bpf, docs: clarify sign extension of 64-bit use of 32-bit imm
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> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev> Acked-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240520215255.10595-1-dthaler1968@gmail.comSigned-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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