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==========================Linux implementation notes==========================
This document provides more details specific to the Linux kernel implementation of the eBPF instruction set.
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 functioninteger would be read from a specified register, is not currently supportedby the verifier. Any programs with this instruction will fail to loaduntil 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=====================================
As mentioned in the `ISA standard documentation<instruction-set.html#legacy-bpf-packet-access-instructions>`_,Linux has special eBPF instructions for access to packet data that have beencarried over from classic BPF to retain the performance of legacy socketfilters running in the eBPF interpreter.
The instructions come in two forms: ``BPF_ABS | <size> | BPF_LD`` and``BPF_IND | <size> | BPF_LD``.
These instructions are used to access packet data and can only be used whenthe program context is a pointer to a networking packet. ``BPF_ABS``accesses packet data at an absolute offset specified by the immediate dataand ``BPF_IND`` access packet data at an offset that includes the value ofa register in addition to the immediate data.
These instructions have seven implicit operands:
* Register R6 is an implicit input that must contain a pointer to a struct sk_buff.* Register R0 is an implicit output which contains the data fetched from the packet.* Registers R1-R5 are scratch registers that are clobbered by the instruction.
These instructions have an implicit program exit condition as well. If aneBPF program attempts access data beyond the packet boundary, theprogram execution will be aborted.
``BPF_ABS | BPF_W | BPF_LD`` (0x20) means::
R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) ((struct sk_buff *) R6->data + imm))
where ``ntohl()`` converts a 32-bit value from network byte order to host byte order.
``BPF_IND | BPF_W | BPF_LD`` (0x40) means::
R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) ((struct sk_buff *) R6->data + src + imm))