[PATCH net-next 0/6] bpf: Enable BPF JIT on ppc32

Denis Kirjanov kda at linux-powerpc.org
Mon Feb 16 18:13:56 AEDT 2015


On 2/15/15, Daniel Borkmann <daniel at iogearbox.net> wrote:
> On 02/15/2015 07:06 PM, Denis Kirjanov wrote:
>> This patch series enables BPF JIT on ppc32. There are relatevily
>> few chnages in the code to make it work.
>>
>> All test_bpf tests passed both on 7447a and P2041-based machines.
>
> I'm just wondering, next to the feedback that has already been
> provided, would opening this up for ppc32 make it significantly
> more difficult in future to migrate from classic BPF JIT to eBPF
> JIT eventually (which is what we want long-term)? Being curious,
> is there any ongoing effort from ppc people?
>

Well, I don't see significant challenges to enable eBPF on ppc64 in the future.
I'll start working on it after I get this merged


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