netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] rocker: add offload_fwd

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:22:40 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	sfeldma@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	simon.horman@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] rocker: add offload_fwd_mark support

Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:04:56AM CEST, sfeldma@...il.com wrote:
>From: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>
>
>If device flags ingress packet as "fwd offload", mark the
>skb->offlaod_fwd_mark using the ingress port's dev->offlaod_fwd_mark.  This
>will be the hint to the kernel that this packet has already been forwarded
>by device to egress ports matching skb->offlaod_fwd_mark.
>
>For rocker, derive port dev->offlaod_fwd_mark based on device switch ID and
>port ifindex.  If port is bridged, use the bridge ifindex rather than the
>port ifindex.
>
>Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@...il.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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