Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Florian, > > This patchset removes the need to self invoke the parser and the > evaluation to fetch the datatype. Instead, the expression type and > the expression description are stored into the userdata area. > > This patch only supports for the payload expression, but it should be > relatively easy to extend it to support for other existing expressions > types. > > This patch could be squashed into 06/11 src: add "typeof" print support > of your patch series, which is actually not just adding support for > printing but also for building the userdata. I had considered that but found that storing netlink data needs more space in the udata area compared to text and it needs more/extra parsing for serialize/deserialize, so I abandoned this idea. If you think its the way to go, then ok, I can rework it but I will be unable to add the extra steps for other expression types for some time I fear.
