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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0c2e10eeb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/abi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +.. contents:: +.. sectnum:: + +=================================================== +BPF ABI Recommended Conventions and Guidelines v1.0 +=================================================== + +This is version 1.0 of an informational document containing recommended +conventions and guidelines for producing portable BPF program binaries. + +Registers and calling convention +================================ + +BPF has 10 general purpose registers and a read-only frame pointer register, +all of which are 64-bits wide. + +The BPF calling convention is defined as: + +* R0: return value from function calls, and exit value for BPF 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 BPF programs needs to spill/fill them if +necessary across calls. |