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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 function
+integer would be read from a specified register, is not currently supported
+by the verifier.  Any programs with this instruction will fail to load
+until 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 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))