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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Dave Thaler <dthaler=40microsoft.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: "bpf@ietf.org" <bpf@ietf.org>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Bpf] ISA RFC compliance question
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:02:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZTDGfppgSnpKjaYz@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR21MB387850B8DB6A2A5FB87DAC06A3C0A@PH7PR21MB3878.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 08:14:12PM +0000, Dave Thaler wrote:
> Now that we have some new "v4" instructions, it seems a good time to ask about
> what it means to support (or comply with) the ISA RFC once published.  Does
> it mean that a verifier/disassembler/JIT compiler/etc. MUST support *all* the
> non-deprecated instructions in the document?   That is any runtime or tool that
> doesn't support the new instructions is considered non-compliant with the BPF ISA?

Unless we clearly designate optional extensions that that can clearly
be marked supported or not supported that is the only way to get
interoperability.


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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Dave Thaler <dthaler=40microsoft.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
Cc: "bpf@ietf.org" <bpf@ietf.org>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Bpf] ISA RFC compliance question
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:02:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZTDGfppgSnpKjaYz@infradead.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20231019060238.LLWINnMHqvRiDA-oQKCIrtISwvHPd7yQhkc9Q1bwyzk@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH7PR21MB387850B8DB6A2A5FB87DAC06A3C0A@PH7PR21MB3878.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 08:14:12PM +0000, Dave Thaler wrote:
> Now that we have some new "v4" instructions, it seems a good time to ask about
> what it means to support (or comply with) the ISA RFC once published.  Does
> it mean that a verifier/disassembler/JIT compiler/etc. MUST support *all* the
> non-deprecated instructions in the document?   That is any runtime or tool that
> doesn't support the new instructions is considered non-compliant with the BPF ISA?

Unless we clearly designate optional extensions that that can clearly
be marked supported or not supported that is the only way to get
interoperability.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-19  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-29 20:14 [Bpf] ISA RFC compliance question Dave Thaler
2023-09-29 20:17 ` Dave Thaler
2023-09-29 20:17   ` [Bpf] " Dave Thaler
2023-09-30 15:48   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2023-09-30 15:48     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2023-10-05 20:14     ` Dave Thaler
2023-10-05 20:14       ` Dave Thaler
2023-10-06 23:06       ` Alexei Starovoitov
2023-10-06 23:06         ` Alexei Starovoitov
2023-10-23 22:15         ` David Vernet
2023-10-23 22:15           ` David Vernet
2023-10-19  6:02 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-10-19  6:02   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-10-23 15:06   ` Will Hawkins
2023-10-23 15:06     ` Will Hawkins
2023-10-24  4:00     ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-10-24  4:00       ` Christoph Hellwig

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