netdev - Re: [Q/RFC] BPF use in broader scope

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Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:02:25 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [Q/RFC] BPF use in broader scope

On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:54 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> Yep, I'm aware. I must admit that the JIT code scares me a litte :(
> 

If you add a new XOR instruction in interpreter only, JIT compiler will
automatically aborts, so no risk.

Each arch maintainer will add the support for the new instructions as
separate patches.

So you can focus on net/core/filter.c file only.



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