netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Add layer 2 hardware acceleration operations for macvlan devices

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Date:	Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:52:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, john.r.fastabend@...el.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Add layer 2 hardware acceleration operations
 for macvlan devices

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Fri,  4 Oct 2013 16:10:04 -0400

> @@ -426,9 +426,12 @@ struct sk_buff {
>  	char			cb[48] __aligned(8);
>  
>  	unsigned long		_skb_refdst;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
> -	struct	sec_path	*sp;
> -#endif
> +
> +	union {
> +		struct	sec_path	*sp;
> +		void 			*accel_priv;
> +	};
> +

I'm not %100 sure these two things are really mutually exclusive.

What if bridging ebtables does an input route lookup?  That can
populate the security path.

Also, why have you not added this to the usual netdev_ops and
hw_features?
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