netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 6/9] bpf: fix stack_depth usage by test

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2017 14:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ast@...com
Cc:     daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/9] bpf: fix stack_depth usage by test_bpf.ko

From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 13:31:32 -0700

> test_bpf.ko doesn't call verifier before selecting interpreter or JITing,
> hence the tests need to manually specify the amount of stack they consume.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>

I do not like this and the previous patch, it seems so error prone.