Re: [PATCH V1 1/1] NET: add a bpf jit for Alpha

From: Jan Seiffert
Date: Mon Apr 02 2012 - 17:05:11 EST


Matt Turner schrieb:
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Jan Seiffert
> <kaffeemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The weekend was cold and windy, so i wrote a bpf jit for the Alpha architecture.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Seiffert <kaffeemonster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Patch is against net-next and needs Patch 1 of my "Fix negative offsets" Series
>> (to get bpf_internal_load_pointer_neg_helper)
>>
>> The Problem is: i don't have any Alpha machine nor do i really have any clue about
>> the arch.
>> So this is only compile tested.
>> I could really need some Alpha asm guru to give some advice and review this.
>> Are the calls done right, are the asm load helper ok, all the conditional and
>> sign handling is a little brittle in my mind, etc.
>
> Very cool. I'll try to find some time soon to test this.
>

That would be great.
But make sure to fasten your seat belts, it will prop. crash hard ;)
Here is a link to the Patch 1 you also need:
<http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133312658915220&w=2>

> Thanks a lot!
> Matt
>

Greetings
Jan

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