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Clarify bpf_ringbuf_discard() documentation for BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP. Discarded ring buffer records are still left in the ring buffer and are only skipped when user space consumes them. This can matter when BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP is used: a later submit relying on adaptive wakeup might not wake the consumer, because the discarded record still needs to be consumed first. Scenario: epoll_wait(rb_fd); // blocks rec = bpf_ringbuf_reserve(&rb, ...); bpf_ringbuf_discard(rec, BPF_RB_NO_WAKEUP); rec = bpf_ringbuf_reserve(&rb, ...); bpf_ringbuf_submit(rec, 0); // valid record, but no wakeup Document this in bpf_ringbuf_discard() to make the interaction between discarded records, user-space consumption, and adaptive wakeups explicit. Reported-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260331130612.3762433-1-eyal.birger@gmail.com ---- v2: adapt wording per feedback from Andrii.