netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net sched actions: Add support for user cookies

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:03:12 -0500
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, paulb@...lanox.com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        mrv@...atatu.com, hadarh@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
        roid@...lanox.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net sched actions: Add support for user
 cookies

On 17-01-17 11:57 AM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 01/17/2017 05:50 PM, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

>>>
>>>   struct tc_cookie cookie;
>>
>> Grep-ability.
>> I was worried about when the classifier adds its cookie it
>> would need to use something like cls_cookie etc.
>
> Given this cookie is just used for correlation in user space anyway
> and not processed any further by the kernel, I think we can well
> handle these very few spots, so would be better if the code is more
> maintainable instead.

act_cookie a better name?

cheers,
jamal