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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-10-03 13:02:48 -0700
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-10-03 13:02:49 -0700
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parentnet: netfilter: move bpf_ct_set_nat_info kfunc in nf_nat_bpf.c (diff)
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Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next
Daniel Borkmann says: ==================== pull-request: bpf-next 2022-10-03 We've added 143 non-merge commits during the last 27 day(s) which contain a total of 151 files changed, 8321 insertions(+), 1402 deletions(-). The main changes are: 1) Add kfuncs for PKCS#7 signature verification from BPF programs, from Roberto Sassu. 2) Add support for struct-based arguments for trampoline based BPF programs, from Yonghong Song. 3) Fix entry IP for kprobe-multi and trampoline probes under IBT enabled, from Jiri Olsa. 4) Batch of improvements to veristat selftest tool in particular to add CSV output, a comparison mode for CSV outputs and filtering, from Andrii Nakryiko. 5) Add preparatory changes needed for the BPF core for upcoming BPF HID support, from Benjamin Tissoires. 6) Support for direct writes to nf_conn's mark field from tc and XDP BPF program types, from Daniel Xu. 7) Initial batch of documentation improvements for BPF insn set spec, from Dave Thaler. 8) Add a new BPF_MAP_TYPE_USER_RINGBUF map which provides single-user-space-producer / single-kernel-consumer semantics for BPF ring buffer, from David Vernet. 9) Follow-up fixes to BPF allocator under RT to always use raw spinlock for the BPF hashtab's bucket lock, from Hou Tao. 10) Allow creating an iterator that loops through only the resources of one task/thread instead of all, from Kui-Feng Lee. 11) Add support for kptrs in the per-CPU arraymap, from Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi. 12) Add a new kfunc helper for nf to set src/dst NAT IP/port in a newly allocated CT entry which is not yet inserted, from Lorenzo Bianconi. 13) Remove invalid recursion check for struct_ops for TCP congestion control BPF programs, from Martin KaFai Lau. 14) Fix W^X issue with BPF trampoline and BPF dispatcher, from Song Liu. 15) Fix percpu_counter leakage in BPF hashtab allocation error path, from Tetsuo Handa. 16) Various cleanups in BPF selftests to use preferred ASSERT_* macros, from Wang Yufen. 17) Add invocation for cgroup/connect{4,6} BPF programs for ICMP pings, from YiFei Zhu. 18) Lift blinding decision under bpf_jit_harden = 1 to bpf_capable(), from Yauheni Kaliuta. 19) Various libbpf fixes and cleanups including a libbpf NULL pointer deref, from Xin Liu. * https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (143 commits) net: netfilter: move bpf_ct_set_nat_info kfunc in nf_nat_bpf.c Documentation: bpf: Add implementation notes documentations to table of contents bpf, docs: Delete misformatted table. selftests/xsk: Fix double free bpftool: Fix error message of strerror libbpf: Fix overrun in netlink attribute iteration selftests/bpf: Fix spelling mistake "unpriviledged" -> "unprivileged" samples/bpf: Fix typo in xdp_router_ipv4 sample bpftool: Remove unused struct event_ring_info bpftool: Remove unused struct btf_attach_point bpf, docs: Add TOC and fix formatting. bpf, docs: Add Clang note about BPF_ALU bpf, docs: Move Clang notes to a separate file bpf, docs: Linux byteswap note bpf, docs: Move legacy packet instructions to a separate file selftests/bpf: Check -EBUSY for the recurred bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) bpf: tcp: Stop bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) in init ops to recur itself bpf: Refactor bpf_setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) handling into another function bpf: Move the "cdg" tcp-cc check to the common sol_tcp_sockopt() bpf: Add __bpf_prog_{enter,exit}_struct_ops for struct_ops trampoline ... ==================== Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221003194915.11847-1-daniel@iogearbox.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/clang-notes.rst30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/index.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst316
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst53
6 files changed, 243 insertions, 185 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index 555681ef6195..6394f5dc2303 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ Values:
- 1 - enable JIT hardening for unprivileged users only
- 2 - enable JIT hardening for all users
+where "privileged user" in this context means a process having
+CAP_BPF or CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the root user name space.
+
bpf_jit_kallsyms
----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/clang-notes.rst b/Documentation/bpf/clang-notes.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..528feddf2db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/clang-notes.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.. contents::
+.. sectnum::
+
+==========================
+Clang implementation notes
+==========================
+
+This document provides more details specific to the Clang/LLVM implementation of the eBPF instruction set.
