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Message-ID: <5845F060.2050700@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:55:28 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
CC:     pablo@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: xt_bpf: support ebpf

Hi Willem,

On 12/05/2016 09:28 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
>
> Add support for attaching an eBPF object by file descriptor.
>
> The iptables binary can be called with a path to an elf object or a
> pinned bpf object. Also pass the mode and path to the kernel to be
> able to return it later for iptables dump and save.
>
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>

just out of pure curiosity, use case is for android guys wrt
accounting, or anything specific that cls_bpf on tc ingress +
egress cannot do already?

Thanks,
Daniel