From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:58:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 00/14] arm64: eBPF JIT compiler In-Reply-To: References: <1405708100-13604-1-git-send-email-zlim.lnx@gmail.com> <20140721091623.GA16122@arm.com> <20140723103219.GA1366@localhost> Message-ID: <20140826095804.GB23445@arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Z Lim, On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 05:55:36AM +0100, Z Lim wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:32 AM, Catalin Marinas > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 04:49:29PM +0100, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:16 AM, Will Deacon wrote: > >> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 07:28:06PM +0100, Zi Shen Lim wrote: > [...] > >> >> This series applies against net-next and is tested working > >> >> with lib/test_bpf on ARMv8 Foundation Model. > >> > > >> > Looks like it works on my Juno board too, so: > >> > > >> > Acked-by: Will Deacon > >> > > >> > for the series. > >> > > >> > It's a bit late for 3.17 now, so I guess we'll queue this for 3.18 (which > >> > also means the dependency on -next isn't an issue). Perhaps you could repost > >> > around -rc3? > >> > >> Thanks for testing! Nice to see it working on real hw. > >> I'm not sure why you're proposing a 4+ week delay. The patches > >> will rot instead of getting used and tested. Imo it makes sense to > >> get them into net-next now for 3.17. > >> JIT is disabled by sysctl by default anyway. > > > > We normally like some patches (especially new functionality) to sit in > > linux-next for a while before the mering window (ideally starting with > > -rc4 or -rc5). We are at -rc6 already, so getting close to the 3.17 > > merging window. > > > > Another aspect is that the arm64/bpf branch depends on the net tree, so > > it can't easily go in via the arm64 tree for 3.17 (3.18 would not be a > > problem). > > Hi Catalin, I take it you prefer this series going through arm64 tree, > targeting 3.18, is that right? > > I understand your preference to have it sitting in linux-next for a > longer period for arm64 material, I'll repost this again after 3.17 so > it gets more exposure in linux-next. Any chance you could post a new version of this, based on a 3.17 -rc, please? Whilst your current patches apply, I get a bunch of errors if I try to build them. Cheers, Will