netdev - Re: [PATCH] bpfilter: remove bpfilter

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:40:25 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bpfilter: remove bpfilter

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:07:42 +0100 you wrote:
> bpfilter was supposed to convert iptables filtering rules into
> BPF programs on the fly, from the kernel, through a usermode
> helper. The base code for the UMH was introduced in 2018, and
> couple of attempts (2, 3) tried to introduce the BPF program
> generate features but were abandoned.
> 
> bpfilter now sits in a kernel tree unused and unusable, occasionally
> causing confusion amongst Linux users (4, 5).
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - bpfilter: remove bpfilter
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/98e20e5e13d2

You are awesome, thank you!
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