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This patch introduces a new probe to check whether the kernel supports
instruction set extensions v4. The v4 extension comprises several new
instructions: BPF_{SDIV,SMOD} (signed div and mod), BPF_{LD,LDX,ST,STX,MOV}
(sign-extended load/store/move), 32-bit BPF_JA (unconditional jump),
target-independent BPF_ALU64 BSWAP (byte-swapping 16/32/64).
These have been introduced in the following commits respectively:
* ec0e2da95f ("bpf: Support new signed div/mod instructions.")
* 1f9a1ea821 ("bpf: Support new sign-extension load insns")
* 8100928c88 ("bpf: Support new sign-extension mov insns")
* 4cd58e9af8 ("bpf: Support new 32bit offset jmp instruction")
* 0845c3db7b ("bpf: Support new unconditional bswap instruction")
Support in bpftool for previous ISA extensions was added in commit
0fd800b245 ("bpftool: Probe for instruction set extensions"). These
probes are useful for userspace BPF projects that want to use newer
instruction set extensions on newer kernels, to reduce the programs'
sizes or their complexity.
LLVM provides the mcpu=v4 option since LLVM commit 8f28e8069c4b ("[BPF]
support for BPF_ST instruction in codegen") [0].
Signed-off-by: Simone Magnani <simone.magnani@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>
Link: 8f28e8069c [0]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241209145439.336362-1-simone.magnani@isovalent.com
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