From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
andrii@kernel.org, kafai@fb.com, songliubraving@fb.com,
yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@kernel.org,
kernel-team@fb.com, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 bpf 1/3] bpf: Update bpf_design_QA.rst to clarify that kprobes is not ABI
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:39:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220802173913.4170192-1-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
This patch updates bpf_design_QA.rst to clarify that the ability to
attach a BPF program to a given point in the kernel code via kprobes
does not make that attachment point be part of the Linux kernel's ABI.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
index 437de2a7a5de7..2ed9128cfbec8 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ A: NO. Tracepoints are tied to internal implementation details hence they are
subject to change and can break with newer kernels. BPF programs need to change
accordingly when this happens.
+Q: Are places where kprobes can attach part of the stable ABI?
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+A: NO. The places to which kprobes can attach are internal implementation
+details, which means that they are subject to change and can break with
+newer kernels. BPF programs need to change accordingly when this happens.
+
Q: How much stack space a BPF program uses?
-------------------------------------------
A: Currently all program types are limited to 512 bytes of stack
--
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