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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Q/RFC] BPF use in broader scope
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:02:25 +0200
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On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:54 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> Yep, I'm aware. I must admit that the JIT code scares me a litte :(
> 

If you add a new XOR instruction in interpreter only, JIT compiler will
automatically aborts, so no risk.

Each arch maintainer will add the support for the new instructions as
separate patches.

So you can focus on net/core/filter.c file only.