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-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/btf.rst44
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/faq.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/helpers.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/index.rst102
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst467
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/maps.rst52
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/other.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/prog_lsm.rst (renamed from Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/programs.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/syscall_api.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/test_debug.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/verifier.rst529
13 files changed, 1143 insertions, 111 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
index d0ec40d00c28..1ebf4c5c7ddc 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ BPF Type Format (BTF)
=====================
1. Introduction
-***************
+===============
BTF (BPF Type Format) is the metadata format which encodes the debug info
related to BPF program/map. The name BTF was used initially to describe data
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sections are discussed in details in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`.
.. _BTF_Type_String:
2. BTF Type and String Encoding
-*******************************
+===============================
The file ``include/uapi/linux/btf.h`` provides high-level definition of how
types/strings are encoded.
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ little-endian target. The ``btf_header`` is designed to be extensible with
generated.
2.1 String Encoding
-===================
+-------------------
The first string in the string section must be a null string. The rest of
string table is a concatenation of other null-terminated strings.
2.2 Type Encoding
-=================
+-----------------
The type id ``0`` is reserved for ``void`` type. The type section is parsed
sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ valid index (starting from 0) pointing to a member or an argument.
* ``type``: the type with ``btf_type_tag`` attribute
3. BTF Kernel API
-*****************
+=================
The following bpf syscall command involves BTF:
* BPF_BTF_LOAD: load a blob of BTF data into kernel
@@ -547,14 +547,14 @@ The workflow typically looks like:
3.1 BPF_BTF_LOAD
-================
+----------------
Load a blob of BTF data into kernel. A blob of data, described in
:ref:`BTF_Type_String`, can be directly loaded into the kernel. A ``btf_fd``
is returned to a userspace.
3.2 BPF_MAP_CREATE
-==================
+------------------
A map can be created with ``btf_fd`` and specified key/value type id.::
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ automatically.
.. _BPF_Prog_Load:
3.3 BPF_PROG_LOAD
-=================
+-----------------
During prog_load, func_info and line_info can be passed to kernel with proper
values for the following attributes:
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ For line_info, the line number and column number are defined as below:
#define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_COL(line_col) ((line_col) & 0x3ff)
3.4 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID
-==============================
+------------------------------
In kernel, every loaded program, map or btf has a unique id. The id won't
change during the lifetime of a program, map, or btf.
@@ -641,13 +641,13 @@ each command, to user space, for bpf program or maps, respectively, so an
inspection tool can inspect all programs and maps.
3.5 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID
-===============================
+-------------------------------
An introspection tool cannot use id to get details about program or maps.
A file descriptor needs to be obtained first for reference-counting purpose.
3.6 BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD
-==========================
+--------------------------
Once a program/map fd is acquired, an introspection tool can get the detailed
information from kernel about this fd, some of which are BTF-related. For
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ example, ``bpf_map_info`` returns ``btf_id`` and key/value type ids.
bpf byte codes, and jited_line_info.
3.7 BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID
-========================
+------------------------
With ``btf_id`` obtained in ``bpf_map_info`` and ``bpf_prog_info``, bpf
syscall command BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID can retrieve a btf fd. Then, with
@@ -668,10 +668,10 @@ tool has full btf knowledge and is able to pretty print map key/values, dump
func signatures and line info, along with byte/jit codes.
4. ELF File Format Interface
-****************************
+============================
4.1 .BTF section
-================
+----------------
The .BTF section contains type and string data. The format of this section is
same as the one describe in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`.
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ same as the one describe in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`.
.. _BTF_Ext_Section:
4.2 .BTF.ext section
-====================
+--------------------
The .BTF.ext section encodes func_info and line_info which needs loader
manipulation before loading into the kernel.
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is the byte offset from the
beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_off``).
4.2 .BTF_ids section
-====================
+--------------------
The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values that are used within the kernel.
@@ -804,10 +804,10 @@ All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in the .BTF_ids section and
resolved during the linking phase of kernel build by ``resolve_btfids`` tool.
5. Using BTF
-************
+============
5.1 bpftool map pretty print
-============================
+----------------------------
With BTF, the map key/value can be printed based on fields rather than simply
raw bytes. This is especially valuable for large structure or if your data
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ bpftool is able to pretty print like below:
]
5.2 bpftool prog dump
-=====================
+---------------------
The following is an example showing how func_info and line_info can help prog
dump with better kernel symbol names, function prototypes and line
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ information.::
[...]
5.3 Verifier Log
-================
+----------------
The following is an example of how line_info can help debugging verification
failure.::
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ failure.::
R2 offset is outside of the packet
6. BTF Generation
-*****************
+=================
You need latest pahole
@@ -1016,6 +1016,6 @@ format.::
.long 8206 # Line 8 Col 14
7. Testing
-**********
+==========
Kernel bpf selftest `test_btf.c` provides extensive set of BTF-related tests.
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/faq.rst b/Documentation/bpf/faq.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a622602ce9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/faq.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+================================
+Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
+================================
+
+Two sets of Questions and Answers (Q&A) are maintained.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ bpf_design_QA
+ bpf_devel_QA
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/helpers.rst b/Documentation/bpf/helpers.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4ee0cc20dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/helpers.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Helper functions
+================
+
+* `bpf-helpers(7)`_ maintains a list of helpers available to eBPF programs.
+
+.. Links
+.. _bpf-helpers(7): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/bpf-helpers.7.html \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
index 610450f59e05..91ba5a62026b 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
@@ -5,104 +5,32 @@ BPF Documentation
This directory contains documentation for the BPF (Berkeley Packet
Filter) facility, with a focus on the extended BPF version (eBPF).
-This kernel side documentation is still work in progress. The main
-textual documentation is (for historical reasons) described in
-:ref:`networking-filter`, which describe both classical and extended
-BPF instruction-set.
+This kernel side documentation is still work in progress.
The Cilium project also maintains a `BPF and XDP Reference Guide`_
that goes into great technical depth about the BPF Architecture.
-libbpf
-======
-
-Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst is a userspace library for loading and interacting with bpf programs.
