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SubjectRe: [PATCH bpf-next 03/13] docs: net: Add filter to index toctree
On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 07:52:12AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 15:08:58 +1000
> "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc> wrote:
>
> > filter.rst was just created (from filter.txt). We should include it in
> > the networking docs toctree.
> >
> > Add filter to Documentation/networking/index.rst toctree.
>
> So...the minorest of nits just to prove that I actually looked at
> this...:)

Thanks for the feedback Jon, I like when I get feedback as apposed to
just patches being applied - makes me feel like the work actually
matters, thanks.

> Adding it to the toctree at this point is going to make the
> docs build messy (OK, even messier than it already is) because the RST
> conversion hasn't really been done yet. I'd do this at the end of the
> series, just in case somebody, somewhere, is crazy enough to try to
> bisect a docs build.

Will use this method for re-spin of this set and for future conversions.

> Something that's a bit more relevant, perhaps: this document is a bit of
> a mishmash. It starts by talking about how to use cBPF for socket
> filters, then includes a long discussion about the features of eBPF
> which, as I understand it, is still not accessible to user space for
> socket filters. That latter part certainly merits being in its own file
> where people will actually find it? And if it were me, I would move that
> file into the core API guide, since it will be relevant beyond networking.

And we have Documentation/bpf as well? I'll have a go at splitting this
file up and/or moving it around. The content is pretty heavy so I may
need some comments/ideas from the original authors.

I'll spin up a V2 and we can see how it looks.

thanks,
Tobin.

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