Just to make it clear, Yonghong means that *the helper function bpf_trace_printk()* should be used mostly for debug. eBPF itself can perfectly be used in production.
If you needed to stream data from eBPF programs to user space in production applications, the way to go would be to use perf maps and related helpers. This would provide better performances than bpf_trace_printk(). Best regards, Quentin 2018-03-28 13:14 UTC-0700 ~ Y Song via iovisor-dev <[email protected]> > No, this can still be used. The warning just tells you this should > mostly be used in debug mode. > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Saran Kumar Krishnan via iovisor-dev > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi - >> >> >> When I use bpf_trace_printk - I am getting this NOTICE. Does it mean, that >> eBPF shouldn't be used in the production kernel. >> >> >> >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467518] >> ********************************************************** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467518] ** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE >> NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467518] ** >> ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467519] ** trace_printk() being >> used. Allocating extra memory. ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467519] ** >> ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467520] ** This means that this >> is a DEBUG kernel and it is ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467520] ** unsafe for production >> use. ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467520] ** >> ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467521] ** If you see this >> message and you are not debugging ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467522] ** the kernel, report >> this immediately to your vendor! ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467522] ** >> ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467522] ** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE >> NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE ** >> Mar 20 12:26:44 lenovo-e565 kernel: [ 267.467523] >> ********************************************************** >> >> >> >> Regards >> Saran _______________________________________________ iovisor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.iovisor.org/mailman/listinfo/iovisor-dev
