Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jan 12 2012 - 12:34:47 EST
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 11:23 -0600, Will Drewry wrote:
> > Please tell some of us what "BPF" means. wikipedia lists 15 possible
> > choices, but I don't know which one to choose.
>
> I'll make it clearer in the documentation file and update the patch description.
>
> BPF == Berkeley Packet Filters which are implemented in Linux Socket
> Filters (LSF)>
>
I admit, I was totally clueless in what it meant too ;)
Even the LWN article didn't explain (shame on you Jon).
"he has repurposed the networking layer's packet filtering mechanism
(BPF)"
I didn't know what did the "B" stood for.
-- Steve
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