Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:03:35 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [REGRESSION][PATCH V4 3/3] bpf jit: Let the powerpc jit handle negative offsets | From | David Miller <> |
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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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