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@@ -215,23 +215,30 @@ The mode modifier is one of:
BPF_IMM 0x00 used for 64-bit mov
BPF_ABS 0x20 legacy BPF packet access
BPF_IND 0x40 legacy BPF packet access
- BPF_MEM 0x60 all normal load and store operations
+ BPF_MEM 0x60 regular load and store operations
BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations
============= ===== ====================================
-BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX means::
+
+Regular load and store operations
+---------------------------------
+
+The ``BPF_MEM`` mode modifier is used to encode regular load and store
+instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
+
+``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX`` means::
*(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
-BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST means::
+``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST`` means::
*(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
-BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX means::
+``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.
+Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW``.
Atomic operations
-----------------