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Daniel Borkmann 6c4fc209fc bpf: remove useless version check for prog load
Existing libraries and tracing frameworks work around this kernel
version check by automatically deriving the kernel version from
uname(3) or similar such that the user does not need to do it
manually; these workarounds also make the version check useless
at the same time.

Moreover, most other BPF tracing types enabling bpf_probe_read()-like
functionality have /not/ adapted this check, and in general these
days it is well understood anyway that all the tracing programs are
not stable with regards to future kernels as kernel internal data
structures are subject to change from release to release.

Back at last netconf we discussed [0] and agreed to remove this
check from bpf_prog_load() and instead document it here in the uapi
header that there is no such guarantee for stable API for these
programs.

  [0] http://vger.kernel.org/netconf2018_files/DanielBorkmann_netconf2018.pdf

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2018-12-17 13:41:35 -08:00
Documentation net: dsa: ksz: Add optional reset GPIO to Microchip KSZ switch binding 2018-12-10 12:07:56 -08:00
LICENSES This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
arch bpf: arm64: Enable arm64 jit to provide bpf_line_info 2018-12-12 02:16:56 +01:00
block blk-mq: punt failed direct issue to dispatch list 2018-12-07 08:16:11 -07:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto crypto: user - Disable statistics interface 2018-12-07 13:56:08 +08:00
drivers Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-12-10 18:00:43 -08:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs a fix for smb3 direct i/o, a fix for CIFS DFS for stable and a minor cifs Kconfig fix 2018-12-09 10:15:13 -08:00
include bpf: remove useless version check for prog load 2018-12-17 13:41:35 -08:00
init initramfs: clean old path before creating a hardlink 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
ipc ipc: IPCMNI limit check for semmni 2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
kernel bpf: remove useless version check for prog load 2018-12-17 13:41:35 -08:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-12-09 21:43:31 -08:00
mm dax fixes 4.20-rc6 2018-12-09 09:54:04 -08:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-12-10 18:00:43 -08:00
samples samples: bpf: fix: seg fault with NULL pointer arg 2018-12-03 23:58:03 +01:00
scripts Fixes for stackleak 2018-12-07 13:13:07 -08:00
security selinux/stable-4.20 PR 20181129 2018-11-29 10:15:06 -08:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix mic issue on Acer AIO Veriton Z4860G/Z6860G 2018-12-05 16:39:59 +01:00
tools bpf: remove useless version check for prog load 2018-12-17 13:41:35 -08:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt Revert "mm, mmu_notifier: annotate mmu notifiers with blockable invalidate callbacks" 2018-10-26 16:25:19 -07:00
.clang-format page cache: Convert find_get_pages_contig to XArray 2018-10-21 10:46:34 -04:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap mailmap: Update email for Punit Agrawal 2018-11-05 10:02:11 +00:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: change Sparse's maintainer 2018-11-25 09:17:43 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-12-09 21:43:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 4.20-rc6 2018-12-09 15:31:00 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.