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>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 bpf 3/3] bpf: Update bpf_design_QA.rst to clarify that BTF_ID does not ABIify a function
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 10:39:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220802173913.4170192-3-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
This patch updates bpf_design_QA.rst to clarify that mentioning a function
to the BTF_ID macro does not make that function become part of the Linux
kernel's ABI.
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
index a06ae8a828e3d..a210b8a4df005 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
@@ -291,3 +291,10 @@ The kernel function prototypes will change, and BPF programs attaching to
them will need to change. The BPF compile-once-run-everywhere (CO-RE)
should be used in order to make it easier to adapt your BPF programs to
different versions of the kernel.
+
+Q: Marking a function with BTF_ID makes that function an ABI?
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+A: NO.
+
+The BTF_ID macro does not cause a function to become part of the ABI
+any more than does the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL macro.
--
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23
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