netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/2] cls_bpf: introduce integrated actions

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:37:34 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/2] cls_bpf: introduce integrated actions

On 09/16/15 02:05, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
>
> Often cls_bpf classifier is used with single action drop attached.
> Optimize this use case and let cls_bpf return both classid and action.
> For backwards compatibility reasons enable this feature under
> TCA_BPF_FLAG_ACT_DIRECT flag.
>

This is going off in a different direction really.
You are replicating the infrastructure inside bpf.

cheers,
jamal
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