linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v7 net-next 00/28] BPF syscall

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:56:13 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chema Gonzalez <chema@...gle.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v7 net-next 00/28] BPF syscall

On Aug 26, 2014 7:29 PM, "Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ingo, David,
>
> posting whole thing again as RFC to get feedback on syscall only.
> If syscall bpf(int cmd, union bpf_attr *attr, unsigned int size) is ok,
> I'll split them into small chunks as requested and will repost without RFC.

IMO it's much easier to review a syscall if we just look at a
specification of what it does.  The code is, in some sense, secondary.

--Andy
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