netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: introduce SO_BPF

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Date:	Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:09:23 +0100
From:	Michal Sekletár <sekletar.m@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	David.Laight@...lab.com, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: introduce SO_BPF_EXTENSIONS

Not sure I follow. Not going to accommodate, meaning at all or you
just my original approach? If later applies, I'll be happy to rewrite
the patch.

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 6:15 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: "David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:15:58 -0000
>
>>>   i) Does BSD have such extensions and if so do we overlap some?
>>>
>>> ii) Is it planned to also introduce SO_BPF_EXTENSIONS for BSD kernels
>>>      to have one common api (that i.e. libpcap would then make use of)?
>>
>> If it is useful to add any of the extensions, and they don't collide
>> with any other existing changes, then they might be added.
>> Adding a request that indicates which extensions are supported should
>> be easier than adding the extensions themselves.
>> Adding all the Linux extensions at once could be problematic.
>
> Again, we're not going to accomodate this, sorry.
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