linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: filter: rename 'struct sk_filter' to 'struct bpf

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Date:	Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:18:47 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: filter: rename 'struct sk_filter' to
 'struct bpf_prog'

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:11:09PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> 'sk_filter' name is used as 'struct sk_filter', function sk_filter() and
> as variable 'sk_filter', which makes code hard to read.
> Also it's easily confused with 'struct sock_filter'
> Rename 'struct sk_filter' to 'struct bpf_prog' to clarify semantics and
> align the name with generic BPF use model.
> 
> The only ugly place is uapi/linux/netfilter/xt_bpf.h which
> managed to expose kernel internal structure into uapi header.
> So replace 'struct sk_filter *' there with 'void *' and type cast it
> to 'struct bpf_prog *' inside kernel in net/netfilter/xt_bpf.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> replace 'struct sk_filter *' with 'void *' in uapi/../xt_bpf.h
> (seems Daniel and Willem prefere this option)

Please, we're still discussing this in the original thread:

http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=140632686726741&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=140632663526671&w=2

And don't trim me off from the CC. Thanks.
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