linux-stable/tools/bpf/bpftool
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
..
Documentation bpftool: Fix prog object type in manpage 2023-11-09 19:07:38 -08:00
bash-completion bpftool: Add support for cgroup unix socket address hooks 2023-10-11 17:27:55 -07:00
skeleton bpftool: Use a local bpf_perf_event_value to fix accessing its fields 2023-07-10 15:29:21 -07:00
.gitignore bpftool: Fix SPDX tag for Makefiles and .gitignore 2021-11-10 09:00:52 -08:00
Makefile bpf: Replace deprecated -target with --target= for Clang 2023-06-29 15:46:17 +02:00
btf.c bpftool: Use bpf_{btf,link,map,prog}_get_info_by_fd() 2023-02-16 15:32:45 -08:00
btf_dumper.c bpftool: Fix printing of pointer value 2023-10-19 16:29:36 +02:00
cfg.c bpftool: Support printing opcodes and source file references in CFG 2023-04-05 21:27:27 -07:00
cfg.h bpftool: Support printing opcodes and source file references in CFG 2023-04-05 21:27:27 -07:00
cgroup.c bpftool: Add support for cgroup unix socket address hooks 2023-10-11 17:27:55 -07:00
common.c bpftool: Support bpffs mountpoint as pin path for prog loadall 2023-05-17 15:58:18 +02:00
feature.c bpfilter: remove bpfilter 2024-01-04 10:23:10 -08:00
gen.c bpftool: Align bpf_load_and_run_opts insns and data 2023-10-09 09:36:51 -07:00
iter.c bpftool: Support bpffs mountpoint as pin path for prog loadall 2023-05-17 15:58:18 +02:00
jit_disasm.c bpftool: Fix spelling mistake "disasembler" -> "disassembler" 2022-10-26 18:20:22 -07:00
json_writer.c tools: bpftool: json: Fix backslash escape typo in jsonw_puts 2023-03-29 09:48:45 -07:00
json_writer.h tools: bpftool: json: Fix backslash escape typo in jsonw_puts 2023-03-29 09:48:45 -07:00
link.c bpftool: Add support to display uprobe_multi links 2023-11-28 21:50:09 -08:00
main.c bpftool: clean-up usage of libbpf_get_error() 2022-11-20 16:17:46 -08:00
main.h bpftool: Support bpffs mountpoint as pin path for prog loadall 2023-05-17 15:58:18 +02:00
map.c bpftool: Specify XDP Hints ifname when loading program 2023-05-23 16:55:06 +02:00
map_perf_ring.c bpftool: Fix error message of strerror 2022-09-30 15:40:46 -07:00
net.c bpftool: Extend net dump with netkit progs 2023-10-24 16:07:32 -07:00
netlink_dumper.c bpftool: Use consistent include paths for libbpf 2020-01-20 16:37:45 -08:00
netlink_dumper.h bpftool: Extend net dump with tcx progs 2023-07-19 10:07:28 -07:00
perf.c bpftool: fix perf help message 2023-08-11 20:54:29 -07:00
pids.c libbpf: Hashmap interface update to allow both long and void* keys/values 2022-11-09 20:45:14 -08:00
prog.c bpftool: mark orphaned programs during prog show 2023-11-27 16:23:38 -08:00
struct_ops.c bpftool: Wrap struct_ops dump in an array 2023-10-19 16:30:15 +02:00
tracelog.c bpftool, musl compat: Replace sys/fcntl.h by fcntl.h 2022-04-25 23:24:28 +02:00
xlated_dumper.c bpftool: Dump the kernel symbol's module name 2023-07-11 20:07:50 -07:00
xlated_dumper.h bpftool: Dump the kernel symbol's module name 2023-07-11 20:07:50 -07:00