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bpf, doc: update design qa to reflect kern_version requirement 

Update the bpf_design_QA.rst to also reflect recent changes in
6c4fc209fc ("bpf: remove useless version check for prog load").

Suggested-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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Daniel Borkmann 2019-01-07 22:57:17 +01:00 committed by Alexei Starovoitov
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@ -157,12 +157,11 @@ Q: Does BPF have a stable ABI?
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A: YES. BPF instructions, arguments to BPF programs, set of helper
functions and their arguments, recognized return codes are all part
of ABI. However when tracing programs are using bpf_probe_read() helper
to walk kernel internal datastructures and compile with kernel
internal headers these accesses can and will break with newer
kernels. The union bpf_attr -> kern_version is checked at load time
to prevent accidentally loading kprobe-based bpf programs written
for a different kernel. Networking programs don't do kern_version check.
of ABI. However there is one specific exception to tracing programs
which are using helpers like bpf_probe_read() to walk kernel internal
data structures and compile with kernel internal headers. Both of these
kernel internals are subject to change and can break with newer kernels
such that the program needs to be adapted accordingly.
Q: How much stack space a BPF program uses?
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