-
-BPF Type Format (BTF)
-=====================
-
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ instruction-set
+ verifier
+ libbpf/index
btf
-
-
-Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
-================================
-
-Two sets of Questions and Answers (Q&A) are maintained.
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- bpf_design_QA
- bpf_devel_QA
-
-Syscall API
-===========
-
-The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_
-for `bpf(2)`_. For more information about the userspace API, see
-Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst.
-
-Helper functions
-================
-
-* `bpf-helpers(7)`_ maintains a list of helpers available to eBPF programs.
-
-
-Program types
-=============
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- prog_cgroup_sockopt
- prog_cgroup_sysctl
- prog_flow_dissector
- bpf_lsm
- prog_sk_lookup
-
-
-Map types
-=========
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- map_cgroup_storage
-
-
-Testing and debugging BPF
-=========================
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
- drgn
- s390
-
-
-Licensing
-=========
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
-
+ faq
+ syscall_api
+ helpers
+ programs
+ maps
bpf_licensing
+ test_debug
+ other
+.. only:: subproject and html
-Other
-=====
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 1
+ Indices
+ =======
- ringbuf
- llvm_reloc
+ * :ref:`genindex`
.. Links:
-.. _networking-filter: ../networking/filter.rst
-.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
-.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html
-.. _bpf-helpers(7): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/bpf-helpers.7.html
.. _BPF and XDP Reference Guide: https://docs.cilium.io/en/latest/bpf/
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa7cba59031e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,467 @@
+
+====================
+eBPF Instruction Set
+====================
+
+eBPF is designed to be JITed with one to one mapping, which can also open up
+the possibility for GCC/LLVM compilers to generate optimized eBPF code through
+an eBPF backend that performs almost as fast as natively compiled code.
+
+Some core changes of the eBPF format from classic BPF:
+
+- Number of registers increase from 2 to 10:
+
+ The old format had two registers A and X, and a hidden frame pointer. The
+ new layout extends this to be 10 internal registers and a read-only frame
+ pointer. Since 64-bit CPUs are passing arguments to functions via registers
+ the number of args from eBPF program to in-kernel function is restricted
+ to 5 and one register is used to accept return value from an in-kernel
+ function. Natively, x86_64 passes first 6 arguments in registers, aarch64/
+ sparcv9/mips64 have 7 - 8 registers for arguments; x86_64 has 6 callee saved
+ registers, and aarch64/sparcv9/mips64 have 11 or more callee saved registers.
+
+ Therefore, eBPF calling convention is defined as:
+
+ * R0 - return value from in-kernel function, and exit value for eBPF program
+ * R1 - R5 - arguments from eBPF program to in-kernel function
+ * R6 - R9 - callee saved registers that in-kernel function will preserve
+ * R10 - read-only frame pointer to access stack
+
+ Thus, all eBPF registers map one to one to HW registers on x86_64, aarch64,
+ etc, and eBPF calling convention maps directly to ABIs used by the kernel on
+ 64-bit architectures.
+
+ On 32-bit architectures JIT may map programs that use only 32-bit arithmetic
+ and may let more complex programs to be interpreted.
+
+ R0 - R5 are scratch registers and eBPF program needs spill/fill them if
+ necessary across calls. Note that there is only one eBPF program (== one
+ eBPF main routine) and it cannot call other eBPF functions, it can only
+ call predefined in-kernel functions, though.
+
+- Register width increases from 32-bit to 64-bit:
+
+ Still, the semantics of the original 32-bit ALU operations are preserved
+ via 32-bit subregisters. All eBPF registers are 64-bit with 32-bit lower
+ subregisters that zero-extend into 64-bit if they are being written to.
+ That behavior maps directly to x86_64 and arm64 subregister definition, but
+ makes other JITs more difficult.
+
+ 32-bit architectures run 64-bit eBPF programs via interpreter.
+ Their JITs may convert BPF programs that only use 32-bit subregisters into
+ native instruction set and let the rest being interpreted.
+
+ Operation is 64-bit, because on 64-bit architectures, pointers are also
+ 64-bit wide, and we want to pass 64-bit values in/out of kernel functions,
+ so 32-bit eBPF registers would otherwise require to define register-pair
+ ABI, thus, there won't be able to use a direct eBPF register to HW register
+ mapping and JIT would need to do combine/split/move operations for every
+ register in and out of the function, which is complex, bug prone and slow.
+ Another reason is the use of atomic 64-bit counters.
+
+- Conditional jt/jf targets replaced with jt/fall-through:
+
+ While the original design has constructs such as ``if (cond) jump_true;
+ else jump_false;``, they are being replaced into alternative constructs like
+ ``if (cond) jump_true; /* else fall-through */``.
+
+- Introduces bpf_call insn and register passing convention for zero overhead
+ calls from/to other kernel functions:
+
+ Before an in-kernel function call, the eBPF program needs to
+ place function arguments into R1 to R5 registers to satisfy calling
+ convention, then the interpreter will take them from registers and pass
+ to in-kernel function. If R1 - R5 registers are mapped to CPU registers
+ that are used for argument passing on given architecture, the JIT compiler
+ doesn't need to emit extra moves. Function arguments will be in the correct
+ registers and BPF_CALL instruction will be JITed as single 'call' HW
+ instruction. This calling convention was picked to cover common call
+ situations without performance penalty.
+
+ After an in-kernel function call, R1 - R5 are reset to unreadable and R0 has
+ a return value of the function. Since R6 - R9 are callee saved, their state
+ is preserved across the call.
+
+ For example, consider three C functions::
+
+ u64 f1() { return (*_f2)(1); }
+ u64 f2(u64 a) { return f3(a + 1, a); }
+ u64 f3(u64 a, u64 b) { return a - b; }
+
+ GCC can compile f1, f3 into x86_64::
+
+ f1:
+ movl $1, %edi
+ movq _f2(%rip), %rax
+ jmp *%rax
+ f3:
+ movq %rdi, %rax
+ subq %rsi, %rax
+ ret
+
+ Function f2 in eBPF may look like::
+
+ f2:
+ bpf_mov R2, R1
+ bpf_add R1, 1
+ bpf_call f3
+ bpf_exit
+
+ If f2 is JITed and the pointer stored to ``_f2``. The calls f1 -> f2 -> f3 and
+ returns will be seamless. Without JIT, __bpf_prog_run() interpreter needs to
+ be used to call into f2.
