ + CALL 0x8 0x1 call PC += imm {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Program-local functions`_ + CALL 0x8 0x2 call helper function by BTF ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_ + EXIT 0x9 0x0 return {CALL, K, JMP} only + JLT 0xa any PC += offset if dst < src unsigned + JLE 0xb any PC += offset if dst <= src unsigned + JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed + JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed + ======== ===== ======= ================================= =================================================== + +where 'PC' denotes the program counter, and the offset to increment by +is in units of 64-bit instructions relative to the instruction following +the jump instruction. Thus 'PC += 1' skips execution of the next +instruction if it's a basic instruction or results in undefined behavior +if the next instruction is a 128-bit wide instruction. + +Example: + +``{JSGE, X, JMP32}`` means:: + + if (s32)dst s>= (s32)src goto +offset + +where 's>=' indicates a signed '>=' comparison. + +``{JLE, K, JMP}`` means:: + + if dst <= (u64)(s64)imm goto +offset + +``{JA, K, JMP32}`` means:: + + gotol +imm + +where 'imm' means the branch offset comes from the 'imm' field. + +Note that there are two flavors of ``JA`` instructions. The +``JMP`` class permits a 16-bit jump offset specified by the 'offset' +field, whereas the ``JMP32`` class permits a 32-bit jump offset +specified by the 'imm' field. A > 16-bit conditional jump may be +converted to a < 16-bit conditional jump plus a 32-bit unconditional +jump. + +All ``CALL`` and ``JA`` instructions belong to the +base32 conformance group. + +Helper functions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Helper functions are a concept whereby BPF programs can call into a +set of function calls exposed by the underlying platform. + +Historically, each helper function was identified by a static ID +encoded in the 'imm' field. Further documentation of helper functions +is outside the scope of this document and standardization is left for +future work, but use is widely deployed and more information can be +found in platform-specific documentation (e.g., Linux kernel documentation). + +Platforms that support the BPF Type Format (BTF) support identifying +a helper function by a BTF ID encoded in the 'imm' field, where the BTF ID +identifies the helper name and type. Further documentation of BTF +is outside the scope of this document and standardization is left for +future work, but use is widely deployed and more information can be +found in platform-specific documentation (e.g., Linux kernel documentation). + +Program-local functions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Program-local functions are functions exposed by the same BPF program as the +caller, and are referenced by offset from the instruction following the call +instruction, similar to ``JA``. The offset is encoded in the 'imm' field of +the call instruction. An ``EXIT`` within the program-local function will +return to the caller. + +Load and store instructions +=========================== + +For load and store instructions (``LD``, ``LDX``, ``ST``, and ``STX``), the +8-bit 'opcode' field is divided as follows:: + + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + |mode |sz |class| + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + +**mode** + The mode modifier is one of: + + .. table:: Mode modifier + + ============= ===== ==================================== ============= + mode modifier value description reference + ============= ===== ==================================== ============= + IMM 0 64-bit immediate instructions `64-bit immediate instructions`_ + ABS 1 legacy BPF packet access (absolute) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_ + IND 2 legacy BPF packet access (indirect) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_ + MEM 3 regular load and store operations `Regular load and store operations`_ + MEMSX 4 sign-extension load operations `Sign-extension load operations`_ + ATOMIC 6 atomic operations `Atomic operations`_ + ============= ===== ==================================== ============= + +**sz (size)** + The size modifier is one of: + + .. table:: Size modifier + + ==== ===== ===================== + size value description + ==== ===== ===================== + W 0 word (4 bytes) + H 1 half word (2 bytes) + B 2 byte + DW 3 double word (8 bytes) + ==== ===== ===================== + + Instructions using ``DW`` belong to the base64 conformance group. + +**class** + The instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_) + +Regular load and store operations +--------------------------------- + +The ``MEM`` mode modifier is used to encode regular load and store +instructions that transfer data between a register and memory. + +``{MEM, <size>, STX}`` means:: + + *(size *) (dst + offset) = src + +``{MEM, <size>, ST}`` means:: + + *(size *) (dst + offset) = imm + +``{MEM, <size>, LDX}`` means:: + + dst = *(unsigned size *) (src + offset) + +Where '<size>' is one of: ``B``, ``H``, ``W``, or ``DW``, and +'unsigned size' is one of: u8, u16, u32, or u64. + +Sign-extension load operations +------------------------------ + +The ``MEMSX`` mode modifier is used to encode :term:`sign-extension<Sign Extend>` load +instructions that transfer data between a register and memory. + +``{MEMSX, <size>, LDX}`` means:: + + dst = *(signed size *) (src + offset) + +Where '<size>' is one of: ``B``, ``H``, or ``W``, and +'signed size' is one of: s8, s16, or s32. + +Atomic