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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] net: filter: Just In Time compiler
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* Eric Dumazet | 2011-04-03 00:28:21 [+0200]:

>In order to speedup packet filtering, here is an implementation of a JIT
>compiler for x86_64

Great work! Eric, do you have some numbers? For a trivial "ret" filter the
performance gain should be marginal - if any. But what with complex filter
rules? And as said last time: libpcap optimizer seems to be target number one
for optimization. Again: great work!

Hagen