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bpftool: Probe for instruction set extensions
This patch introduces new probes to check whether the kernel supports instruction set extensions v2 and v3. The first introduced eBPF instructions BPF_J{LT,LE,SLT,SLE} in commit 92b31a9 ("bpf: add BPF_J{LT,LE,SLT,SLE} instructions"). The second introduces 32-bit variants of all jump instructions in commit 092ed09 ("bpf: verifier support JMP32"). 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 already provides an mcpu=probe option to automatically probe the kernel and select the newest-supported instruction set extension. That is however not flexible enough for all use cases. For example, in Cilium, we only want to use the v3 instruction set extension on v5.10+, even though it is supported on all kernels v5.1+. Signed-off-by: Paul Chaignon <paul@isovalent.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/3bfedcd9898c1f41ac67ca61f144fec84c6c3a92.1641314075.git.paul@isovalent.com
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