+
+ For practical reasons all eBPF programs have only one argument 'ctx' which is
+ already placed into R1 (e.g. on __bpf_prog_run() startup) and the programs
+ can call kernel functions with up to 5 arguments. Calls with 6 or more arguments
+ are currently not supported, but these restrictions can be lifted if necessary
+ in the future.
+
+ On 64-bit architectures all register map to HW registers one to one. For
+ example, x86_64 JIT compiler can map them as ...
+
+ ::
+
+ R0 - rax
+ R1 - rdi
+ R2 - rsi
+ R3 - rdx
+ R4 - rcx
+ R5 - r8
+ R6 - rbx
+ R7 - r13
+ R8 - r14
+ R9 - r15
+ R10 - rbp
+
+ ... since x86_64 ABI mandates rdi, rsi, rdx, rcx, r8, r9 for argument passing
+ and rbx, r12 - r15 are callee saved.
+
+ Then the following eBPF pseudo-program::
+
+ bpf_mov R6, R1 /* save ctx */
+ bpf_mov R2, 2
+ bpf_mov R3, 3
+ bpf_mov R4, 4
+ bpf_mov R5, 5
+ bpf_call foo
+ bpf_mov R7, R0 /* save foo() return value */
+ bpf_mov R1, R6 /* restore ctx for next call */
+ bpf_mov R2, 6
+ bpf_mov R3, 7
+ bpf_mov R4, 8
+ bpf_mov R5, 9
+ bpf_call bar
+ bpf_add R0, R7
+ bpf_exit
+
+ After JIT to x86_64 may look like::
+
+ push %rbp
+ mov %rsp,%rbp
+ sub $0x228,%rsp
+ mov %rbx,-0x228(%rbp)
+ mov %r13,-0x220(%rbp)
+ mov %rdi,%rbx
+ mov $0x2,%esi
+ mov $0x3,%edx
+ mov $0x4,%ecx
+ mov $0x5,%r8d
+ callq foo
+ mov %rax,%r13
+ mov %rbx,%rdi
+ mov $0x6,%esi
+ mov $0x7,%edx
+ mov $0x8,%ecx
+ mov $0x9,%r8d
+ callq bar
+ add %r13,%rax
+ mov -0x228(%rbp),%rbx
+ mov -0x220(%rbp),%r13
+ leaveq
+ retq
+
+ Which is in this example equivalent in C to::
+
+ u64 bpf_filter(u64 ctx)
+ {
+ return foo(ctx, 2, 3, 4, 5) + bar(ctx, 6, 7, 8, 9);
+ }
+
+ In-kernel functions foo() and bar() with prototype: u64 (*)(u64 arg1, u64
+ arg2, u64 arg3, u64 arg4, u64 arg5); will receive arguments in proper
+ registers and place their return value into ``%rax`` which is R0 in eBPF.
+ Prologue and epilogue are emitted by JIT and are implicit in the
+ interpreter. R0-R5 are scratch registers, so eBPF program needs to preserve
+ them across the calls as defined by calling convention.
+
+ For example the following program is invalid::
+
+ bpf_mov R1, 1
+ bpf_call foo
+ bpf_mov R0, R1
+ bpf_exit
+
+ After the call the registers R1-R5 contain junk values and cannot be read.
+ An in-kernel `eBPF verifier`_ is used to validate eBPF programs.
+
+Also in the new design, eBPF is limited to 4096 insns, which means that any
+program will terminate quickly and will only call a fixed number of kernel
+functions. Original BPF and eBPF are two operand instructions,
+which helps to do one-to-one mapping between eBPF insn and x86 insn during JIT.
+
+The input context pointer for invoking the interpreter function is generic,
+its content is defined by a specific use case. For seccomp register R1 points
+to seccomp_data, for converted BPF filters R1 points to a skb.
+
+A program, that is translated internally consists of the following elements::
+
+ op:16, jt:8, jf:8, k:32 ==> op:8, dst_reg:4, src_reg:4, off:16, imm:32
+
+So far 87 eBPF instructions were implemented. 8-bit 'op' opcode field
+has room for new instructions. Some of them may use 16/24/32 byte encoding. New
+instructions must be multiple of 8 bytes to preserve backward compatibility.
+
+eBPF is a general purpose RISC instruction set. Not every register and
+every instruction are used during translation from original BPF to eBPF.
+For example, socket filters are not using ``exclusive add`` instruction, but
+tracing filters may do to maintain counters of events, for example. Register R9
+is not used by socket filters either, but more complex filters may be running
+out of registers and would have to resort to spill/fill to stack.
+
+eBPF can be used as a generic assembler for last step performance
+optimizations, socket filters and seccomp are using it as assembler. Tracing
+filters may use it as assembler to generate code from kernel. In kernel usage
+may not be bounded by security considerations, since generated eBPF code
+may be optimizing internal code path and not being exposed to the user space.
+Safety of eBPF can come from the `eBPF verifier`_. In such use cases as
+described, it may be used as safe instruction set.
+
+Just like the original BPF, eBPF runs within a controlled environment,
+is deterministic and the kernel can easily prove that. The safety of the program
+can be determined in two steps: first step does depth-first-search to disallow
+loops and other CFG validation; second step starts from the first insn and
+descends all possible paths. It simulates execution of every insn and observes
+the state change of registers and stack.
