From e51b907d40329d4b4517a155e0bc0bf593d6767d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Thaler <dthaler1968@googlemail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:09:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 <dthaler1968@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Vernet <void@manifault.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240422190942.24658-1-dthaler1968@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> --- Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 ========================= -- GitLab