linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 net-next 2/4] net: filter: split filter.h and expose eBPF to user space

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Message-ID: <540737DF.1010801@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:46:39 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
CC:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Chema Gonzalez <chema@...gle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 net-next 2/4] net: filter: split filter.h and expose
 eBPF to user space

On 09/03/2014 05:17 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> allow user space to generate eBPF programs
>
> uapi/linux/bpf.h: eBPF instruction set definition
>
> linux/filter.h: the rest
>
> This patch only moves macro definitions, but practically it freezes existing
> eBPF instruction set, though new instructions can still be added in the future.
>
> These eBPF definitions cannot go into uapi/linux/filter.h, since the names
> may conflict with existing applications.
>
> Full eBPF ISA description is in Documentation/networking/filter.txt
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>

Ok, given you post the remaining two RFCs later on this window as
you indicate, I have no objections:

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
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