diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
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 	Mixing things up will result in confusion and broken kernels, and
 	has even resulted in an exploitable security issue.  Therefore,
-	when using non-obvious pairs of primitives, commenting is of
-	course a must.
+	when using non-obvious pairs of primitives, commenting is
+	of course a must.  One example of non-obvious pairing is
+	the XDP feature in networking, which calls BPF programs from
+	network-driver NAPI (softirq) context.	BPF relies heavily on RCU
+	protection for its data structures, but because the BPF program
+	invocation happens entirely within a single local_bh_disable()
+	section in a NAPI poll cycle, this usage is safe.  The reason
+	that this usage is safe is that readers can use anything that
+	disables BH when updaters use call_rcu() or synchronize_rcu().
 
 8.	Although synchronize_rcu() is slower than is call_rcu(), it
 	usually results in simpler code.  So, unless update performance is