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* [PATCH v3 bpf 1/3] bpf: Update bpf_design_QA.rst to clarify that kprobes is not ABI
@ 2022-08-02 17:39 Paul E. McKenney
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From: Paul E. McKenney @ 2022-08-02 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf, netdev, linux-doc
  Cc: corbet, ast, daniel, andrii, kafai, songliubraving, yhs,
	john.fastabend, kpsingh, kernel-team, Paul E. McKenney

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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