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+========================================
+eBPF Instruction Set Specification, v1.0
+========================================
+
+This document specifies version 1.0 of the eBPF instruction set.
+
+
+Registers and calling convention
+================================
+
+eBPF has 10 general purpose registers and a read-only frame pointer register,
+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 - R5 are scratch registers and eBPF programs needs to spill/fill them if
+necessary across calls.
+
+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 looks as follows:
+
+============= ======= =============== ==================== ============
+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.
+
+Instruction classes
+-------------------
+
+The three LSB bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
+
+========= ===== =============================== ===================================
+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:
+
+============== ====== =================
+4 bits (MSB) 1 bit 3 bits (LSB)
+============== ====== =================
+operation code source instruction class
+============== ====== =================
+
+The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
+
+ ====== ===== ========================================
+ source value description
+ ====== ===== ========================================
+ BPF_K 0x00 use 32-bit immediate as source operand
+ BPF_X 0x08 use 'src_reg' register as source operand
+ ====== ===== ========================================
+
+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
+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 != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
+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 != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
+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)
+======== ===== ==========================================================
+
+Underflow and overflow are allowed during arithmetic operations, meaning
+the 64-bit or 32-bit value will wrap. If eBPF 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
+32 bits of the destination register are zeroed.
+
+``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU`` means::
+
+ dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
+
+``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64`` means::
+
+ dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
+
+``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU`` means::
+
+ src_reg = (u32) src_reg ^ (u32) imm32
+
+``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64`` means::
+
+ src_reg = src_reg ^ imm32
+
+Also note that the division and modulo operations are unsigned. Thus, for
+``BPF_ALU``, 'imm' is first interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit value, whereas
+for ``BPF_ALU64``, 'imm' is first sign extended to 64 bits and the result
+interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit value. There are no instructions for
+signed division or modulo.
+
+Byte swap instructions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The byte swap instructions use an instruction class of ``BPF_ALU`` and a 4-bit
+'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.
+
+The 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is used 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
+========= ===== =================================================
+
+The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths
+are supported: 16, 32 and 64.
+
+Examples:
+
+``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16 means::
+
+ dst_reg = htole16(dst_reg)
+
+``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_BE | BPF_END`` with imm = 64 means::
+
+ dst_reg = htobe64(dst_reg)
+
+Jump instructions
+-----------------
+
+``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 eBPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a
+BPF_EXIT.
+
+
+Load and store instructions
+===========================
+
+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
+============ ====== =================
+
+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:
+
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ size modifier value description
+ ============= ===== =====================
+ BPF_W 0x00 word (4 bytes)
+ BPF_H 0x08 half word (2 bytes)
+ BPF_B 0x10 byte
+ BPF_DW 0x18 double word (8 bytes)
+ ============= ===== =====================
+
+Regular load and store operations
+---------------------------------
+
+The ``BPF_MEM`` mode modifier is used to encode regular load and store
+instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
+
+``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX`` means::
+
+ *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
+
+``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST`` means::
+
+ *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
+
+``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
+
+ dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
+
+Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW``.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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:
+
+======== ===== ===========
+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::
+
+ *(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
+
+``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF ADD means::
+
+ *(u64 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
+
+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
+=========== ================ ===========================
+
+The ``BPF_FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and
+always set for the complex atomic operations. If the ``BPF_FETCH`` flag
+is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src_reg`` with the value that
+was in memory before it was modified.
+
+The ``BPF_XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src_reg`` with the value
+addressed by ``dst_reg + off``.
+
+The ``BPF_CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
+``dst_reg + off`` with ``R0``. If they match, the value addressed by
+``dst_reg + off`` is replaced with ``src_reg``. In either case, the
+value that was at ``dst_reg + off`` before the operation is zero-extended
+and loaded back to ``R0``.
+
+64-bit immediate instructions
+-----------------------------
+
+Instructions with the ``BPF_IMM`` 'mode' modifier use the wide instruction
+encoding for an extra imm64 value.
+
+There is currently only one such instruction.
+
+``BPF_LD | BPF_DW | BPF_IMM`` means::
+
+ dst_reg = imm64
+
+
+Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
+-------------------------------------
+
+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.