netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] bpf: export helper function flags and reject invalid ones

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Message-ID: <20160111002716.GA21834@ast-mbp.thefacebook.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:27:18 -0800
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, tgraf@...g.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] bpf: export helper function flags and
 reject invalid ones

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 01:16:38AM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Export flags used by eBPF helper functions through UAPI, so they can be
> used by programs (instead of them redefining all flags each time or just
> using the hard-coded values). It also gives a better overview what flags
> are used where and we can further get rid of the extra macros defined in
> filter.c. Moreover, reject invalid flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>