netdev - Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] NET: add a bpf jit for Alpha

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Message-ID: <4F7A1474.20503@googlemail.com>
Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:04:52 +0200
From:	Jan Seiffert <kaffeemonster@...glemail.com>
To:	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Evans <matt@...abs.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org>,
	<rth@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] NET: add a bpf jit for Alpha

Matt Turner schrieb:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Jan Seiffert
> <kaffeemonster@...glemail.com> wrote:
>> The weekend was cold and windy, so i wrote a bpf jit for the Alpha architecture.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Seiffert <kaffeemonster@...glemail.com>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Patch is against net-next and needs Patch 1 of my "Fix negative offsets" Series
>> (to get bpf_internal_load_pointer_neg_helper)
>>
>> The Problem is: i don't have any Alpha machine nor do i really have any clue about
>> the arch.
>> So this is only compile tested.
>> I could really need some Alpha asm guru to give some advice and review this.
>> Are the calls done right, are the asm load helper ok, all the conditional and
>> sign handling is a little brittle in my mind, etc.
> 
> Very cool. I'll try to find some time soon to test this.
> 

That would be great.
But make sure to fasten your seat belts, it will prop. crash hard ;)
Here is a link to the Patch 1 you also need:
<http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133312658915220&w=2>

> Thanks a lot!
> Matt
> 

Greetings
	Jan

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