netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v1 03/11] net: flow_table: add apply action argument to tables

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2015 22:17:12 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	tgraf@...g.ch, sfeldma@...il.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
	simon.horman@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v1 03/11] net: flow_table: add apply action argument
 to tables

On 01/08/2015 09:41 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 08:46:44PM CET, john.fastabend@...il.com wrote:
>> Actions may not always be applied after exiting a table. For example
>> some pipelines may accumulate actions and then apply them at the end
>> of a pipeline.
>>
>> To model this we use a table type called APPLY. Tables who share an
>> apply identifier have their actions applied in one step.
>
> Why this is a separate patch? Perhaps this can be squashed to one of the
> previous ones?
>

Good point mostly an artefact of how the code evolved I'll push it
into on of the previous patches as you suggest.

Thanks,
John


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John Fastabend         Intel Corporation
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