+
+Versions
+========
+
+Clang defined "CPU" versions, where a CPU version of 3 corresponds to the current eBPF ISA.
+
+Clang can select the eBPF ISA version using ``-mcpu=v3`` for example to select version 3.
+
+Arithmetic instructions
+=======================
+
+For CPU versions prior to 3, Clang v7.0 and later can enable ``BPF_ALU`` support with
+``-Xclang -target-feature -Xclang +alu32``. In CPU version 3, support is automatically included.
+
+Atomic operations
+=================
+
+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``.
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
index 1bc2c5c58bdb..1b50de1983ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/index.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ that goes into great technical depth about the BPF Architecture.
classic_vs_extended.rst
bpf_licensing
test_debug
+ clang-notes
+ linux-notes
other
.. only:: subproject and html
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
index 1b0e6711dec9..4997d2088fef 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+.. contents::
+.. sectnum::
+
+========================================
+eBPF Instruction Set Specification, v1.0
+========================================
+
+This document specifies version 1.0 of the eBPF instruction set.
-====================
-eBPF Instruction Set
-====================
Registers and calling convention
================================
@@ -11,10 +16,10 @@ all of which are 64-bits wide.
The eBPF calling convention is defined as:
- * R0: return value from function calls, and exit value for eBPF programs
- * R1 - R5: arguments for function calls
- * R6 - R9: callee saved registers that function calls will preserve
- * R10: read-only frame pointer to access stack
+* R0: return value from function calls, and exit value for eBPF programs
+* R1 - R5: arguments for function calls
+* R6 - R9: callee saved registers that function calls will preserve
+* R10: read-only frame pointer to access stack
R0 - R5 are scratch registers and eBPF programs needs to spill/fill them if
necessary across calls.
@@ -24,17 +29,17 @@ Instruction encoding
eBPF 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 value
- (imm64) after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
+* the basic instruction encoding, which uses 64 bits to encode an instruction
+* the wide instruction encoding, which appends a second 64-bit immediate value
+ (imm64) after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
The basic instruction encoding looks as follows:
- ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
- 32 bits (MSB) 16 bits 4 bits 4 bits 8 bits (LSB)
- ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
- immediate offset source register destination register opcode
- ============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+32 bits (MSB) 16 bits 4 bits 4 bits 8 bits (LSB)
+============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+immediate offset source register destination register opcode
+============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
Note that most instructions do not use all of the fields.
Unused fields shall be cleared to zero.
@@ -44,30 +49,30 @@ Instruction classes
The three LSB bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
- ========= ===== ===============================
- class value description
- ========= ===== ===============================
- BPF_LD 0x00 non-standard load operations
- BPF_LDX 0x01 load into register operations
- BPF_ST 0x02 store from immediate operations
- BPF_STX 0x03 store from register operations
- BPF_ALU 0x04 32-bit arithmetic operations
- BPF_JMP 0x05 64-bit jump operations
- BPF_JMP32 0x06 32-bit jump operations
- BPF_ALU64 0x07 64-bit arithmetic operations
- ========= ===== ===============================
+========= ===== =============================== ===================================
+class value description reference
+========= ===== =============================== ===================================
+BPF_LD 0x00 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_
+BPF_LDX 0x01 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+BPF_ST 0x02 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_
+BPF_STX 0x03 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+BPF_ALU 0x04 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+BPF_JMP 0x05 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+BPF_JMP32 0x06 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+BPF_ALU64 0x07 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+========= ===== =============================== ===================================
Arithmetic and jump instructions
================================
-For arithmetic and jump instructions (BPF_ALU, BPF_ALU64, BPF_JMP and
-BPF_JMP32), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts:
+For arithmetic and jump instructions (``BPF_ALU``, ``BPF_ALU64``, ``BPF_JMP`` and
+``BPF_JMP32``), the 8-bit 'opcode' field is divided into three parts:
- ============== ====== =================
- 4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
- ============== ====== =================
- operation code source instruction class
- ============== ====== =================
+============== ====== =================
+4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
+============== ====== =================
+operation code source instruction class
+============== ====== =================
The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
@@ -84,51 +89,51 @@ The four MSB bits store the operation code.
Arithmetic instructions
-----------------------
-BPF_ALU uses 32-bit wide operands while BPF_ALU64 uses 64-bit wide operands for
+``BPF_ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``BPF_ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
otherwise identical operations.
