From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: Google SoC, Optimized netfilter implementation Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:02:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20090401110225.0e50e969@nehalam> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org To: Shreyas Bhatewara Return-path: Received: from mail.vyatta.com ([76.74.103.46]:57967 "EHLO mail.vyatta.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933065AbZDASCd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:02:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:12:36 -0500 Shreyas Bhatewara wrote: > Hello folks, >=20 > 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 ho= w > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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++=C2=A0 professional= ly and > academically for some time now. >=20 > 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 de= velopers are interested in pursing as the next step? There are lots of possibil= ities for smarter code generation for that. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-dev= el" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html