From: Dave Thaler Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:09:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: bpf, docs: Add introduction for use in the ISA Internet Draft X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e51b907d40329d4b4517a155e0bc0bf593d6767d;p=linux.git bpf, docs: Add introduction for use in the ISA Internet Draft The proposed intro paragraph text is derived from the first paragraph of the IETF BPF WG charter at https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/bpf/about/ Signed-off-by: Dave Thaler Acked-by: David Vernet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240422190942.24658-1-dthaler1968@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov --- diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst index d03d90afbd7d9..b44bdacd01957 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst @@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ BPF Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) ====================================== -This document specifies the BPF instruction set architecture (ISA). +eBPF (which is no longer an acronym for anything), also commonly +referred to as BPF, is a technology with origins in the Linux kernel +that can run untrusted programs in a privileged context such as an +operating system kernel. This document specifies the BPF instruction +set architecture (ISA). Documentation conventions =========================