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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
index 6b11d1109f12..1602454fe7cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Types
This document refers to integer types with the notation `SN` to specify
a type's signedness (`S`) and bit width (`N`), respectively.
-.. table:: Meaning of signedness notation.
+.. table:: Meaning of signedness notation
==== =========
S Meaning
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ a type's signedness (`S`) and bit width (`N`), respectively.
s signed
==== =========
-.. table:: Meaning of bit-width notation.
+.. table:: Meaning of bit-width notation
===== =========
N Bit width
@@ -263,18 +263,20 @@ Instruction classes
The three least significant bits of the 'opcode' field store the instruction class:
-===== ===== =============================== ===================================
-class value description reference
-===== ===== =============================== ===================================
-LD 0x0 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_
-LDX 0x1 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_
-ST 0x2 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_
-STX 0x3 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_
-ALU 0x4 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-JMP 0x5 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-JMP32 0x6 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-ALU64 0x7 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
-===== ===== =============================== ===================================
+.. table:: Instruction class
+
+ ===== ===== =============================== ===================================
+ class value description reference
+ ===== ===== =============================== ===================================
+ LD 0x0 non-standard load operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ LDX 0x1 load into register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ ST 0x2 store from immediate operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ STX 0x3 store from register operations `Load and store instructions`_
+ ALU 0x4 32-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+ JMP 0x5 64-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+ JMP32 0x6 32-bit jump operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+ ALU64 0x7 64-bit arithmetic operations `Arithmetic and jump instructions`_
+ ===== ===== =============================== ===================================
Arithmetic and jump instructions
================================
@@ -292,6 +294,8 @@ For arithmetic and jump instructions (``ALU``, ``ALU64``, ``JMP`` and
**s (source)**
the source operand location, which unless otherwise specified is one of:
+ .. table:: Source operand location
+
====== ===== ==============================================
source value description
====== ===== ==============================================
@@ -312,27 +316,29 @@ The 'code' field encodes the operation as below, where 'src' refers to the
the source operand and 'dst' refers to the value of the destination
register.
-===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
-name code offset description
-===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
-ADD 0x0 0 dst += src
-SUB 0x1 0 dst -= src
-MUL 0x2 0 dst \*= src
-DIV 0x3 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
-SDIV 0x3 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s/ src) : 0
-OR 0x4 0 dst \|= src
-AND 0x5 0 dst &= src
-LSH 0x6 0 dst <<= (src & mask)
-RSH 0x7 0 dst >>= (src & mask)
-NEG 0x8 0 dst = -dst
-MOD 0x9 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
-SMOD 0x9 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s% src) : dst
-XOR 0xa 0 dst ^= src
-MOV 0xb 0 dst = src
-MOVSX 0xb 8/16/32 dst = (s8,s16,s32)src
-ARSH 0xc 0 :term:`sign extending<Sign Extend>` dst >>= (src & mask)
-END 0xd 0 byte swap operations (see `Byte swap instructions`_ below)
-===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
+.. table:: Arithmetic instructions
+
+ ===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
+ name code offset description
+ ===== ===== ======= ==========================================================
+ ADD 0x0 0 dst += src
+ SUB 0x1 0 dst -= src
+ MUL 0x2 0 dst \*= src
+ DIV 0x3 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
+ SDIV 0x3 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s/ src) : 0
+ OR 0x4 0 dst \|= src
+ AND 0x5 0 dst &= src
+ LSH 0x6 0 dst <<= (src & mask)
+ RSH 0x7 0 dst >>= (src & mask)
+ NEG 0x8 0 dst = -dst
+ MOD 0x9 0 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
+ SMOD 0x9 1 dst = (src != 0) ? (dst s% src) : dst
+ XOR 0xa 0 dst ^= src
+ MOV 0xb 0 dst = src
+ MOVSX 0xb 8/16/32 dst = (s8,s16,s32)src
+ ARSH 0xc 0 :term:`sign extending<Sign Extend>` dst >>= (src & mask)
+ END 0xd 0 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 BPF program execution would
@@ -426,13 +432,15 @@ select what byte order the operation converts from or to. For
``ALU64``, the 1-bit source operand field in the opcode is reserved
and MUST be set to 0.
-===== ======== ===== =================================================
-class source value description
-===== ======== ===== =================================================
-ALU TO_LE 0 convert between host byte order and little endian
-ALU TO_BE 1 convert between host byte order and big endian
-ALU64 Reserved 0 do byte swap unconditionally
-===== ======== ===== =================================================
+.. table:: Byte swap instructions
+
+ ===== ======== ===== =================================================
+ class source value description
+ ===== ======== ===== =================================================
+ ALU TO_LE 0 convert between host byte order and little endian
+ ALU TO_BE 1 convert between host byte order and big endian
+ ALU64 Reserved 0 do byte swap unconditionally
+ ===== ======== ===== =================================================
The 'imm' field encodes the width of the swap operations. The following widths
are supported: 16, 32 and 64. Width 64 operations belong to the base64
@@ -468,27 +476,29 @@ otherwise identical operations, and indicates the base64 conformance
group unless otherwise specified.
