netdev - [PATCH net-next] bpf, doc: update list of architectures that do eBPF JIT

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Date:   Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:01:00 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] bpf, doc: update list of architectures that do eBPF JIT

update the list and remove 'in the future' statement,
since all still alive 64-bit architectures now do eBPF JIT.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
---
mips64 is the only 'still alive' 64-bit arch without eBPF JIT :)
---
 Documentation/networking/filter.txt | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
index 683ada5ad81d..b69b205501de 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
@@ -595,10 +595,9 @@ got from bpf_prog_create(), and 'ctx' the given context (e.g.
 skb pointer). All constraints and restrictions from bpf_check_classic() apply
 before a conversion to the new layout is being done behind the scenes!
 
-Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most of the
-architectures. x86-64, aarch64 and s390x perform JIT compilation from eBPF
-instruction set, however, future work will migrate other JIT compilers as well,
-so that they will profit from the very same benefits.
+Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most 32-bit
+architectures, whereas x86-64, aarch64, s390x, powerpc64, sparc64 perform JIT
+compilation from eBPF instruction set.
 
 Some core changes of the new internal format:
 
-- 
2.9.3