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From: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 12:50:29 +0100
Subject: bpf, doc: Remove references to warning message when using
 bpf_trace_printk()
Patch-mainline: v5.9-rc1
Git-commit: 7fb20f9e901e6df2f7dc032d88da5abff4117d37
References: bsc#1177028

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: ac5a72ea5c89 ("bpf: Use dedicated bpf_trace_printk event instead of trace_printk()")
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1596801029-32395-1-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Acked-by: Gary Lin <glin@suse.com>
---
 Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst |   11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_design_QA.rst
@@ -246,17 +246,6 @@ program is loaded the kernel will print
 this helper is only useful for experiments and prototypes.
 Tracing BPF programs are root only.
 
-Q: bpf_trace_printk() helper warning
-------------------------------------
-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?
 ----------------------------------------
 Q: Can BPF functionality such as new program or map types, new