# Re: \[PATCH v10 net-next 2/2\] net: filter: split filter.h and expose eBPF to user space

- From: Ingo Molnar \<mingo@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2014-09-08 05:23:37 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2014/09/4328439
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2014/09/4327316/t.md

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* Alexei Starovoitov [ref] wrote:

> > I don't think the speed up of the llvm submission is a good 
> > argument, this sounds to me similar to the "please apply this 
> > patch that reserves this new netlink family in 
> > include/linux/netlink.h, I promise this new subsystem will be 
> > submitted soon though. Meanwhile this will speed up 
> > submission of my userspace software to distributions for 
> > packaging" argument.
> 
> You're not correct here. I'm not saying 'I promise it will be 
> submitted'. There _were_ already submitted. [...]

And this split-up smaller submissions was requested by David 
Miller, the networking maintainer, so if Pablo wants another 
submission format, he needs to take it up with David - we can't 
do both at once obviously.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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