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SubjectRe: [REGRESSION][PATCH V4 3/3] bpf jit: Let the powerpc jit handle negative offsets
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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 10:26:27 +1000

> I don't see a good way to sort that out other than introducing a new
> kernel-side structure, change the sockopt number, and support the old
> one as backward binary compat, but that's gross.

First there are no padding issues, compat or otherwise.

Second, there is no reason to add a new data-structure. Just make
them use the right one, sock_fprog, if they are making the socket
option call themselves.

I can't believe this discussion is still going on, there is nothing to
talk about.


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