-The code field encodes the operation as below:
-
- ======== ===== =================================================
- code value description
- ======== ===== =================================================
- BPF_ADD 0x00 dst += src
- BPF_SUB 0x10 dst -= src
- BPF_MUL 0x20 dst \*= src
- BPF_DIV 0x30 dst /= src
- BPF_OR 0x40 dst \|= src
- BPF_AND 0x50 dst &= src
- BPF_LSH 0x60 dst <<= src
- BPF_RSH 0x70 dst >>= src
- BPF_NEG 0x80 dst = ~src
- BPF_MOD 0x90 dst %= src
- BPF_XOR 0xa0 dst ^= src
- BPF_MOV 0xb0 dst = src
- BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending shift right
- BPF_END 0xd0 byte swap operations (see separate section below)
- ======== ===== =================================================
-
-BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU means::
+The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
+
+======== ===== ==========================================================
+code value description
+======== ===== ==========================================================
+BPF_ADD 0x00 dst += src
+BPF_SUB 0x10 dst -= src
+BPF_MUL 0x20 dst \*= src
+BPF_DIV 0x30 dst /= src
+BPF_OR 0x40 dst \|= src
+BPF_AND 0x50 dst &= src
+BPF_LSH 0x60 dst <<= src
+BPF_RSH 0x70 dst >>= src
+BPF_NEG 0x80 dst = ~src
+BPF_MOD 0x90 dst %= src
+BPF_XOR 0xa0 dst ^= src
+BPF_MOV 0xb0 dst = src
+BPF_ARSH 0xc0 sign extending shift right
+BPF_END 0xd0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ below)
+======== ===== ==========================================================
+
+``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU`` means::
dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
-BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64 means::
+``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64`` means::
dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
-BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU means::
+``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU`` means::
src_reg = (u32) src_reg ^ (u32) imm32
-BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64 means::
+``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64`` means::
src_reg = src_reg ^ imm32
Byte swap instructions
-----------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The byte swap instructions use an instruction class of ``BPF_ALU`` and a 4-bit
-code field of ``BPF_END``.
+'code' field of ``BPF_END``.
The byte swap instructions operate on the destination register
only and do not use a separate source register or immediate value.
@@ -136,14 +141,14 @@ only and do not use a separate source register or immediate value.
The 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used to to select what byte
order the operation convert from or to:
- ========= ===== =================================================
- source value description
- ========= ===== =================================================
- BPF_TO_LE 0x00 convert between host byte order and little endian
- BPF_TO_BE 0x08 convert between host byte order and big endian
- ========= ===== =================================================
+========= ===== =================================================
+source value description
+========= ===== =================================================
+BPF_TO_LE 0x00 convert between host byte order and little endian
+BPF_TO_BE 0x08 convert between host byte order and big endian
+========= ===== =================================================
-The imm field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths
+The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths
are supported: 16, 32 and 64.
Examples:
@@ -156,35 +161,31 @@ Examples:
dst_reg = htobe64(dst_reg)
-``BPF_FROM_LE`` and ``BPF_FROM_BE`` exist as aliases for ``BPF_TO_LE`` and
-``BPF_TO_BE`` respectively.
-
-
Jump instructions
-----------------
-BPF_JMP32 uses 32-bit wide operands while BPF_JMP uses 64-bit wide operands for
+``BPF_JMP32`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``BPF_JMP`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
otherwise identical operations.
-The code field encodes the operation as below:
-
- ======== ===== ========================= ============
- code value description notes
- ======== ===== ========================= ============
- BPF_JA 0x00 PC += off BPF_JMP only
- BPF_JEQ 0x10 PC += off if dst == src
- BPF_JGT 0x20 PC += off if dst > src unsigned
- BPF_JGE 0x30 PC += off if dst >= src unsigned
- BPF_JSET 0x40 PC += off if dst & src
- BPF_JNE 0x50 PC += off if dst != src
- BPF_JSGT 0x60 PC += off if dst > src signed
- BPF_JSGE 0x70 PC += off if dst >= src signed
- BPF_CALL 0x80 function call
- BPF_EXIT 0x90 function / program return BPF_JMP only
- BPF_JLT 0xa0 PC += off if dst < src unsigned
- BPF_JLE 0xb0 PC += off if dst <= src unsigned
- BPF_JSLT 0xc0 PC += off if dst < src signed
- BPF_JSLE 0xd0 PC += off if dst <= src signed
- ======== ===== ========================= ============
+The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
+
+======== ===== ========================= ============
+code value description notes
+======== ===== ========================= ============
+BPF_JA 0x00 PC += off BPF_JMP only
+BPF_JEQ 0x10 PC += off if dst == src
+BPF_JGT 0x20 PC += off if dst > src unsigned
+BPF_JGE 0x30 PC += off if dst >= src unsigned
+BPF_JSET 0x40 PC += off if dst & src
+BPF_JNE 0x50 PC += off if dst != src
+BPF_JSGT 0x60 PC += off if dst > src signed
+BPF_JSGE 0x70 PC += off if dst >= src signed
+BPF_CALL 0x80 function call
+BPF_EXIT 0x90 function / program return BPF_JMP only
+BPF_JLT 0xa0 PC += off if dst < src unsigned
+BPF_JLE 0xb0 PC += off if dst <= src unsigned
+BPF_JSLT 0xc0 PC += off if dst < src signed
+BPF_JSLE 0xd0 PC += off if dst <= src signed
+======== ===== ========================= ============
The eBPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a
BPF_EXIT.
