netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] filter: add minimal BPF JIT image disassembler

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Message-Id: <20130321.113602.2089245142968933066.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:36:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dborkman@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] filter: add minimal BPF JIT image disassembler

From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:11:47 +0100

> This is a minimal stand-alone user space helper, that allows for debugging or
> verification of emitted BPF JIT images. This is in particular useful for
> emitted opcode debugging, since minor bugs in the JIT compiler can be fatal.
> The disassembler is architecture generic and uses libopcodes and libbfd.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> ---
>  I have added a 'net' target for current and future misc tools. I decided not
>  to add an extra man-page, since it's just a very small helper, with an option
>  -o, that is accessible through -h, nothing more. Let me know if that's okay
>  for you, thanks.
> 
>  v1 -> v2: change location of file from scripts/ to tools/net/
>  v2 -> v3: add a Makefile and 'net' target under tools

Applied, thanks Daniel.
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