+
+eBPF opcode encoding
+====================
+
+eBPF is reusing most of the opcode encoding from classic to simplify conversion
+of classic BPF to eBPF. For arithmetic and jump instructions the 8-bit 'code'
+field is divided into three parts::
+
+ +----------------+--------+--------------------+
+ | 4 bits | 1 bit | 3 bits |
+ | operation code | source | instruction class |
+ +----------------+--------+--------------------+
+ (MSB) (LSB)
+
+Three LSB bits store instruction class which is one of:
+
+ =================== ===============
+ Classic BPF classes eBPF classes
+ =================== ===============
+ BPF_LD 0x00 BPF_LD 0x00
+ BPF_LDX 0x01 BPF_LDX 0x01
+ BPF_ST 0x02 BPF_ST 0x02
+ BPF_STX 0x03 BPF_STX 0x03
+ BPF_ALU 0x04 BPF_ALU 0x04
+ BPF_JMP 0x05 BPF_JMP 0x05
+ BPF_RET 0x06 BPF_JMP32 0x06
+ BPF_MISC 0x07 BPF_ALU64 0x07
+ =================== ===============
+
+When BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_ALU or BPF_JMP, 4th bit encodes source operand ...
+
+ ::
+
+ BPF_K 0x00
+ BPF_X 0x08
+
+ * in classic BPF, this means::
+
+ BPF_SRC(code) == BPF_X - use register X as source operand
+ BPF_SRC(code) == BPF_K - use 32-bit immediate as source operand
+
+ * in eBPF, this means::
+
+ BPF_SRC(code) == BPF_X - use 'src_reg' register as source operand
+ BPF_SRC(code) == BPF_K - use 32-bit immediate as source operand
+
+... and four MSB bits store operation code.
+
+If BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_ALU or BPF_ALU64 [ in eBPF ], BPF_OP(code) is one of::
+
+ BPF_ADD 0x00
+ BPF_SUB 0x10
+ BPF_MUL 0x20
+ BPF_DIV 0x30
+ BPF_OR 0x40
+ BPF_AND 0x50
+ BPF_LSH 0x60
+ BPF_RSH 0x70
+ BPF_NEG 0x80
+ BPF_MOD 0x90
+ BPF_XOR 0xa0
+ BPF_MOV 0xb0 /* eBPF only: mov reg to reg */
+ BPF_ARSH 0xc0 /* eBPF only: sign extending shift right */
+ BPF_END 0xd0 /* eBPF only: endianness conversion */
+
+If BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_JMP or BPF_JMP32 [ in eBPF ], BPF_OP(code) is one of::
+
+ BPF_JA 0x00 /* BPF_JMP only */
+ BPF_JEQ 0x10
+ BPF_JGT 0x20
+ BPF_JGE 0x30
+ BPF_JSET 0x40
+ BPF_JNE 0x50 /* eBPF only: jump != */
+ BPF_JSGT 0x60 /* eBPF only: signed '>' */
+ BPF_JSGE 0x70 /* eBPF only: signed '>=' */
+ BPF_CALL 0x80 /* eBPF BPF_JMP only: function call */
+ BPF_EXIT 0x90 /* eBPF BPF_JMP only: function return */
+ BPF_JLT 0xa0 /* eBPF only: unsigned '<' */
+ BPF_JLE 0xb0 /* eBPF only: unsigned '<=' */
+ BPF_JSLT 0xc0 /* eBPF only: signed '<' */
+ BPF_JSLE 0xd0 /* eBPF only: signed '<=' */
+
+So BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU means 32-bit addition in both classic BPF
+and eBPF. There are only two registers in classic BPF, so it means A += X.
+In eBPF it means dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg; similarly,
+BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU means A ^= imm32 in classic BPF and analogous
+src_reg = (u32) src_reg ^ (u32) imm32 in eBPF.
+
+Classic BPF is using BPF_MISC class to represent A = X and X = A moves.
+eBPF is using BPF_MOV | BPF_X | BPF_ALU code instead. Since there are no
+BPF_MISC operations in eBPF, the class 7 is used as BPF_ALU64 to mean
+exactly the same operations as BPF_ALU, but with 64-bit wide operands
+instead. So BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64 means 64-bit addition, i.e.:
+dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
+
+Classic BPF wastes the whole BPF_RET class to represent a single ``ret``
+operation. Classic BPF_RET | BPF_K means copy imm32 into return register
+and perform function exit. eBPF is modeled to match CPU, so BPF_JMP | BPF_EXIT
+in eBPF means function exit only. The eBPF program needs to store return
+value into register R0 before doing a BPF_EXIT. Class 6 in eBPF is used as
+BPF_JMP32 to mean exactly the same operations as BPF_JMP, but with 32-bit wide
+operands for the comparisons instead.
+
+For load and store instructions the 8-bit 'code' field is divided as::
+
+ +--------+--------+-------------------+
+ | 3 bits | 2 bits | 3 bits |
+ | mode | size | instruction class |
+ +--------+--------+-------------------+
+ (MSB) (LSB)
+
+Size modifier is one of ...
+
+::
+
+ BPF_W 0x00 /* word */
+ BPF_H 0x08 /* half word */
+ BPF_B 0x10 /* byte */
+ BPF_DW 0x18 /* eBPF only, double word */
+
+... which encodes size of load/store operation::
+
+ B - 1 byte
+ H - 2 byte
+ W - 4 byte
+ DW - 8 byte (eBPF only)
+
+Mode modifier is one of::
+
+ BPF_IMM 0x00 /* used for 32-bit mov in classic BPF and 64-bit in eBPF */
+ BPF_ABS 0x20
+ BPF_IND 0x40
+ BPF_MEM 0x60
+ BPF_LEN 0x80 /* classic BPF only, reserved in eBPF */
+ BPF_MSH 0xa0 /* classic BPF only, reserved in eBPF */
+ BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 /* eBPF only, atomic operations */
+
+eBPF has two non-generic instructions: (BPF_ABS | <size> | BPF_LD) and
+(BPF_IND | <size> | BPF_LD) which are used to access packet data.
+
+They had to be carried over from classic to have strong performance of
+socket filters running in eBPF interpreter. These instructions can only
+be used when interpreter context is a pointer to ``struct sk_buff`` and
+have seven implicit operands. Register R6 is an implicit input that must
+contain pointer to sk_buff. Register R0 is an implicit output which contains
+the data fetched from the packet. Registers R1-R5 are scratch registers
+and must not be used to store the data across BPF_ABS | BPF_LD or
+BPF_IND | BPF_LD instructions.
