From 9f09dc41f91a2be861322dce443beb70ce585a79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Eizinger <thomas@eizinger.io>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:38:47 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Update panic message

---
 ebpf/aya-ebpf/src/lib.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ebpf/aya-ebpf/src/lib.rs b/ebpf/aya-ebpf/src/lib.rs
index 3a84a325..dee8c735 100644
--- a/ebpf/aya-ebpf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ebpf/aya-ebpf/src/lib.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ macro_rules! prelude {
 
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "bpf"))]
         fn main() {
-            panic!("This should only ever be called from its eBPF entrypoint")
+            panic!(r#"eBPF kernels are not designed to be executed in user-space. This main function is only a placeholder to allow the code to compile on the host system (i.e. on any system that is not `target_arch = "bpf"`). This works in tandem with the `no_main` attribute which is only applied when compiling for `target_arch = "bpf"`."#)
         }
     };
 }