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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/3] bpf: share helpers between tracing and networking
On 06/16/2015 07:10 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
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> Ideally we would allow a blend of tracing and networking programs,
> then the best solution would be one or two stable tracepoints in
> networking stack where skb is visible and receiving/transmitting task
> is also visible, then skb->len and task->pid together would give nice
> foundation for accurate stats.

I think combining both seems interesting anyway, we need to find
a way to make this gluing of both worlds easy to use, though. It's
certainly interesting for stats/diagnostics, but one wouldn't be
able to use the current/future skb eBPF helpers from {cls,act}_bpf
in that context.


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