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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:16:06 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Chema Gonzalez <chema@...gle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/2] split BPF out of core networking

Em Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 09:24:56AM -0400, Steven Rostedt escreveu:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2014 08:15:45 -0500
> Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
 
> > On Mon,  2 Jun 2014 00:01:44 -0700
> > Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote:

> > > This patch set splits BPF out of core networking into generic component

> > Quick, probably dumb question: if you're going to split it out, why not
> > split it out entirely, into kernel/ or (perhaps better) lib/?  The
> > whole point seems to be that BPF is outgrowing its networking home, so
> > it seems like it might be better to make it truly generic.
 
> I believe this is what Ingo suggested as well. If it is become generic,
> it belongs in lib/

Yes, that was his suggestion, which I agree with, FWIW.

- Arnaldo
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