linux/tools/bpf
Quentin Deslandes 98e20e5e13 bpfilter: remove bpfilter
bpfilter was supposed to convert iptables filtering rules into
BPF programs on the fly, from the kernel, through a usermode
helper. The base code for the UMH was introduced in 2018, and
couple of attempts (2, 3) tried to introduce the BPF program
generate features but were abandoned.

bpfilter now sits in a kernel tree unused and unusable, occasionally
causing confusion amongst Linux users (4, 5).

As bpfilter is now developed in a dedicated repository on GitHub (6),
it was suggested a couple of times this year (LSFMM/BPF 2023,
LPC 2023) to remove the deprecated kernel part of the project. This
is the purpose of this patch.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180522022230.2492505-1-ast@kernel.org/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210829183608.2297877-1-me@ubique.spb.ru/#t
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221224000402.476079-1-qde@naccy.de/
[4]: https://dxuuu.xyz/bpfilter.html
[5]: https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pull/3904
[6]: https://github.com/facebook/bpfilter

Signed-off-by: Quentin Deslandes <qde@naccy.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231226130745.465988-1-qde@naccy.de
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2024-01-04 10:23:10 -08:00
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bpftool bpfilter: remove bpfilter 2024-01-04 10:23:10 -08:00
resolve_btfids tools/resolve_btfids: Fix setting HOSTCFLAGS 2023-06-05 15:44:47 -07:00
runqslower bpf: Replace deprecated -target with --target= for Clang 2023-06-29 15:46:17 +02:00
.gitignore
bpf_asm.c
bpf_dbg.c bpf: Simplify the calculation of variables 2021-03-04 19:24:53 -08:00
bpf_exp.l
bpf_exp.y tools, bpf_asm: Exit non-zero on errors 2021-02-26 22:53:50 +01:00
bpf_jit_disasm.c tools bpf_jit_disasm: Fix compilation error with new binutils 2022-08-01 15:30:48 -03:00
Makefile tools bpf_jit_disasm: Don't display disassembler-four-args feature test 2022-08-01 15:31:51 -03:00