operations +----------------- + +Atomic operations are operations that operate on memory and can not be +interrupted or corrupted by other access to the same memory region +by other BPF programs or means outside of this specification. + +All atomic operations supported by BPF are encoded as store operations +that use the ``ATOMIC`` mode modifier as follows: + +* ``{ATOMIC, W, STX}`` for 32-bit operations, which are + part of the "atomic32" conformance group. +* ``{ATOMIC, DW, STX}`` for 64-bit operations, which are + part of the "atomic64" conformance group. +* 8-bit and 16-bit wide atomic operations are not supported. + +The 'imm' field is used to encode the actual atomic operation. +Simple atomic operation use a subset of the values defined to encode +arithmetic operations in the 'imm' field to encode the atomic operation: + +.. table:: Simple atomic operations + + ======== ===== =========== + imm value description + ======== ===== =========== + ADD 0x00 atomic add + OR 0x40 atomic or + AND 0x50 atomic and + XOR 0xa0 atomic xor + ======== ===== =========== + + +``{ATOMIC, W, STX}`` with 'imm' = ADD means:: + + *(u32 *)(dst + offset) += src + +``{ATOMIC, DW, STX}`` with 'imm' = ADD means:: + + *(u64 *)(dst + offset) += src + +In addition to the simple atomic operations, there also is a modifier and +two complex atomic operations: + +.. table:: Complex atomic operations + + =========== ================ =========================== + imm value description + =========== ================ =========================== + FETCH 0x01 modifier: return old value + XCHG 0xe0 | FETCH atomic exchange + CMPXCHG 0xf0 | FETCH atomic compare and exchange + =========== ================ =========================== + +The ``FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and +always set for the complex atomic operations. If the ``FETCH`` flag +is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src`` with the value that +was in memory before it was modified. + +The ``XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src`` with the value +addressed by ``dst + offset``. + +The ``CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by +``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 +----------------------------- + +Instructions with the ``IMM`` 'mode' modifier use the wide instruction +encoding defined in `Instruction encoding`_, and use the 'src_reg' field of the +basic instruction to hold an opcode subtype. + +The following table defines a set of ``{IMM, DW, LD}`` instructions +with opcode subtypes in the 'src_reg' field, using new terms such as "map" +defined further below: + +.. table:: 64-bit immediate instructions + + ======= ========================================= =========== ============== + src_reg pseudocode imm type dst type + ======= ========================================= =========== ============== + 0x0 dst = (next_imm << 32) | imm integer integer + 0x1 dst = map_by_fd(imm) map fd map + 0x2 dst = map_val(map_by_fd(imm)) + next_imm map fd data address + 0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data address + 0x4 dst = code_addr(imm) integer code address + 0x5 dst = map_by_idx(imm) map index map + 0x6 dst = map_val(map_by_idx(imm)) + next_imm map index data address + ======= ========================================= =========== ============== + +where + +* map_by_fd(imm) means to convert a 32-bit file descriptor into an address of a map (see `Maps`_) +* map_by_idx(imm) means to convert a 32-bit index into an address of a map +* map_val(map) gets the address of the first value in a given map +* var_addr(imm) gets the address of a platform variable (see `Platform Variables`_) with a given id +* code_addr(imm) gets the address of the instruction at a specified relative offset in number of (64-bit) instructions +* the 'imm type' can be used by disassemblers for display +* the 'dst type' can be used for verification and JIT compilation purposes + +Maps +~~~~ + +Maps are shared memory regions accessible by BPF programs on some platforms. +A map can have various semantics as defined in a separate document, and may or +may not have a single contiguous memory region, but the 'map_val(map)' is +currently only defined for maps that do have a single contiguous memory region. + +Each map can have a file descriptor (fd) if supported by the platform, where +'map_by_fd(imm)' means to get the map with the specified file descriptor. Each +BPF program can also be defined to use a set of maps associated with the +program at load time, and 'map_by_idx(imm)' means to get the map with the given +index in the set associated with the BPF program containing the instruction. + +Platform Variables +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Platform variables are memory regions, identified by integer ids, exposed by +the runtime and accessible by BPF programs on some platforms. The +'var_addr(imm)' operation means to get the address of the memory region +identified by the given id. + +Legacy BPF Packet access instructions +------------------------------------- + +BPF previously introduced special instructions for access to packet data that were +carried over from classic BPF. These instructions used an instruction +class of ``LD``, a size modifier of ``W``, ``H``, or ``B``, and a +mode modifier of ``ABS`` or ``IND``. The 'dst_reg' and 'offset' fields were +set to zero, and 'src_reg' was set to zero for ``ABS``. However, these +instructions are deprecated and SHOULD no longer be used. All legacy packet +access instructions belong to the "packet" conformance group. |
