Commit 7fb20f9e authored by Alan Maguire's avatar Alan Maguire Committed by Daniel Borkmann

bpf, doc: Remove references to warning message when using bpf_trace_printk()

The BPF helper bpf_trace_printk() no longer uses trace_printk();
it is now triggers a dedicated trace event.  Hence the described
warning is no longer present, so remove the discussion of it as
it may confuse people.

Fixes: ac5a72ea ("bpf: Use dedicated bpf_trace_printk event instead of trace_printk()")
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1596801029-32395-1-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com
parent 929e54a9
......@@ -246,17 +246,6 @@ program is loaded the kernel will print warning message, so
this helper is only useful for experiments and prototypes.
Tracing BPF programs are root only.
Q: bpf_trace_printk() helper warning
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Q: When bpf_trace_printk() helper is used the kernel prints nasty
warning message. Why is that?
A: This is done to nudge program authors into better interfaces when
programs need to pass data to user space. Like bpf_perf_event_output()
can be used to efficiently stream data via perf ring buffer.
BPF maps can be used for asynchronous data sharing between kernel
and user space. bpf_trace_printk() should only be used for debugging.
Q: New functionality via kernel modules?
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Q: Can BPF functionality such as new program or map types, new
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