Article 69XD4 [$] Generic iterators for BPF

[$] Generic iterators for BPF

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BPF programs destined to be loaded into the kernel are generally written inC but, increasingly, the environment in which those programs run differssignificantly from the C environment. The BPF virtual machine andassociated verifier make a growing set of checks in an attempt to make BPFcode safe to run. The proposed addition of an iterator mechanism to BPFhighlights the kind of features that are being added - as well as theconstraints placed on programmers by BPF.
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