Re: [PATCH v7 bpf-next 08/12] bpf, docs: do not state that indirect jumps are not supported

[Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>]

On 25/10/26 07:27PM, Anton Protopopov wrote:
> The linux-notes.rst states that indirect jump instruction "is not
> currently supported by the verifier". Remove this part as outdated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst b/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst
> index 00d2693de025..64ac146a926f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/bpf/linux-notes.rst
> @@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ 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
>  ====

Here the BPF_CALL is mentioned (thanks, AI).
I will drop this commit in the next version,
and follow up on docs later.

> -- 
> 2.34.1
>