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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>
Linux kernel
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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.