+
+These instructions have implicit program exit condition as well. When
+eBPF program is trying to access the data beyond the packet boundary,
+the interpreter will abort the execution of the program. JIT compilers
+therefore must preserve this property. src_reg and imm32 fields are
+explicit inputs to these instructions.
+
+For example::
+
+ BPF_IND | BPF_W | BPF_LD means:
+
+ R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) (((struct sk_buff *) R6)->data + src_reg + imm32))
+ and R1 - R5 were scratched.
+
+Unlike classic BPF instruction set, eBPF has generic load/store operations::
+
+ BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX: *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
+ BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST: *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
+ BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX: dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
+
+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::
+
+ .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::
+
+ BPF_ADD
+ BPF_AND
+ BPF_OR
+ BPF_XOR
+
+Each having equivalent semantics with the ``BPF_ADD`` example, that is: the
+memory location addresed by ``dst_reg + off`` is atomically modified, with
+``src_reg`` as the other operand. If the ``BPF_FETCH`` flag is set in the
+immediate, then these operations also overwrite ``src_reg`` with the
+value that was in memory before it was modified.
+
+The more special operations are::
+
+ BPF_XCHG
+
+This atomically exchanges ``src_reg`` with the value addressed by ``dst_reg +
+off``. ::
+
+ BPF_CMPXCHG
+
+This atomically compares the value addressed by ``dst_reg + off`` with
+``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.
+
+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.
+
+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
+32-bit immediate value into a register.
+
+.. Links:
+.. _eBPF verifier: verifiers.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst
index 4f8adfc3ab83..4e8c656b539a 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/libbpf/index.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
libbpf
======
-For API documentation see the `versioned API documentation site <https://libbpf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html>`_.
-
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
@@ -14,6 +12,8 @@ For API documentation see the `versioned API documentation site <https://libbpf.
This is documentation for libbpf, a userspace library for loading and
interacting with bpf programs.
+For API documentation see the `versioned API documentation site <https://libbpf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html>`_.
+
All general BPF questions, including kernel functionality, libbpf APIs and
their application, should be sent to bpf@vger.kernel.org mailing list.
You can `subscribe <http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#bpf>`_ to the
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/maps.rst b/Documentation/bpf/maps.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f41619e312ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/maps.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+=========
+eBPF maps
+=========
+
+'maps' is a generic storage of different types for sharing data between kernel
+and userspace.
+
+The maps are accessed from user space via BPF syscall, which has commands:
+
+- create a map with given type and attributes
+ ``map_fd = bpf(BPF_MAP_CREATE, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
+ using attr->map_type, attr->key_size, attr->value_size, attr->max_entries
+ returns process-local file descriptor or negative error
+
+- lookup key in a given map
+ ``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
+ using attr->map_fd, attr->key, attr->value
+ returns zero and stores found elem into value or negative error
+
+- create or update key/value pair in a given map
+ ``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
+ using attr->map_fd, attr->key, attr->value
+ returns zero or negative error
+
+- find and delete element by key in a given map
+ ``err = bpf(BPF_MAP_DELETE_ELEM, union bpf_attr *attr, u32 size)``
+ using attr->map_fd, attr->key
+
+- to delete map: close(fd)
+ Exiting process will delete maps automatically
+
+userspace programs use this syscall to create/access maps that eBPF programs
+are concurrently updating.
+
+maps can have different types: hash, array, bloom filter, radix-tree, etc.
+
+The map is defined by:
+
+ - type
+ - max number of elements
+ - key size in bytes
+ - value size in bytes
+
+Map Types
+=========
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+ :glob:
+
+ map_* \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/other.rst b/Documentation/bpf/other.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d61963403b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/other.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=====
+Other
+=====
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ ringbuf
+ llvm_reloc \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst b/Documentation/bpf/prog_lsm.rst
index 0dc3fb0d9544..0dc3fb0d9544 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_lsm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/prog_lsm.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/programs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/programs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..620eb667ac7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/programs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=============
+Program Types
+=============
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+ :glob:
+
+ prog_*
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/syscall_api.rst b/Documentation/bpf/syscall_api.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0a1dff087ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/syscall_api.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+===========
+Syscall API
+===========
+
+The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_
+for `bpf(2)`_. For more information about the userspace API, see
+Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst.
+
+.. Links:
+.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
+.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/test_debug.rst b/Documentation/bpf/test_debug.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebf0caceb6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/test_debug.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=========================
+Testing and debugging BPF
+=========================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ drgn
+ s390
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/verifier.rst b/Documentation/bpf/verifier.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fae5f6273bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/verifier.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,529 @@
+
+=============
+eBPF verifier
+=============
+
+The safety of the eBPF program is determined in two steps.
+
+First step does DAG check to disallow loops and other CFG validation.
+In particular it will detect programs that have unreachable instructions.
+(though classic BPF checker allows them)
+
+Second step starts from the first insn and descends all possible paths.
+It simulates execution of every insn and observes the state change of
+registers and stack.
+
+At the start of the program the register R1 contains a pointer to context
+and has type PTR_TO_CTX.
+If verifier sees an insn that does R2=R1, then R2 has now type
+PTR_TO_CTX as well and can be used on the right hand side of expression.
+If R1=PTR_TO_CTX and insn is R2=R1+R1, then R2=SCALAR_VALUE,
+since addition of two valid pointers makes invalid pointer.
+(In 'secure' mode verifier will reject any type of pointer arithmetic to make
+sure that kernel addresses don't leak to unprivileged users)
+
+If register was never written to, it's not readable::
+
+ bpf_mov R0 = R2
+ bpf_exit
+
+will be rejected, since R2 is unreadable at the start of the program.
+
+After kernel function call, R1-R5 are reset to unreadable and
+R0 has a return type of the function.
+
+Since R6-R9 are callee saved, their state is preserved across the call.
+
+::
+
+ bpf_mov R6 = 1
+ bpf_call foo
+ bpf_mov R0 = R6
+ bpf_exit
+
+is a correct program. If there was R1 instead of R6, it would have
+been rejected.
