netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 08/15] nfp: add BPF to NFP code translator

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Message-ID: <20160915085316.7baa07cd@jkicinski-Precision-T1700>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:53:16 +0100
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        jiri@...nulli.us, john.fastabend@...il.com, kubakici@...pl,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net-next 08/15] nfp: add BPF to NFP code translator

On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:15:11 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 08:00:16PM +0100, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Add translator for JITing eBPF to operations which
> > can be executed on NFP's programmable engines.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> > ---
> > v3:
> >  - don't clone the program for the verifier (no longer needed);
> >  - temporarily add a local copy of macros from bitfield.h.  
> 
> so what's the status of that other patch? which tree is it going through?

It's in wireless-drivers-next, Kalle says it should be landing in
net-next early next week.

> Does it mean we'd have to wait till after the merge window? :(
> That would be sad, since it looks like it almost ready.

If it's OK with everyone I was hoping I could have that small local copy
of the macros until bitfield.h gets propagated and then we don't have
to wait :S