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+/*
+ * Minimal BPF assembler
+ *
+ * Instead of libpcap high-level filter expressions, it can be quite
+ * useful to define filters in low-level BPF assembler (that is kept
+ * close to Steven McCanne and Van Jacobson's original BPF paper).
+ * In particular for BPF JIT implementors, JIT security auditors, or
+ * just for defining BPF expressions that contain extensions which are
+ * not supported by compilers.
+ *
+ * How to get into it:
+ *
+ * 1) read Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+ * 2) Run `bpf_asm [-c] <filter-prog file>` to translate into binary
+ *    blob that is loadable with xt_bpf, cls_bpf et al. Note: -c will
+ *    pretty print a C-like construct.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@redhat.com>
+ * Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (GPLv2)
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern void bpf_asm_compile(FILE *fp, bool cstyle);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	FILE *fp = stdin;
+	bool cstyle = false;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strncmp("-c", argv[i], 2)) {
+			cstyle = true;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		fp = fopen(argv[i], "r");
+		if (!fp) {
+			fp = stdin;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	bpf_asm_compile(fp, cstyle);
+
+	return 0;
+}