+
+load/store instructions are allowed only with registers of valid types, which
+are PTR_TO_CTX, PTR_TO_MAP, PTR_TO_STACK. They are bounds and alignment checked.
+For example::
+
+ bpf_mov R1 = 1
+ bpf_mov R2 = 2
+ bpf_xadd *(u32 *)(R1 + 3) += R2
+ bpf_exit
+
+will be rejected, since R1 doesn't have a valid pointer type at the time of
+execution of instruction bpf_xadd.
+
+At the start R1 type is PTR_TO_CTX (a pointer to generic ``struct bpf_context``)
+A callback is used to customize verifier to restrict eBPF program access to only
+certain fields within ctx structure with specified size and alignment.
+
+For example, the following insn::
+
+ bpf_ld R0 = *(u32 *)(R6 + 8)
+
+intends to load a word from address R6 + 8 and store it into R0
+If R6=PTR_TO_CTX, via is_valid_access() callback the verifier will know
+that offset 8 of size 4 bytes can be accessed for reading, otherwise
+the verifier will reject the program.
+If R6=PTR_TO_STACK, then access should be aligned and be within
+stack bounds, which are [-MAX_BPF_STACK, 0). In this example offset is 8,
+so it will fail verification, since it's out of bounds.
+
+The verifier will allow eBPF program to read data from stack only after
+it wrote into it.
+
+Classic BPF verifier does similar check with M[0-15] memory slots.
+For example::
+
+ bpf_ld R0 = *(u32 *)(R10 - 4)
+ bpf_exit
+
+is invalid program.
+Though R10 is correct read-only register and has type PTR_TO_STACK
+and R10 - 4 is within stack bounds, there were no stores into that location.
+
+Pointer register spill/fill is tracked as well, since four (R6-R9)
+callee saved registers may not be enough for some programs.
+
+Allowed function calls are customized with bpf_verifier_ops->get_func_proto()
+The eBPF verifier will check that registers match argument constraints.
+After the call register R0 will be set to return type of the function.
+
+Function calls is a main mechanism to extend functionality of eBPF programs.
+Socket filters may let programs to call one set of functions, whereas tracing
+filters may allow completely different set.
+
+If a function made accessible to eBPF program, it needs to be thought through
+from safety point of view. The verifier will guarantee that the function is
+called with valid arguments.
+
+seccomp vs socket filters have different security restrictions for classic BPF.
+Seccomp solves this by two stage verifier: classic BPF verifier is followed
+by seccomp verifier. In case of eBPF one configurable verifier is shared for
+all use cases.
+
+See details of eBPF verifier in kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+
+Register value tracking
+=======================
+
+In order to determine the safety of an eBPF program, the verifier must track
+the range of possible values in each register and also in each stack slot.
+This is done with ``struct bpf_reg_state``, defined in include/linux/
+bpf_verifier.h, which unifies tracking of scalar and pointer values. Each
+register state has a type, which is either NOT_INIT (the register has not been
+written to), SCALAR_VALUE (some value which is not usable as a pointer), or a
+pointer type. The types of pointers describe their base, as follows:
+
+
+ PTR_TO_CTX
+ Pointer to bpf_context.
+ CONST_PTR_TO_MAP
+ Pointer to struct bpf_map. "Const" because arithmetic
+ on these pointers is forbidden.
+ PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE
+ Pointer to the value stored in a map element.
+ PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL
+ Either a pointer to a map value, or NULL; map accesses
+ (see maps.rst) return this type, which becomes a
+ PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE when checked != NULL. Arithmetic on
+ these pointers is forbidden.
+ PTR_TO_STACK
+ Frame pointer.
+ PTR_TO_PACKET
+ skb->data.
+ PTR_TO_PACKET_END
+ skb->data + headlen; arithmetic forbidden.
+ PTR_TO_SOCKET
+ Pointer to struct bpf_sock_ops, implicitly refcounted.
+ PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL
+ Either a pointer to a socket, or NULL; socket lookup
+ returns this type, which becomes a PTR_TO_SOCKET when
+ checked != NULL. PTR_TO_SOCKET is reference-counted,
+ so programs must release the reference through the
+ socket release function before the end of the program.
+ Arithmetic on these pointers is forbidden.
+
+However, a pointer may be offset from this base (as a result of pointer
+arithmetic), and this is tracked in two parts: the 'fixed offset' and 'variable
+offset'. The former is used when an exactly-known value (e.g. an immediate
+operand) is added to a pointer, while the latter is used for values which are
+not exactly known. The variable offset is also used in SCALAR_VALUEs, to track
+the range of possible values in the register.
+
+The verifier's knowledge about the variable offset consists of:
+
+* minimum and maximum values as unsigned
+* minimum and maximum values as signed
+
+* knowledge of the values of individual bits, in the form of a 'tnum': a u64
+ 'mask' and a u64 'value'. 1s in the mask represent bits whose value is unknown;
+ 1s in the value represent bits known to be 1. Bits known to be 0 have 0 in both
+ mask and value; no bit should ever be 1 in both. For example, if a byte is read
+ into a register from memory, the register's top 56 bits are known zero, while
+ the low 8 are unknown - which is represented as the tnum (0x0; 0xff). If we
+ then OR this with 0x40, we get (0x40; 0xbf), then if we add 1 we get (0x0;
+ 0x1ff), because of potential carries.
+
+Besides arithmetic, the register state can also be updated by conditional
+branches. For instance, if a SCALAR_VALUE is compared > 8, in the 'true' branch
+it will have a umin_value (unsigned minimum value) of 9, whereas in the 'false'
+branch it will have a umax_value of 8. A signed compare (with BPF_JSGT or
+BPF_JSGE) would instead update the signed minimum/maximum values. Information
+from the signed and unsigned bounds can be combined; for instance if a value is
+first tested < 8 and then tested s> 4, the verifier will conclude that the value
+is also > 4 and s< 8, since the bounds prevent crossing the sign boundary.
