netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/8] textsearch: case insensitive pattern matching for netfilter

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:27:56 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] textsearch: case insensitive pattern matching for netfilter

* Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com> 2008-06-21 00:54
> This patchset aim at supporting case insensitive text search for netfilter
> string extension.
> It contains fixing of Boyer-Moore algorithm and Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm.
> Also this includes bug fixing of Boyer-Moore algorithm.

All patches look good, except that a general flags field in ts_config
would make features like this easier to add going forward.

It should be noted that this may slow down the algorithms noticeable for
very large strings such as skb data buffers.
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