netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net: filter: Just In Time compiler

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Message-Id: <20110420.011238.193725676.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:12:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	avi@...hat.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, hagen@...u.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	acme@...radead.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: filter: Just In Time compiler

From: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:41:59 +0300

> To avoid getting into an infinite loop (btw, does you jit avoid
> infinite loops in the generated code?) I'll restate what I think are
> an external jit's advantages and then stop harping on the subject:

Only forward branching is allowed in BPF code.
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