+
+PTR_TO_PACKETs with a variable offset part have an 'id', which is common to all
+pointers sharing that same variable offset. This is important for packet range
+checks: after adding a variable to a packet pointer register A, if you then copy
+it to another register B and then add a constant 4 to A, both registers will
+share the same 'id' but the A will have a fixed offset of +4. Then if A is
+bounds-checked and found to be less than a PTR_TO_PACKET_END, the register B is
+now known to have a safe range of at least 4 bytes. See 'Direct packet access',
+below, for more on PTR_TO_PACKET ranges.
+
+The 'id' field is also used on PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL, common to all copies of
+the pointer returned from a map lookup. This means that when one copy is
+checked and found to be non-NULL, all copies can become PTR_TO_MAP_VALUEs.
+As well as range-checking, the tracked information is also used for enforcing
+alignment of pointer accesses. For instance, on most systems the packet pointer
+is 2 bytes after a 4-byte alignment. If a program adds 14 bytes to that to jump
+over the Ethernet header, then reads IHL and addes (IHL * 4), the resulting
+pointer will have a variable offset known to be 4n+2 for some n, so adding the 2
+bytes (NET_IP_ALIGN) gives a 4-byte alignment and so word-sized accesses through
+that pointer are safe.
+The 'id' field is also used on PTR_TO_SOCKET and PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, common
+to all copies of the pointer returned from a socket lookup. This has similar
+behaviour to the handling for PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL->PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE, but
+it also handles reference tracking for the pointer. PTR_TO_SOCKET implicitly
+represents a reference to the corresponding ``struct sock``. To ensure that the
+reference is not leaked, it is imperative to NULL-check the reference and in
+the non-NULL case, and pass the valid reference to the socket release function.
+
+Direct packet access
+====================
+
+In cls_bpf and act_bpf programs the verifier allows direct access to the packet
+data via skb->data and skb->data_end pointers.
+Ex::
+
+ 1: r4 = *(u32 *)(r1 +80) /* load skb->data_end */
+ 2: r3 = *(u32 *)(r1 +76) /* load skb->data */
+ 3: r5 = r3
+ 4: r5 += 14
+ 5: if r5 > r4 goto pc+16
+ R1=ctx R3=pkt(id=0,off=0,r=14) R4=pkt_end R5=pkt(id=0,off=14,r=14) R10=fp
+ 6: r0 = *(u16 *)(r3 +12) /* access 12 and 13 bytes of the packet */
+
+this 2byte load from the packet is safe to do, since the program author
+did check ``if (skb->data + 14 > skb->data_end) goto err`` at insn #5 which
+means that in the fall-through case the register R3 (which points to skb->data)
+has at least 14 directly accessible bytes. The verifier marks it
+as R3=pkt(id=0,off=0,r=14).
+id=0 means that no additional variables were added to the register.
+off=0 means that no additional constants were added.
+r=14 is the range of safe access which means that bytes [R3, R3 + 14) are ok.
+Note that R5 is marked as R5=pkt(id=0,off=14,r=14). It also points
+to the packet data, but constant 14 was added to the register, so
+it now points to ``skb->data + 14`` and accessible range is [R5, R5 + 14 - 14)
+which is zero bytes.
+
+More complex packet access may look like::
+
+
+ R0=inv1 R1=ctx R3=pkt(id=0,off=0,r=14) R4=pkt_end R5=pkt(id=0,off=14,r=14) R10=fp
+ 6: r0 = *(u8 *)(r3 +7) /* load 7th byte from the packet */
+ 7: r4 = *(u8 *)(r3 +12)
+ 8: r4 *= 14
+ 9: r3 = *(u32 *)(r1 +76) /* load skb->data */
+ 10: r3 += r4
+ 11: r2 = r1
+ 12: r2 <<= 48
+ 13: r2 >>= 48
+ 14: r3 += r2
+ 15: r2 = r3
+ 16: r2 += 8
+ 17: r1 = *(u32 *)(r1 +80) /* load skb->data_end */
+ 18: if r2 > r1 goto pc+2
+ R0=inv(id=0,umax_value=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=pkt_end R2=pkt(id=2,off=8,r=8) R3=pkt(id=2,off=0,r=8) R4=inv(id=0,umax_value=3570,var_off=(0x0; 0xfffe)) R5=pkt(id=0,off=14,r=14) R10=fp
+ 19: r1 = *(u8 *)(r3 +4)
+
+The state of the register R3 is R3=pkt(id=2,off=0,r=8)
+id=2 means that two ``r3 += rX`` instructions were seen, so r3 points to some
+offset within a packet and since the program author did
+``if (r3 + 8 > r1) goto err`` at insn #18, the safe range is [R3, R3 + 8).
+The verifier only allows 'add'/'sub' operations on packet registers. Any other
+operation will set the register state to 'SCALAR_VALUE' and it won't be
+available for direct packet access.
+
+Operation ``r3 += rX`` may overflow and become less than original skb->data,
+therefore the verifier has to prevent that. So when it sees ``r3 += rX``
+instruction and rX is more than 16-bit value, any subsequent bounds-check of r3
+against skb->data_end will not give us 'range' information, so attempts to read
+through the pointer will give "invalid access to packet" error.
+
+Ex. after insn ``r4 = *(u8 *)(r3 +12)`` (insn #7 above) the state of r4 is
+R4=inv(id=0,umax_value=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) which means that upper 56 bits
+of the register are guaranteed to be zero, and nothing is known about the lower
+8 bits. After insn ``r4 *= 14`` the state becomes
+R4=inv(id=0,umax_value=3570,var_off=(0x0; 0xfffe)), since multiplying an 8-bit
+value by constant 14 will keep upper 52 bits as zero, also the least significant
+bit will be zero as 14 is even. Similarly ``r2 >>= 48`` will make
+R2=inv(id=0,umax_value=65535,var_off=(0x0; 0xffff)), since the shift is not sign
+extending. This logic is implemented in adjust_reg_min_max_vals() function,
+which calls adjust_ptr_min_max_vals() for adding pointer to scalar (or vice
+versa) and adjust_scalar_min_max_vals() for operations on two scalars.
