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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst index d03d90afbd7d..b44bdacd0195 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 ========================= |