@@ -193,14 +194,26 @@ BPF_EXIT.
Load and store instructions
===========================
-For load and store instructions (BPF_LD, BPF_LDX, BPF_ST and BPF_STX), the
+For load and store instructions (``BPF_LD``, ``BPF_LDX``, ``BPF_ST``, and ``BPF_STX``), the
8-bit 'opcode' field is divided as:
- ============ ====== =================
- 3 bits (MSB) 2 bits 3 bits (LSB)
- ============ ====== =================
- mode size instruction class
- ============ ====== =================
+============ ====== =================
+3 bits (MSB) 2 bits 3 bits (LSB)
+============ ====== =================
+mode size instruction class
+============ ====== =================
+
+The mode modifier is one of:
+
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
+ mode modifier value description reference
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
+ BPF_IMM 0x00 64-bit immediate instructions `64-bit immediate instructions`_
+ BPF_ABS 0x20 legacy BPF packet access (absolute) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
+ BPF_IND 0x40 legacy BPF packet access (indirect) `Legacy BPF Packet access instructions`_
+ BPF_MEM 0x60 regular load and store operations `Regular load and store operations`_
+ BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations `Atomic operations`_
+ ============= ===== ==================================== =============
The size modifier is one of:
@@ -213,19 +226,6 @@ The size modifier is one of:
BPF_DW 0x18 double word (8 bytes)
============= ===== =====================
-The mode modifier is one of:
-
- ============= ===== ====================================
- mode modifier value description
- ============= ===== ====================================
- BPF_IMM 0x00 64-bit immediate instructions
- BPF_ABS 0x20 legacy BPF packet access (absolute)
- BPF_IND 0x40 legacy BPF packet access (indirect)
- BPF_MEM 0x60 regular load and store operations
- BPF_ATOMIC 0xc0 atomic operations
- ============= ===== ====================================
-
-
Regular load and store operations
---------------------------------
@@ -256,44 +256,42 @@ by other eBPF programs or means outside of this specification.
All atomic operations supported by eBPF are encoded as store operations
that use the ``BPF_ATOMIC`` mode modifier as follows:
- * ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` for 32-bit operations
- * ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` for 64-bit operations
- * 8-bit and 16-bit wide atomic operations are not supported.
+* ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` for 32-bit operations
+* ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` for 64-bit operations
+* 8-bit and 16-bit wide atomic operations are not supported.
-The imm field is used to encode the actual atomic operation.
+The 'imm' field is used to encode the actual atomic operation.
Simple atomic operation use a subset of the values defined to encode
-arithmetic operations in the imm field to encode the atomic operation:
+arithmetic operations in the 'imm' field to encode the atomic operation:
- ======== ===== ===========
- imm value description
- ======== ===== ===========
- BPF_ADD 0x00 atomic add
- BPF_OR 0x40 atomic or
- BPF_AND 0x50 atomic and
- BPF_XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
- ======== ===== ===========
+======== ===== ===========
+imm value description
+======== ===== ===========
+BPF_ADD 0x00 atomic add
+BPF_OR 0x40 atomic or
+BPF_AND 0x50 atomic and
+BPF_XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
+======== ===== ===========
-``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` with imm = BPF_ADD means::
+``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF_ADD means::
*(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
-``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with imm = BPF ADD means::
+``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF ADD means::
*(u64 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
-``BPF_XADD`` is a deprecated name for ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_ADD``.