+
+The end result is that bpf program author can access packet directly
+using normal C code as::
+
+ void *data = (void *)(long)skb->data;
+ void *data_end = (void *)(long)skb->data_end;
+ struct eth_hdr *eth = data;
+ struct iphdr *iph = data + sizeof(*eth);
+ struct udphdr *udp = data + sizeof(*eth) + sizeof(*iph);
+
+ if (data + sizeof(*eth) + sizeof(*iph) + sizeof(*udp) > data_end)
+ return 0;
+ if (eth->h_proto != htons(ETH_P_IP))
+ return 0;
+ if (iph->protocol != IPPROTO_UDP || iph->ihl != 5)
+ return 0;
+ if (udp->dest == 53 || udp->source == 9)
+ ...;
+
+which makes such programs easier to write comparing to LD_ABS insn
+and significantly faster.
+
+Pruning
+=======
+
+The verifier does not actually walk all possible paths through the program. For
+each new branch to analyse, the verifier looks at all the states it's previously
+been in when at this instruction. If any of them contain the current state as a
+subset, the branch is 'pruned' - that is, the fact that the previous state was
+accepted implies the current state would be as well. For instance, if in the
+previous state, r1 held a packet-pointer, and in the current state, r1 holds a
+packet-pointer with a range as long or longer and at least as strict an
+alignment, then r1 is safe. Similarly, if r2 was NOT_INIT before then it can't
+have been used by any path from that point, so any value in r2 (including
+another NOT_INIT) is safe. The implementation is in the function regsafe().
+Pruning considers not only the registers but also the stack (and any spilled
+registers it may hold). They must all be safe for the branch to be pruned.
+This is implemented in states_equal().
+
+Understanding eBPF verifier messages
+====================================
+
+The following are few examples of invalid eBPF programs and verifier error
+messages as seen in the log:
+
+Program with unreachable instructions::
+
+ static struct bpf_insn prog[] = {
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+ };
+
+Error:
+
+ unreachable insn 1
+
+Program that reads uninitialized register::
+
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_2),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (bf) r0 = r2
+ R2 !read_ok
+
+Program that doesn't initialize R0 before exiting::
+
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_1),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (bf) r2 = r1
+ 1: (95) exit
+ R0 !read_ok
+
+Program that accesses stack out of bounds::
+
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, 8, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 +8) = 0
+ invalid stack off=8 size=8
+
+Program that doesn't initialize stack before passing its address into function::
+
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+ BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0, BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 1: (07) r2 += -8
+ 2: (b7) r1 = 0x0
+ 3: (85) call 1
+ invalid indirect read from stack off -8+0 size 8
+
+Program that uses invalid map_fd=0 while calling to map_lookup_elem() function::
+
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+ BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0, BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = 0
+ 1: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 2: (07) r2 += -8
+ 3: (b7) r1 = 0x0
+ 4: (85) call 1
+ fd 0 is not pointing to valid bpf_map
+
+Program that doesn't check return value of map_lookup_elem() before accessing
+map element::
+
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+ BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0, BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, 0, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = 0
+ 1: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 2: (07) r2 += -8
+ 3: (b7) r1 = 0x0
+ 4: (85) call 1
+ 5: (7a) *(u64 *)(r0 +0) = 0
+ R0 invalid mem access 'map_value_or_null'
+
+Program that correctly checks map_lookup_elem() returned value for NULL, but
+accesses the memory with incorrect alignment::
+
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+ BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0, BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+ BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JEQ, BPF_REG_0, 0, 1),
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, 4, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = 0
+ 1: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 2: (07) r2 += -8
+ 3: (b7) r1 = 1
+ 4: (85) call 1
+ 5: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+1
+ R0=map_ptr R10=fp
+ 6: (7a) *(u64 *)(r0 +4) = 0
+ misaligned access off 4 size 8
+
+Program that correctly checks map_lookup_elem() returned value for NULL and
+accesses memory with correct alignment in one side of 'if' branch, but fails
+to do so in the other side of 'if' branch::
+
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_10, -8, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_LD_MAP_FD(BPF_REG_1, 0),
+ BPF_RAW_INSN(BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, 0, 0, 0, BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem),
+ BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JEQ, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, 0, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+ BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, 0, 1),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (7a) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = 0
+ 1: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 2: (07) r2 += -8
+ 3: (b7) r1 = 1
+ 4: (85) call 1
+ 5: (15) if r0 == 0x0 goto pc+2
+ R0=map_ptr R10=fp
+ 6: (7a) *(u64 *)(r0 +0) = 0
+ 7: (95) exit
+
+ from 5 to 8: R0=imm0 R10=fp
+ 8: (7a) *(u64 *)(r0 +0) = 1
+ R0 invalid mem access 'imm'
+
+Program that performs a socket lookup then sets the pointer to NULL without
+checking it::
+
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_2, 0),
+ BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_10, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_3, 4),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_4, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_5, 0),
+ BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_lookup_tcp),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (b7) r2 = 0
+ 1: (63) *(u32 *)(r10 -8) = r2
+ 2: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 3: (07) r2 += -8
+ 4: (b7) r3 = 4
+ 5: (b7) r4 = 0
+ 6: (b7) r5 = 0
+ 7: (85) call bpf_sk_lookup_tcp#65
+ 8: (b7) r0 = 0
+ 9: (95) exit
+ Unreleased reference id=1, alloc_insn=7
+
+Program that performs a socket lookup but does not NULL-check the returned
+value::
+
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_2, 0),
+ BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_10, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_10),
+ BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2, -8),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_3, 4),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_4, 0),
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_5, 0),
+ BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_lookup_tcp),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+
+Error::
+
+ 0: (b7) r2 = 0
+ 1: (63) *(u32 *)(r10 -8) = r2
+ 2: (bf) r2 = r10
+ 3: (07) r2 += -8
+ 4: (b7) r3 = 4
+ 5: (b7) r4 = 0
+ 6: (b7) r5 = 0
+ 7: (85) call bpf_sk_lookup_tcp#65
+ 8: (95) exit
+ Unreleased reference id=1, alloc_insn=7