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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2016 18:01:20 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, pablo@...filter.org,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: xt_bpf: support ebpf

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
> Hi Willem,
>
> On 12/05/2016 09:28 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
>>
>> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
>>
>> Add support for attaching an eBPF object by file descriptor.
>>
>> The iptables binary can be called with a path to an elf object or a
>> pinned bpf object. Also pass the mode and path to the kernel to be
>> able to return it later for iptables dump and save.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
>
>
> just out of pure curiosity, use case is for android guys wrt
> accounting, or anything specific that cls_bpf on tc ingress +
> egress cannot do already?

That is the immediate motivation, yes.