-
In addition to the simple atomic operations, there also is a modifier and
two complex atomic operations:
- =========== ================ ===========================
- imm value description
- =========== ================ ===========================
- BPF_FETCH 0x01 modifier: return old value
- BPF_XCHG 0xe0 | BPF_FETCH atomic exchange
- BPF_CMPXCHG 0xf0 | BPF_FETCH atomic compare and exchange
- =========== ================ ===========================
+=========== ================ ===========================
+imm value description
+=========== ================ ===========================
+BPF_FETCH 0x01 modifier: return old value
+BPF_XCHG 0xe0 | BPF_FETCH atomic exchange
+BPF_CMPXCHG 0xf0 | BPF_FETCH atomic compare and exchange
+=========== ================ ===========================
The ``BPF_FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and
always set for the complex atomic operations. If the ``BPF_FETCH`` flag
@@ -309,16 +307,10 @@ The ``BPF_CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
value that was at ``dst_reg + off`` before the operation is zero-extended
and loaded back to ``R0``.
-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``.
-
64-bit immediate instructions
-----------------------------
-Instructions with the ``BPF_IMM`` mode modifier use the wide instruction
+Instructions with the ``BPF_IMM`` 'mode' modifier use the wide instruction
encoding for an extra imm64 value.
There is currently only one such instruction.
@@ -331,36 +323,6 @@ There is currently only one such instruction.
Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
-------------------------------------
-eBPF has special instructions for access to packet data that have been
-carried over from classic BPF to retain the performance of legacy socket
-filters 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 when
-the program context is a pointer to networking packet. ``BPF_ABS``
-accesses packet data at an absolute offset specified by the immediate data
-and ``BPF_IND`` access packet data at an offset that includes the value of
-a register in addition to the immediate data.
-
-These instructions have seven implicit operands:
-
- * Register R6 is an implicit input that must contain 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 after a call to
- ``BPF_ABS | BPF_LD`` or ``BPF_IND | BPF_LD`` instructions.
-
-These instructions have an implicit program exit condition as well. When an
-eBPF program is trying to access the data beyond the packet boundary, the
-program execution will be aborted.
-
-``BPF_ABS | BPF_W | BPF_LD`` means::
-
- R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) (((struct sk_buff *) R6)->data + imm32))
-
-``BPF_IND | BPF_W | BPF_LD`` means::
-
- R0 = ntohl(*(u32 *) (((struct sk_buff *) R6)->data + src_reg + imm32))
+eBPF 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.
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
index 781731749e55..0f858156371d 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
@@ -137,14 +137,22 @@ KF_ACQUIRE and KF_RET_NULL flags.
--------------------------
The KF_TRUSTED_ARGS flag is used for kfuncs taking pointer arguments. It
-indicates that the all pointer arguments will always be refcounted, and have
-their offset set to 0. It can be used to enforce that a pointer to a refcounted
-object acquired from a kfunc or BPF helper is passed as an argument to this
-kfunc without any modifications (e.g. pointer arithmetic) such that it is
-trusted and points to the original object. This flag is often used for kfuncs
-that operate (change some property, perform some operation) on an object that
-was obtained using an acquire kfunc. Such kfuncs need an unchanged pointer to
-ensure the integrity of the operation being performed on the expected object.
+indicates that the all pointer arguments will always have a guaranteed lifetime,
+and pointers to kernel objects are always passed to helpers in their unmodified
+form (as obtained from acquire kfuncs).
+
+It can be used to enforce that a pointer to a refcounted object acquired from a
+kfunc or BPF helper is passed as an argument to this kfunc without any
+modifications (e.g. pointer arithmetic) such that it is trusted and points to
+the original object.
+
+Meanwhile, it is also allowed pass pointers to normal memory to such kfuncs,
+but those can have a non-zero offset.
+
+This flag is often used for kfuncs that operate (change some property, perform
+some operation) on an object that was obtained using an acquire kfunc. Such
+kfuncs need an unchanged pointer to ensure the integrity of the operation being
+performed on the expected object.
2.4.6 KF_SLEEPABLE flag
-----------------------
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+.. sectnum::
+
+==========================
+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.
+
+Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
+=====================================
+
+As mentioned in the `ISA standard documentation <instruction-set.rst#legacy-bpf-packet-access-instructions>`_,
+Linux has special eBPF instructions for access to packet data that have been
+carried over from classic BPF to retain the performance of legacy socket
+filters 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 when
+the program context is a pointer to a networking packet. ``BPF_ABS``
+accesses packet data at an absolute offset specified by the immediate data
+and ``BPF_IND`` access packet data at an offset that includes the value of
+a 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 an
+eBPF program attempts access data beyond the packet boundary, the
+program 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))