Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:58:23 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: filter: split filter.c into two files | From | Alexei Starovoitov <> |
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:45 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:01:58 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov said: >> BPF is used in several kernel components. This split creates logical boundary >> between generic eBPF core and the rest >> >> kernel/bpf/core.c: eBPF interpreter >> >> net/core/filter.c: classic->eBPF converter, classic verifiers, socket filters >> >> This patch only moves functions. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> >> --- >> kernel/Makefile | 1 + >> kernel/bpf/Makefile | 1 + >> kernel/bpf/core.c | 536 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++ >> net/core/filter.c | 511 ------------------------------------------------ >> 4 files changed, 538 insertions(+), 511 deletions(-) >> create mode 100644 kernel/bpf/Makefile >> create mode 100644 kernel/bpf/core.c >> >> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile >> index f2a8b6246ce9..e7360b7c2c0e 100644 >> --- a/kernel/Makefile >> +++ b/kernel/Makefile >> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += trace/ >> obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += trace/ >> obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_WORK) += irq_work.o >> obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_PM) += cpu_pm.o >> +obj-$(CONFIG_NET) += bpf/ > > I was expecting to see CONFIG_NETFILTER here. Is CONFIG_NET intentional?
yes. it is config_net for now, until eBPF is completely separate from net. Then it will gain its own config_bpf, so it can be used in net-less setups or disabled in net-full setups by folks who care about last byte of .text size. Future will tell.
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