netdev - Re: RFC: New BGF 'LOOP' instruction

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Message-ID: <87mxt3etut.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:58:02 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	leonerd@...nerd.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: New BGF 'LOOP' instruction

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:
>
> That makes the looping construct largely useless, which I mentioned in
> my second reply to this thread.

How about simply adding a "skip ipv6 extension headers until header type
X" opcode?

I bet that would solve most of the problems here in practice.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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