netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: filter: initialize A and X registers

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:20:41 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	ast@...mgrid.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: filter: initialize A and X registers

On 04/23/2014 06:52 PM, David Miller wrote:
...
>> I think it would be much cleaner to just prevent such filters that
>> only contain a 'ret A', or 'ret X' w/o a load into X from attaching.
>
> That choice had to be done two decades ago, not now.
>
> We have to accept such filters, we always have.

Yep, very true. :/
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