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From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] cls_bpf: add initial eBPF support for programmable
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:46:20 +0100
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On 02/11/2015 03:16 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
...
> 2.
> in core/filter.c do:
> bpf_register_prog_type(&sock_type);
> bpf_register_prog_type(&cls_type);
> static struct bpf_prog_type_list cls_type = {
>          .ops = &sock_filter_ops,
>          .type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS,
> };

Yes, that's fine by me. That way, we'll also preserve ABI compatibility when
we decide to diverge from the current socket filter functionality.