Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter
From: Will Drewry
Date: Thu Jan 12 2012 - 12:23:56 EST
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 01/11/2012 03:19 PM, Will Drewry wrote:
>> Document how system call filtering with BPF works and
>> may be used. Includes an example for x86 (32-bit).
>
> Please tell some of us what "BPF" means. wikipedia lists 15 possible
> choices, but I don't know which one to choose.
I'll make it clearer in the documentation file and update the patch description.
BPF == Berkeley Packet Filters which are implemented in Linux Socket
Filters (LSF)>
thanks!
>> Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> samples/Makefile | 2 +-
>> samples/seccomp/Makefile | 12 ++++
>> samples/seccomp/bpf-example.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 4 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt
>> create mode 100644 samples/seccomp/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 samples/seccomp/bpf-example.c
>
>
> --
> ~Randy
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