netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] bpf: move context info out of the verifier

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Message-ID: <59E5CFD8.2010807@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:39:36 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:     oss-drivers@...ronome.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] bpf: move context info out of the verifier

On 10/17/2017 01:40 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Daniel pointed out during the review of my previous patchset that
> the knowledge about context doesn't really belong directly in the
> verifier.  This patch set takes a bit of a drastic approach to
> move the info out of there.  I want to be able to use different
> set of verifier_ops for program analysis.  To do that, I have
> to first move the test_run callback to a separate structure.  Then
> verifier ops can be declared in the verifier directly and
> different sets can be picked for verification vs analysis.

Looks great, thanks for following up on this!