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NAME
 bpfjit — Just-In-Time compiler for Berkeley Packet Filter
SYNOPSIS
 options BPFJIT
options SLJIT
DESCRIPTION
 The 
bpfjit kernel interface adds 
Just-In-Time compilation of filter programs sent to a 
bpf(4) device. Instead of being interpreted for every packet, these filter programs are compiled into native code and the code is being executed for every packet.
The implementation of bpfjit is based on the Stack-Less Just-In-Time library, or sljit for short. The library supports multiple platforms including
- 
AMD-x86 64
- 
ARM 32 (ARM-v5, ARM-v7 and Thumb2 instruction sets)
- 
Intel-x86 32
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MIPS 32 (III, R1)
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MIPS 64 (III, R1)
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PowerPC 32
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PowerPC 64
- 
SPARC 32
bpfjit supports all architectures listed above.
bpfjit is also available as a module in modular kernels.
 
SYSCTLS
 The following sysctl is available when 
bpfjit is enabled:
- 
net.bpf.jit
- 
Toggle Just-In-Time compilation of new filter programs. Changing a value of this sysctl doesn't affect existing filter programs.
 
HISTORY
 The bpfjit interface first appeared in NetBSD 7.0.