[llvm-dev] [iovisor-dev] [PATCH, BPF 1/5] BPF: Use a provisional ELF e_machine value

Daniel Borkmann via llvm-dev
2016-06-16T21:03:30Z

On 06/16/2016 10:59 PM, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 06/16/2016 12:55 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>>>> +  EM_BPF           = 0xeb9f, // Linux kernel bpf virtual
machine
>>
>> Great, can that be assumed the final magic e_machine number for the ELF
>> header that eBPF loaders can check for as well then (I do like 0xeb9f
;))?
>
> I'm quite fond of 0xeb9f myself.  ;-)
>
> I have sent a message to both registry at sco.com and registry at
uxsglobal.com.
> We'll see if that produces a response within a reasonable time frame.
Failing
> that, I'm tempted to just use 0xeb9f forever.

Yeah, sounds good!