Merge tag 'nfsd-6.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cel/linux

[linux-block.git] / Documentation / bpf / bpf_design_QA.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
index 17e774d96c5e4b4573a12c2b9852c6615f55ce31..cec2371173d7e47517eb15cfa808ec4d4e705d86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
@@ -332,13 +332,14 @@ avoid defining types with 'bpf\_' prefix to not be broken in future releases.
 In other words, no backwards compatibility is guaranteed if one using a type
 in BTF with 'bpf\_' prefix.
 
-Q: What is the compatibility story for special BPF types in local kptrs?
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-Q: Same as above, but for local kptrs (i.e. pointers to objects allocated using
-bpf_obj_new for user defined structures). Will the kernel preserve backwards
+Q: What is the compatibility story for special BPF types in allocated objects?
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Q: Same as above, but for allocated objects (i.e. objects allocated using
+bpf_obj_new for user defined types). Will the kernel preserve backwards
 compatibility for these features?
 
 A: NO.
 
 Unlike map value types, there are no stability guarantees for this case. The
-whole local kptr API itself is unstable (since it is exposed through kfuncs).
+whole API to work with allocated objects and any support for special fields
+inside them is unstable (since it is exposed through kfuncs).