netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] Introduce bpf ID

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 11:57:15 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     ast@...com, dsahern@...il.com, kafai@...com,
        hannes@...essinduktion.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/8] Introduce bpf ID

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:33:36 -0400 (EDT), David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 11:27:56 -0700
> 
> > Original instructions are not useful for debugging, since they have
> > map_fds which can be long gone when program is running, therefore to
> > solve introspection problem we need to look into real kernel
> > instructions.  
> 
> The only possible legitimate use I see for the original instructions
> is checkpoint/restart.
> 
> If 6wind wants this for "external acceleration" or whatever, like
> Alexei I am not interested in facilitating that at all.

+1 

I will try disabling the inlining then.