Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] net: filter: Just In Time compiler

From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 00:50:02 +0200

* Eric Dumazet | 2011-04-03 00:28:21 [+0200]:

>In order to speedup packet filtering, here is an implementation of a JIT
>compiler for x86_64

Great work! Eric, do you have some numbers? For a trivial "ret" filter the
performance gain should be marginal - if any. But what with complex filter
rules? And as said last time: libpcap optimizer seems to be target number one
for optimization. Again: great work!

Hagen