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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst index 83583d735e38..c5d53a6e8c79 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ .. contents:: .. sectnum:: -======================================== -eBPF Instruction Set Specification, v1.0 -======================================== +======================================= +BPF Instruction Set Specification, v1.0 +======================================= -This document specifies version 1.0 of the eBPF instruction set. +This document specifies version 1.0 of the BPF instruction set. Documentation conventions ========================= @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Definitions Instruction encoding ==================== -eBPF has two instruction encodings: +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-bit immediate (i.e., @@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ BPF_END 0xd0 0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ b ========= ===== ======= ========================================================== Underflow and overflow are allowed during arithmetic operations, meaning -the 64-bit or 32-bit value will wrap. If eBPF program execution would +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. If execution would result in modulo by zero, for ``BPF_ALU64`` the value of the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``BPF_ALU`` the upper @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ BPF_JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed BPF_JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed ======== ===== === =========================================== ========================================= -The eBPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a +The BPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a ``BPF_EXIT``. Example: @@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ 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 eBPF programs or means outside of this specification. +by other BPF programs or means outside of this specification. -All atomic operations supported by eBPF are encoded as store operations +All atomic operations supported by BPF are encoded as store operations that use the ``BPF_ATOMIC`` mode modifier as follows: * ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` for 32-bit operations @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ where Maps ~~~~ -Maps are shared memory regions accessible by eBPF programs on some platforms. +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. @@ -600,6 +600,6 @@ identified by the given id. Legacy BPF Packet access instructions ------------------------------------- -eBPF previously introduced special instructions for access to packet data that were +BPF previously introduced special instructions for access to packet data that were carried over from classic BPF. However, these instructions are deprecated and should no longer be used. |