linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/6] x86: bpf_jit_comp: support BPF_S_ANC_SECCOMP_LD

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Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:57:45 -0400
From:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/6] x86: bpf_jit_comp: support
 BPF_S_ANC_SECCOMP_LD_W instruction

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> I do not know.
>
> This is not explained in your changelog or in any comment.
>
> You have to make the full analysis yourself and make us comfortable with
> the results.
>
> You send patches and ask us to spend hours on it, this is not how it
> works.

"do we really need that for seccomp?" is not asking.  I just tried to
explain in a gentle way.

%rdi,%r8,%r9 are not used by seccomp filters so I removed the push/pop
part.  I agree that I should explain the details in the code comments
or logs.  Thanks for catching that.

- xi
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