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Commits on Nov 17, 2019

  1. linux config: add support for xdp sockets and ebpf jit 

    xdp socket support (AF_XDP) is the new way of implementing high
performance networking on linux. on arch linux and debian this is
already enabled (checked via the links from the nixos manual).

moreover, these flags are suggested by the bpf documentation at cilium:

https://cilium.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bpf/#compiling-the-kernel

additionally the flag `BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON` on was suggested to help
spectre attack mitigations:

torvalds/linux@290af86
    magenbluten committed Nov 17, 2019
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Commits on Jan 13, 2020

  1. Merge pull request #73328 from magenbluten/af_xdp 

    linux config: add support for xdp sockets and ebpf jit
    @Lassulus
    Lassulus committed Jan 13, 2020
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