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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-04-25 23:04:22 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-04-25 23:04:22 -0400
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Merging net into net-next to help the bpf folks avoid some really ugly merge conflicts. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt
index 1a0b704e1a38..da57601153a0 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.txt
@@ -557,6 +557,14 @@ A: Although LLVM IR generation and optimization try to stay architecture
pulls in some header files containing file scope host assembly codes.
- You can add "-fno-jump-tables" to work around the switch table issue.
- Otherwise, you can use bpf target.
+ Otherwise, you can use bpf target. Additionally, you _must_ use bpf target
+ when:
+
+ - Your program uses data structures with pointer or long / unsigned long
+ types that interface with BPF helpers or context data structures. Access
+ into these structures is verified by the BPF verifier and may result
+ in verification failures if the native architecture is not aligned with
+ the BPF architecture, e.g. 64-bit. An example of this is
+ BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_MSG require '-target bpf'
Happy BPF hacking!