netdev - Re: [net-next 0/2] BPF, kprobes: Add current_in

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Message-ID: <20160807043203.GA77894@ast-mbp>
Date:	Sat, 6 Aug 2016 21:32:05 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:	Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/2] BPF, kprobes: Add current_in_cgroup helper

On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 09:06:53PM -0700, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> This patchset includes a helper and an example to determine whether the kprobe 
> is currently executing in the context of a specific cgroup based on a cgroup
> bpf map / array. 

description is too short to understand how this new helper is going to be used.
depending on kprobe current is not always valid.
what are you trying to achieve?
This looks like an alternative to lsm patches submitted earlier?
btw net-next is closed and no new features accepted at the moment.