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powerpc64/bpf: Add support for indirect jump
authorAbhishek Dubey <adubey@linux.ibm.com>
Wed, 1 Apr 2026 15:21:32 +0000 (11:21 -0400)
committerMadhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Fri, 3 Apr 2026 08:44:25 +0000 (14:14 +0530)
commita32325c0e623d594992c4e4616fa685c0e765a33
tree791f248ab3ee9430eab566def9395a7a5053e055
parent66cad93ad325b332868c062bbd0de65ca4e59657
powerpc64/bpf: Add support for indirect jump

Add support for a new instruction

BPF_JMP|BPF_X|BPF_JA, SRC=0, DST=Rx, off=0, imm=0

which does an indirect jump to a location stored in Rx. The
register Rx should have type PTR_TO_INSN. This new type ensures
that the Rx register contains a value (or a range of values)
loaded from a correct jump table – map of type instruction array.

Support indirect jump to all registers in powerpc64 JIT using
the ctr register. Move Rx content to ctr register, then invoke
bctr instruction to branch to address stored in ctr register.
Skip save and restore of TOC as the jump is always within the
program context.

Signed-off-by: Abhishek Dubey <adubey@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401152133.42544-4-adubey@linux.ibm.com
arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c