The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
-======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
-code value src_reg description notes
-======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
-JA 0x0 0x0 PC += offset {JA, K, JMP} only
-JA 0x0 0x0 PC += imm {JA, K, JMP32} only
-JEQ 0x1 any PC += offset if dst == src
-JGT 0x2 any PC += offset if dst > src unsigned
-JGE 0x3 any PC += offset if dst >= src unsigned
-JSET 0x4 any PC += offset if dst & src
-JNE 0x5 any PC += offset if dst != src
-JSGT 0x6 any PC += offset if dst > src signed
-JSGE 0x7 any PC += offset if dst >= src signed
-CALL 0x8 0x0 call helper function by static ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
-CALL 0x8 0x1 call PC += imm {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Program-local functions`_
-CALL 0x8 0x2 call helper function by BTF ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
-EXIT 0x9 0x0 return {CALL, K, JMP} only
-JLT 0xa any PC += offset if dst < src unsigned
-JLE 0xb any PC += offset if dst <= src unsigned
-JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed
-JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed
-======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
+.. table:: Jump instructions
+
+ ======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
+ code value src_reg description notes
+ ======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
+ JA 0x0 0x0 PC += offset {JA, K, JMP} only
+ JA 0x0 0x0 PC += imm {JA, K, JMP32} only
+ JEQ 0x1 any PC += offset if dst == src
+ JGT 0x2 any PC += offset if dst > src unsigned
+ JGE 0x3 any PC += offset if dst >= src unsigned
+ JSET 0x4 any PC += offset if dst & src
+ JNE 0x5 any PC += offset if dst != src
+ JSGT 0x6 any PC += offset if dst > src signed
+ JSGE 0x7 any PC += offset if dst >= src signed
+ CALL 0x8 0x0 call helper function by static ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
+ CALL 0x8 0x1 call PC += imm {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Program-local functions`_
+ CALL 0x8 0x2 call helper function by BTF ID {CALL, K, JMP} only, see `Helper functions`_
+ EXIT 0x9 0x0 return {CALL, K, JMP} only
+ JLT 0xa any PC += offset if dst < src unsigned
+ JLE 0xb any PC += offset if dst <= src unsigned
+ JSLT 0xc any PC += offset if dst < src signed
+ JSLE 0xd any PC += offset if dst <= src signed
+ ======== ===== ======= ================================= ===================================================
where 'PC' denotes the program counter, and the offset to increment by
is in units of 64-bit instructions relative to the instruction following
@@ -559,6 +569,8 @@ For load and store instructions (``LD``, ``LDX``, ``ST``, and ``STX``), the
**mode**
The mode modifier is one of:
+ .. table:: Mode modifier
+
============= ===== ==================================== =============
mode modifier value description reference
============= ===== ==================================== =============
@@ -573,6 +585,8 @@ For load and store instructions (``LD``, ``LDX``, ``ST``, and ``STX``), the
**sz (size)**
The size modifier is one of:
+ .. table:: Size modifier
+
==== ===== =====================
size value description
==== ===== =====================
@@ -641,14 +655,16 @@ 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
-======== ===== ===========
-ADD 0x00 atomic add
-OR 0x40 atomic or
-AND 0x50 atomic and
-XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
-======== ===== ===========
+.. table:: Simple atomic operations
+
+ ======== ===== ===========
+ imm value description
+ ======== ===== ===========
+ ADD 0x00 atomic add
+ OR 0x40 atomic or
+ AND 0x50 atomic and
+ XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
+ ======== ===== ===========
``{ATOMIC, W, STX}`` with 'imm' = ADD means::
@@ -662,6 +678,8 @@ XOR 0xa0 atomic xor
In addition to the simple atomic operations, there also is a modifier and
two complex atomic operations:
+.. table:: Complex atomic operations
+
=========== ================ ===========================
imm value description
=========== ================ ===========================
@@ -695,17 +713,19 @@ The following table defines a set of ``{IMM, DW, LD}`` instructions
with opcode subtypes in the 'src_reg' field, using new terms such as "map"
defined further below:
-======= ========================================= =========== ==============
-src_reg pseudocode imm type dst type
-======= ========================================= =========== ==============
-0x0 dst = (next_imm << 32) | imm integer integer
-0x1 dst = map_by_fd(imm) map fd map
-0x2 dst = map_val(map_by_fd(imm)) + next_imm map fd data address
-0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data address
-0x4 dst = code_addr(imm) integer code address
-0x5 dst = map_by_idx(imm) map index map
-0x6 dst = map_val(map_by_idx(imm)) + next_imm map index data address
-======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+.. table:: 64-bit immediate instructions
+
+ ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+ src_reg pseudocode imm type dst type
+ ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
+ 0x0 dst = (next_imm << 32) | imm integer integer
+ 0x1 dst = map_by_fd(imm) map fd map
+ 0x2 dst = map_val(map_by_fd(imm)) + next_imm map fd data address
+ 0x3 dst = var_addr(imm) variable id data address
+ 0x4 dst = code_addr(imm) integer code address
+ 0x5 dst = map_by_idx(imm) map index map
+ 0x6 dst = map_val(map_by_idx(imm)) + next_imm map index data address
+ ======= ========================================= =========== ==============
where