linux-kernel - RE: [REGRESSION][PATCH V4 1/3] bpf jit: Make the filter.c::__load

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Message-ID: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B6ECE@saturn3.aculab.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:18:02 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Jan Seiffert" <kaffeemonster@...glemail.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"Matt Evans" <matt@...abs.org>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [REGRESSION][PATCH V4 1/3] bpf jit: Make the filter.c::__load_pointer helper non-static  for the jits

 
> The function is renamed to make it a little more clear what it does.
> It is not added to any .h because it is not for general 
> consumption, only for bpf internal use (and so by the jits).

I'd have thought it better to put in into a bfp_internal.h
(or similar) with a big warning there about the asm users.

Possibly even worth adding some other defs that the asm
files will need (if there are any).

	David


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