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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/filter.rst b/Documentation/networking/filter.rst index f6d8f90e9a56..251c6bd73d15 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/filter.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/filter.rst @@ -1048,12 +1048,12 @@ Unlike classic BPF instruction set, eBPF has generic load/store operations:: 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 -encoding. +encoding:: .imm = BPF_ADD, .code = BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX: lock xadd *(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg .imm = BPF_ADD, .code = BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX: lock xadd *(u64 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg -The basic atomic operations supported are: +The basic atomic operations supported are:: BPF_ADD BPF_AND @@ -1066,33 +1066,35 @@ memory location addresed by ``dst_reg + off`` is atomically modified, with immediate, then these operations also overwrite ``src_reg`` with the value that was in memory before it was modified. -The more special operations are: +The more special operations are:: BPF_XCHG This atomically exchanges ``src_reg`` with the value addressed by ``dst_reg + -off``. +off``. :: BPF_CMPXCHG This atomically compares the value addressed by ``dst_reg + off`` with -``R0``. If they match it is replaced with ``src_reg``, The value that was there -before is loaded back to ``R0``. +``R0``. If they match it is replaced with ``src_reg``. In either case, the +value that was there before is zero-extended and loaded back to ``R0``. Note that 1 and 2 byte atomic operations are not supported. -Except ``BPF_ADD`` _without_ ``BPF_FETCH`` (for legacy reasons), all 4 byte -atomic operations require alu32 mode. Clang enables this mode by default in -architecture v3 (``-mcpu=v3``). For older versions it can be enabled with +Clang can generate atomic instructions by default when ``-mcpu=v3`` is +enabled. If a lower version for ``-mcpu`` is set, the only atomic instruction +Clang can generate is ``BPF_ADD`` *without* ``BPF_FETCH``. If you need to enable +the atomics features, while keeping a lower ``-mcpu`` version, you can use ``-Xclang -target-feature -Xclang +alu32``. -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. +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. -eBPF has one 16-byte instruction: BPF_LD | BPF_DW | BPF_IMM which consists +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. -Classic BPF has similar instruction: BPF_LD | BPF_W | BPF_IMM which loads +Classic BPF has similar instruction: ``BPF_LD | BPF_W | BPF_IMM`` which loads 32-bit immediate value into a register. eBPF verifier |