[llvm-dev] [iovisor-dev] [PATCH, BPF 0/5] Minor improvements to the bpf backend

Richard Henderson via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Wed Jun 22 10:29:42 PDT 2016


On 06/22/2016 10:27 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Richard Henderson via iovisor-dev
> <iovisor-dev at lists.iovisor.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using EM_NONE for the bpf backend e_machine value is less than optimal.
>> With a unique value we can interact with other tools, e.g. objdump for
>> disassembly.
>>
>> As a bonus, I noticed a few missing patterns that are useful to implement.
> 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> sounds like em number is now set to 247 and paper work filed?

Yes.

> When should I expect v2 of these patches?
> 3.9 release branch will be forked mid july.
> would be great to get these changes in soon.

I'm working on that today.


r~



More information about the llvm-dev mailing list