netdev - Re: [Patch net v4 5/7] net_sched: convert tcf

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Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2016 07:04:00 -0400
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net v4 5/7] net_sched: convert tcf_exts from list to
 pointer array

On 16-08-14 01:35 AM, Cong Wang wrote:
> As pointed out by Jamal, an action could be shared by
> multiple filters, so we can't use list to chain them
> any more after we get rid of the original tc_action.
> Instead, we could just save pointers to these actions
> in tcf_exts, since they are refcount'ed, so convert
> the list to an array of pointers.
>
> The "ugly" part is the action API still accepts list
> as a parameter, I just introduce a helper function to
> convert the array of pointers to a list, instead of
> relying on the C99 feature to iterate the array.
>
> Fixes: a85a970af265 ("net_sched: move tc_action into tcf_common")
> Reported-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>


cheers,
jamal