netdev - Re: bpf and local lock

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Message-ID: <20191202215237.jz7zkriantxyclj5@ast-mbp.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 2 Dec 2019 13:52:38 -0800
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bpf and local lock

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:14:33AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> I am working on eliminating the explicit softirq disables around BPF
> program invocation and replacing it with local lock usage instead.
> 
> We would really need to at least have the non-RT stubs upstream to
> propagate this cleanly, do you think this is possible?

Hi Thomas,

seconding the same question: any chance local lock api can be sent upstream
soon? If api skeleton can get in during this merge window we will have the next
bpf-next/net-next cycle to sort out details. If not the bpf+rt would need to
wait one more release. Not a big deal. Just trying to figure out a time line
when can we start working on concrete bpf+rt patches.