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* [PATCH bpf-next v2] bpf, docs: clarify sign extension of 64-bit use of 32-bit imm
@ 2024-05-20 21:52 Dave Thaler
  2024-05-20 21:52 ` [Bpf] " Dave Thaler
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From: Dave Thaler @ 2024-05-20 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf; +Cc: bpf, Dave Thaler, Dave Thaler

imm is defined as a 32-bit signed integer.

{MOV, K, ALU64} says it does "dst = src" (where src is 'imm') and it
does do dst = (s64)imm, which in that sense does sign extend imm. The MOVSX
instruction is explained as sign extending, so added the example of
{MOV, K, ALU64} to make this more clear.

{JLE, K, JMP} says it does "PC += offset if dst <= src" (where src is 'imm',
and the comparison is unsigned). This was apparently ambiguous to some
readers as to whether the comparison was "dst <= (u64)(u32)imm" or
"dst <= (u64)(s64)imm" so added an example to make this more clear.

v1 -> v2: Address comments from Yonghong

Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@googlemail.com>
---
 .../bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst     | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
index 997560aba..7bb1281c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
@@ -385,6 +385,19 @@ The ``MOVSX`` instruction does a move operation with sign extension.
 operands into 64-bit operands.  Unlike other arithmetic instructions,
 ``MOVSX`` is only defined for register source operands (``X``).
 
+``{MOV, K, ALU64}`` means::
+
+  dst = (s64)imm
+
+``{MOV, X, ALU}`` means::
+
+  dst = (u32)src
+
+``{MOVSX, X, ALU}`` with 'offset' 8 means::
+
+  dst = (u32)(s32)(s8)src
+
+
 The ``NEG`` instruction is only defined when the source bit is clear
 (``K``).
 
@@ -486,6 +499,10 @@ Example:
 
 where 's>=' indicates a signed '>=' comparison.
 
+``{JLE, K, JMP}`` means::
+
+  if dst <= (u64)(s64)imm goto +offset
+
 ``{JA, K, JMP32}`` means::
 
   gotol +imm
-- 
2.40.1


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