Re: Google SoC, Optimized netfilter implementation

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:12:36 -0500
Shreyas Bhatewara <shreyas.bhatewara@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> I am a graduate student at Univ of Texas at Dallas. For the Google
> Summer of code, I am very much interested in improving netfilter
> implementation on Linux. I have worked with iptables (as user) and
> Linux kernel (as developer) earlier. Hence, although I do not know how
> exactly I can improve the netfilter performance as of now, I think I
> am in good position to understand and propose a solution to the
> problem during the project.
> 
> I am composing a proposal for this project to be submitted at Google
> SoC. Could anyone brief me about what you mean by "dynamic code
> generation" (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009#Optimized_netfilter_implementation).
> It would be great if you could point me to some document/repository
> path which talks about this.
> 
> Submitting a proposal requires me to introduce myself on this mailing
> list. For details about me, please refer to my resume :
> http://utdallas.edu/~shreyas.bhatewara/ResumeShreyasBhatewara.pdf ). I
> have been working on Linux/Solaris kernels, C, C++  professionally and
> academically for some time now.
> 
> Thanking you.
> Shreyas N Bhatewara
> --
> MS Comp Sci, UTD, Aug 2009
> BE Computer Engg, PICT, University of Pune.
> ------
> Luck favors them who work hard smartly and I like being lucky :>

Have you looked at nftables which is what the architecture netfilter developers
are interested in pursing as the next step?  There are lots of possibilities for
smarter code generation for that.
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