From e2989ee9746b3f2e78d1a39bbc402d884e8b8bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexei Starovoitov Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:01:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpf, doc: update list of architectures that do eBPF JIT update the list and remove 'in the future' statement, since all still alive 64-bit architectures now do eBPF JIT. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/filter.txt | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt index 683ada5ad81d..b69b205501de 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/filter.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/filter.txt @@ -595,10 +595,9 @@ got from bpf_prog_create(), and 'ctx' the given context (e.g. skb pointer). All constraints and restrictions from bpf_check_classic() apply before a conversion to the new layout is being done behind the scenes! -Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most of the -architectures. x86-64, aarch64 and s390x perform JIT compilation from eBPF -instruction set, however, future work will migrate other JIT compilers as well, -so that they will profit from the very same benefits. +Currently, the classic BPF format is being used for JITing on most 32-bit +architectures, whereas x86-64, aarch64, s390x, powerpc64, sparc64 perform JIT +compilation from eBPF instruction set. Some core changes of the new internal format: