Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 04/14] bpf: update MAINTAINERS entry

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Sat Jun 28 2014 - 01:59:49 EST


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Add MAINTAINERS entry.
>
> On Fri, 2014-06-27 at 17:05 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
>> @@ -1881,6 +1881,15 @@ S: Supported
>> F: drivers/net/bonding/
>> F: include/uapi/linux/if_bonding.h
>>
>> +BPF
>
> While a lot of people know what BPF is, I think it'd
> be better to have something like
>
> BPF - SOCKET FILTER (Berkeley Packet Filter like)

BPF is indeed succinct, but 'socket filter' suffix would be misleading,
since it's way more than just socket filtering.
May be: "BPF (Safe dynamic programs and tools)"
since 'perf' will become 'stap/dtrace'-like based on this infra.
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